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#ConroeTx man charged with funneling money to India
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A 48-year-old local man has been taken into custody on charges of obtaining over $600,000 from elderly victims throughout the country
Houston man sentenced for role in narcotics and weapons distribution ring
#HOuNews
A 36-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for wire fraud, possession of m**h and possession of a firearm by a felon
#LaJoyaTx ISD trustee convicted in bribery conspiracy
#McAllenTx
A 42-year-old Penitas resident and La Joya Independent School District (ISD) trustee has admitted to receiving more than $234,000 in bribes
Truck driver sentenced for smuggling #fentanyl hidden in lime shipment
#McAllenTx
A 33-year-old Mexican man has been sentenced for importing 4.6 kilograms of fentanyl and 43 kilograms of co***ne
Former deputy constable convicted in co***ne conspiracy
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49-year-old Huffman resident has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of co***ne
Clinic owner sentenced in illegal kickback and money laundering scheme
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A Houston clinic owner has have been ordered to federal prison following her convictions in an illegal kickback and money laundering scheme at a Harwin Drive business
Robbery and related assault sends violent gang members to prison
#CorpusChristiTx #hounews
Three Houston gang members have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of robbery and assaulting at least one customer at a Love’s Travel Stop
Texan resentenced following terrorism conviction and appeal
#HouNews #nationalsecurity
The 27-year-old Spring man convicted of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization has been ordered to prison for 12 years following reversal of original sentence
#McAllentX man guilty of selling child po*******hy
#ProjectSafeChildhood
A 34-year-old south Texan has admitted he spoke to people who were interested in buying images of child po*******hy
Federal agent guilty of aiding drug smuggling
#McAllenTx #PublicCorruption
A Border Patrol (BP) agent has pleaded guilty to attempting to aid and abet smuggling co***ne through a BP checkpoint
Guilty pleas entered and HISD official indicted in federal corruption probe
#HOuNews
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/guilty-pleas-entered-and-hisd-official-indicted-federal-corruption-probe
Mail thieves indicted
#HOuNews
Two men face several charges after allegedly breaking into a blue mail receptacle at the River Oaks U.S. Post Office in Houston
Absconded human smuggler receives more time for possessing fi****ms
#BorderSecurity #McAllenTx
A 30-year-old Rio Grande City resident has been ordered to federal prison for possessing multiple fi****ms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition
Additional defendants charged with trafficking young girls for s*x
#HOuNews #HTRA
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/additional-defendants-charged-trafficking-young-girls-s*x
Four more charged in $35M COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
#COVID19 #Hounews
A federal grand jury in Houston has returned a superseding indictment against four additional individuals for fraudulently obtaining and laundering millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans
Texan sentenced for attempting to export weapons
#LaredoTx
A 64-year-old Dallas resident been ordered to federal prison for attempting to export fi****ms, firearm magazines and thousands of rounds of ammunition to Mexico
Brush guide sentenced after abandoning people during freeze
#CorpusChristiTx #BorderSecurity
A 27-year-old Harlingen man has been ordered to prison for two separate smuggling attempts
ICYMI - Mexican nationals face life sentence for human smuggling resulting in death
#BorderSecurity #LaredoTx
Two Mexican men have admitted to their roles in an alien smuggling conspiracy which resulted in death
Several sentenced in $50M pump-and-dump scheme
#hounews
All seven defendants charged in relation to a more than $50 million securities fraud “pump-and-dump” scheme have received their final sentences
Former postal employee pleads guilty to theft of public money
#hounews
A 35-year-old Houston resident has admitted to four counts of theft of public money
Local man gets life for hunting girls online
#CorpusChristi #ProjectSafeChildhood
A 35-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison for using social media to entice a young girl to engage in s*xual activity
Former Mexican police officer gets 30 years for s*xually exploiting child
#BrownsvilleTx #ProjectSafeChildhood
A 38-year-old resident of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison for producing child po*******hy
#coldspringtx man gets life in postal carrier death case
#hounews
A 45-year-old rural Houston resident has admitted he murdered a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier while she was in the performance of her official duties
Soccer coach admits to producing child po*******hy
#McAllen #ProjectSafeChildhood
A former McAllen youth league coach who illegally resided in Pharr has entered a guilty plea to s*xual exploitation of children
Texas man admits to smuggling $1.1 million of crystal m**h
#DallasTx #LaredoTx
A 20-year-old Dallas resident has entered a guilty plea to illegally importing approximately 25.16 kilograms of m**h
Former charter school official sent to prison
#hounews
A 65-year-old Missouri City man has been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud
#CypressTx medical sales representative agrees to settle allegations regarding neurostimulator devices
#hounews
A 47-year-old medical sales representative has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations that he assisted in causing the submission of false claims
#BaytownTx man gets 60 years for s*xually-exploiting children
#ProjectSafeChildhood #HouNews
A 30-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison on multiple counts involving child po*******hy
Aransas man guilty of m**h charge
#AransasTx #CorpusChristi
A federal jury sitting in Corpus Christi has found a 59-year-old local man guilty of conspiracy to distribute more than five grams of m**h and possession with intent to distribute 27 grams of m**h
Former Shadow Creek Ranch manager charged with wire fraud
#hounews #PearlandTx
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/former-shadow-creek-ranch-manager-charged-wire-fraud
Young Houstonian sent to prison for nearly 20 years
#hounews
A 24-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions on robbery, brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence
McAllen man sent to prison for attempting to entice minor through social media
#ProjectSafeChildhood
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/mcallen-man-sent-prison-attempting-entice-minor-through-social-media
Court assesses more than $170M in penalties against two area ophthalmologists
#hounews #healthcarefraud
Two ophthalmologists and their eye clinic must pay millions of dollars for fraudulently billing Medicare in relation to the evaluation and treatment of glaucoma
ICYMI - “Cocaine Pepe” gets significant sentence for selling narcotics
#CorpusChristi #AliceTx
A 33-year-old Alice resident has been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 112 grams of m**h
Woodlands pain doctor pays half million dollars for fraudulent PPP and billing allegations
#hounews
A 49-year-old local physician has agreed to pay $523,331 to settle allegations he submitted false claims for the placement of electro-acupuncture devices and for making false statements when applying for a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
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