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Operation Broken Star “The Multi-Agency Gang Task Force is a prime example of the successes that can be achieved with cooperative law enforcement efforts,” acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson (c.) said as he announced the return of a five-count indictment charging 14 individuals in an alleged marijuana and cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Johnson announced Operation Broken Star accompanied by (from l.) FBI-Houston Special Agent in Charge Andrew R. Bland III, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge J. Dewey Webb, Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Associate Special Agent in Charge Thomas Hinojosa,Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Agent in Charge Rodney E. Clarke and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Criminal Intelligence Service Captain George E. Rhyne Jr. (Read more)
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July 2, 2009 - Gonzalez
TEACHER PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
(HOUSTON) – A teacher has been convicted of possessing child pornography after pleading guilty to the federal offense (Read more)
July 1, 2009 - Al-Zehairi
SAUDI ARABIAN NATIONAL CHARGED WITH FRAUD IN OBTAINING VISA FOR DOMESTIC EMPLOYEE
(HOUSTON) – Mohammed Abdulazz Al-Zehairi, a 42-year-old Saudi Arabian national residing in Houston, was arrested today by members of the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance (HTRA) for providing a false statement to secure a United States Visa for a domestic employee (Read more)
July 1, 2009 - Davis
HOUSTON WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING EMPLOYER BANK OF $30,000
(HOUSTON, TX) – Chantranell K. Davis, of Houston, has plead guilty to one count of bank fraud for her role in a scheme to defraud Bank of America (Read more)
July 1, 2009 - Sancheznoriega
CORPUS CHRISTI MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – A Corpus Christi resident has been sentenced to prison for receiving and distributing child pornography (Read more)
June 30, 2009 - Brown and Oregon
TWO HOUSTON WOMEN CHARGED IN BANK FRAUD CASE
(HOUSTON) – Brittany M. Brown, 21, and Cecilia Oregon, 24, of Houston, have both been indicted with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of bank fraud (Read more)
June 29, 2009 - Renaud
THIRD LOCAL TAQUERIA ARANDAS RESTAURANT OWNER SENTENCED ON FALSE INCOME TAX RETURN CHARGE
(HOUSTON) – Chris Anthony Renaud, of Houston, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison without parole for filing a false income tax returns (Read more)
June 29, 2009 - Imo
PHYSICAL THERAPY CLINIC OWNER CHARGED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD CASE
(HOUSTON) - The owner of a Houston physical therapy clinic charged in connection with an alleged multi-million dollar health care fraud was arrested on Friday, June 26, 2009, and remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing this afternoon (Read more)
June 26, 2009 - Espinosa, Espinosa, Flores et al
DRUG TRAFFICKING, MONEY LAUNDERING AND LOAN FRAUD RESULTS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR EIGHT LOCAL RESIDENTS
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Nine people from Corpus Christi have been sentenced on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, money laundering and loan fraud (Read more)
June 26, 2009 - Gowing
SPRING MAN CONVICTED OF FAILURE TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURN
(HOUSTON) - Brendan F. Gowing, of Spring, Texas, has pleaded guilty to failing to file an income tax return on gross income of more than $1.7 million (Read more)
June 26, 2009 - Alaniz
MANAGER OF ADULT DAY CARE CENTER PLEAS GUILTY TO RECEIVING KICKBACKS
(McALLEN, Texas) – The manager of the la Familia Adult Day Care Center in Harlingen, Texas, has been convicted of receiving kickbacks and illegally referring Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to Fabian Aurignac, M.D. (Read more)
June 25, 2009 - Perez
UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN SENTENCED FOR SMUGGLING OTHER ALIENS AND HOLDING ONE AGAINST HIS WILL
(LAREDO, Texas) – Gerardo Rafael Perez, 30, a Mexican undocumented alien, was sentenced late yesterday to a total of 102 months for his role in the smuggling of an undocumented alien that resulted in the alien’s forced detention (Read more)
June 24, 2009 - Sharma and Sharma
HUSBAND AND WIFE DOCTORS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A PILL MILL
(HOUSTON) - Two Houston area doctors have been charged by criminal complaint for operating their pain management clinic as a pill mill (Read more)
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