Skip Navigation
USAO Home Page
United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle (r.) presents a $2 million check to the City of Houston through City Attorney, Arturo Michel. The money represents restitution that Republic Services Inc. has agreed to pay the City of Houston for recycling purposes after entering into an agreement to cooperate with an ongoing criminal investigation. (Click here for complete news release)
 
 

latest news

Nov. 5, 2008 - Perez
FORMER BORDER PATROL AGENT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

(HOUSTON) – A former Border Patrol Agent convicted of violating the civil rights of two illegal aliens has been sentenced to prison (Read more)


Nov. 5, 2008 - Lewis
MORTGAGE BROKER INDICTED IN MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME

(HOUSTON) – Clarence Lewis III, 45, a broker operating Motown Mortgage Group, has been indicted and charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering arising from an alleged scheme to defraud residential mortgage lenders (Read more)


Nov. 5, 2008 - Cerda
MATHIS WOMAN SENTENCED FOR KATRINA FRAUD


(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Diana Escamilla Cerda, 44, of Mathis, Texas, has been sentenced to three months of home confinement, five years of federal probation and ordered to pay eight thousand dollars in restitution for submitting false claims for hurricane assistance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Read more)


Nov. 4, 2008 - Statin
LOCAL TAX RETURN PREPARER SENTENCED FOR FALSIFYING CLIENTS’ INCOME TAX RETURNS

(HOUSTON) – A local tax return preparer has been sentenced to prison for preparing false income tax returns (Read more)


Nov. 3, 2008 - Vazquez
MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED IN ALIEN TRANSPORTING CASE

(HOUSTON) – An undocumented alien from Mexico has been sentenced to prison for transporting illegal aliens within the United States for financial gain (Read more)


Nov. 3, 2008 - Perez
AUSA RUBEN PEREZ TO SERVE AS THE DISTRICT’S ELECTION OFFICER

(HOUSTON) - Assistant United States Attorney Ruben Perez has been appointed to serve s the District’s Election Officer (DEO) and will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 4, 2008, general elections (Read more)


Nov. 3, 2008 - Navarro
PSJA ISD TRUSTEE PLEADS GUILTY IN BRIBERY SCHEME

(McALLEN, Texas) – Long-time Pharr San Juan Alamo Independent School District (PSJA-ISD) trustee Raul "Roy" Navarro has pleaded guilty to bribery related to his official position with the school district (Read more)


Nov. 3, 2008 - Fortenberry
HOUSTON AREA MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Court orders a lifetime of supervised release with special conditions

(HOUSTON) - Timothy Alan Fortenberry, of Houston, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography and possession of child pornography (Read more)


Nov. 3, 2008 - Burwell
FORMER EL PASO GAS TRADER SENTENCED TO PRISON

(HOUSTON) – Donald Burwell, 47, of Richardson, Texas, was sentenced to prison today for transmitting false information about natural gas transactions in interstate commerce in violation of Title 7, United States Code, Section 13(a)(2) (Read more)


Oct. 31, 2008 - Mubashir
CONTEMPT OF COURT CONVICTION LANDS DEFENDANT IN PRISON 

(HOUSTON) - Muhammad “Mubi” Mubashir, 28, a Pakistani citizen residing in Richmond, Texas, was sentenced to federal prison for violating an injunction entered against him by the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Texas in a civil case filed by Virgin Mobile USA, LLC (Virgin Mobile) by selling and attempting to export “reflashed” Virgin Mobile cellular telephones (Read more)


Oct. 31, 2008 - Mai Le
CANADIAN WOMAN SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME

(HOUSTON) - Thi Phoung Mai Le, 43, of Ottawa, Ontario, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for her role in an international narcotics money laundering scheme (Read more)


Oct. 31, 2008 - Garcia-Saucedo
MAN SENTENCED IN ALIEN SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY

(HOUSTON) – Cesar Garcia-Saucedo, 22, an undocumented alien from Mexico, has been sentenced to 63 months imprisonment for conspiring to harbor and transport illegal aliens within the United States for financial gain (Read more)


Visit the Project Safe Neighborhood WebSite
Visit the Project Safe Childhood Website

 

PSN Logo Project Safe Childhood Logo