Tag: Houston
Texas Professor Lured Students into $600,000 Fraud Scheme
⏱ 4 min read A Richmond, Texas, professor with a taste for deceit spent five gutless years running a brazen student financial aid scam in Houston, bilking the Department of Education out of a staggering $600,000. Emmanuel Finnih, a 43-year-old prof at a local university, pulled off the audacious scheme by submitting over 100 fake…
Homietos Motorcycle Gang Crushed
⏱ 3 min read Houston’s streets are a little safer after federal agents indicted 17 members and associates of the Homietos outlaw motorcycle gang. The group is accused of a brutal reign of violence – murder, attempted murder, assault – all to control territory and settle scores. The feds hit them with a sweeping RICO…
Houston Trader Accused of Greasing Palms in Mexico
Get the latest update on the Houston oil trader charged in an international bribery scheme involving Mexican officials. Find out the charges, potential prison sentences, and more. Explore now!
Homietos Gang Faces Federal Heat
⏱ 3 min read Houston streets just got a crackdown. Seventeen alleged members and associates of the Homietos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang are facing federal charges after a grand jury indictment revealed years of alleged racketeering, including a murder, attempted murder, and multiple assaults. The feds moved this week, hauling in key players and scheduling court…
7 Years for Border Hopper
⏱ 3 min read Fernando Ramirez-Noria, 44, is heading to federal prison for seven years – 84 months – after a Harris County DWI bust exposed his habit of repeatedly ignoring deportation orders. The feds finally nailed him this week, sentencing him for unlawful reentry into the U.S. after multiple kickings out. Judge Charles Eskridge…
Meth, Murder & A Revolver: Houston Man Faces Fed Charges
⏱ 3 min read Johna Robinson, 49, is in deep trouble with the feds. Houston police say he’s linked to a February 24th shooting at an apartment complex, but that’s just the start. He’s now facing both drug trafficking and weapons charges after a traffic stop turned up a pound of meth and a loaded…
Five Times Removed: Serial Offender Jailed
⏱ 3 min read Jose Mario Cervantes-Luna, 42, is headed back to a federal cage after a judge handed him two years for his fifth illegal return to the United States. Federal agents in Houston collared Cervantes-Luna after he snuck back across the border in December 2020, ignoring five previous deportations – in 2004, 2011,…
