Tag: Texas
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…
Feds Bust 9 in El Paso Human Smuggling Ring
⏱ 2 min read A brazen human smuggling ring in El Paso has been busted by federal authorities, who charged 9 individuals with immigration-related crimes after a traffic stop near Wichita Falls led to a trail of evidence. According to court documents, Edgar Osmery Castellanos-Sabillon and Fernando Josue Betanco-Montoya, both Honduran nationals, were driving a…
373 Charged in Texas Border Enforcement
⏱ 3 min read A massive crackdown on human smugglers and undocumented immigrants has yielded 373 new charges in Texas, with 22 people accused of smuggling humans across the border. The cases were filed in the Southern District of Texas from March 13 to 19. Among those charged were four Mexican nationals with serious crime…
Texas Courier Admits to Cross-Country Coke Run
⏱ 3 min read Shannell Gosine, 28, of Houston, Texas, copped a plea in Buffalo federal court today, admitting her role as a key courier in a cross-country cocaine operation. Federal prosecutors say Gosine hauled kilos of the drug from Mexico, through Texas, and distributed it across the eastern US – including regular trips to…
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…
Valley Predators Nabbed in Sting
⏱ 3 min read Six men in South Texas are facing serious federal charges after an undercover operation busted them attempting to exploit a minor. The arrests, made this week in the Rio Grande Valley, stemmed from an online sting targeting individuals seeking to meet with a 16-year-old girl. Authorities say the men believed they…
Houston Courier Admits to Coast-to-Coast Coke Runs
Buffalo, NY – Shannell Gosine, 28, of Houston, Texas, is staring down a potential life sentence after admitting she was a vital link in a massive drug pipeline stretching from Mexico to the Northeast. Gosine pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, a charge stemming from a nearly two-year operation that flooded cities…
Texas Courier Faces Decade for NY Coke Pipeline
Buffalo, NY – Shannell Gosine, 28, of Houston, is staring down a potential ten-year federal prison sentence after admitting she was a crucial link in a cross-country cocaine distribution network. The feds say Gosine wasn’t just making deliveries; she was a key player in a sophisticated operation funneling bricks of cocaine from Mexico, through Texas,…
90 Pounds of Meth: Cali Man Faces Decades in Texas
A Lancaster, California man is staring down a lengthy federal prison sentence after a jury in Amarillo, Texas, convicted him of transporting nearly 100 pounds of methamphetamine into the state. Cameron Nesbitt, 33, was found guilty following a two-day trial, capping a case that began with a routine traffic stop and exposed a major cross-country…
Texas Mule Admits Coast-to-Coast Coke Run
Buffalo, NY – Shannell Gosine, 28, of Houston, Texas, is staring down a decade or more in federal prison after confessing to her role as a key courier in a massive cocaine trafficking operation. The feds say Gosine was a vital link in a pipeline funneling drugs from Mexico, through Texas, and up the East…
