Tag: Texas
Devin Maurice Harmon, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Texas 2024
⏱ 2 min read Devin Maurice Harmon, a 51-year-old California man, was sentenced to life in federal prison for a series of heinous crimes involving the exploitation, trafficking, and abuse of a minor over several years in Texas. The crimes took place from an unspecified start date until July 4, 2024, when law enforcement first…
Ali Homoud Alnaimi, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 42-year-old Qatari national, Ali Homoud Alnaimi, was caught with child sexual abuse material on his phones after returning to the United States on a cruise ship from Mexico. The incident occurred in Galveston, Texas, where authorities took him into custody. Alnaimi, a match promoter with the FIFA national football organization…
Shaquille Richards, Racketeering Murder, Texas 2026
BODY: A Houston neighborhood is finally breathing a sigh of relief after two notorious gang leaders were convicted of ordering the drive-by murder of an innocent bystander. Shaquille Richards, 32, and Alexandra Nicks, 32, both of Houston, were found guilty of using a firearm to kill during a racketeering murder and murder in aid of…
Devin Maurice Harmon, Sex Trafficking, Texas 2024
A Texas jury convicted Devin Maurice Harmon, 51, of California, for a series of crimes involving the exploitation, trafficking, and abuse of a minor over several years. On April 10, a federal jury found Harmon guilty of the following offenses: Enticement of a minor to travel to engage in prostitution Enticement of a minor Sex…
Michael Stewart, Health Care Fraud, Texas 2018
⏱ 2 min read A Texas laboratory, its former CEO, and a Florida businessman are at the center of a massive health care fraud scheme that involved paying kickbacks and billing Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary genetic testing. Access DX Laboratory, based in Houston, Texas, along with former CEO Michael Stewart and Florida businessman…
Kaleb Marc Rodriquez, Child Pornography Production and Transportation, Texas 2024
⏱ 2 min read Kaleb Marc Rodriquez, a 27-year-old Abilene man, was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for producing and transporting child pornography. The crime occurred on September 22, 2024, when Rodriquez was left in charge of a 14-year-old girl, known as Jane Doe 1, and her two siblings at their apartment. Rodriquez…
William Thomas Engle, Loan Fraud, Texas 2020
⏱ 2 min read A 68-year-old former attorney from Southlake, Texas, has been sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for running an $8 million loan fraud scheme that preyed on small business owners. William Thomas Engle promised his victims multi-million-dollar loans in exchange for up-front funding, which he then used to fuel his own…
Javier Vega-Maldonado, Human Smuggling, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read In a massive crackdown, the Southern District of Texas has charged 263 people, including 227 illegal aliens, for immigration and border security-related crimes from July 24-30. The cases involve human smuggling, illegal entry, and felony reentry after prior removal, with many individuals having prior felonies involving narcotics, violent crime, and immigration…
Koffi Dongo Parfait Teya, Email Phishing, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 30-year-old Ivorian national, Koffi Dongo Parfait Teya, has been charged in a $14 million fraud scheme that targeted over 430 travel agencies in the Eastern District of Texas. The scheme involved an email phishing campaign that tricked travel agency employees into giving up their login credentials, which were then used…
Manuel Sanchez-Sanchez, Human Smuggling, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read Federal prosecutors in Western Texas have filed 250 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from July 24 through July 31, charging human smugglers and illegal aliens with past convictions for numerous DWIs, violent crimes, and sexual abuse. The cases were filed in the Western District of Texas, with defendants including Manuel…
