Tag: Tyler
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…
John Matthew Emerson, Child Pornography Possession, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Tyler, Texas man, John Matthew Emerson, 42, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, a crime committed while he was on supervised release for a prior conviction. The guilty plea was entered on July 21, 2026, before U.S. Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell in the Eastern District of Texas. Emerson…
Craig Allen Wallace, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read Daniel Garibay-Barriga, an illegal alien from Mexico, and Craig Allen Wallace, a 50-year-old from Tyler, Texas, were involved in a massive methamphetamine trafficking operation. On January 28, 2025, investigators executed a search warrant at Wallace’s residence on FM 724 in Tyler, uncovering a clandestine meth lab with 44.71 liters of liquid…
Julio Zamudio-Ramirez, Unlawful Return to US, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read Julio Zamudio-Ramirez, a 33-year-old Mexican national, has been charged with unlawfully returning to the United States after being previously deported. The incident occurred in August 2025, when Zamudio-Ramirez was in the Gregg County jail for abandoning or endangering a child. It was discovered that he was in the US illegally, despite…
Christian Marviv Ble, Wire Fraud, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read A $14 million email phishing scam targeting Tyler, Texas travel agencies has landed an Ivorian national in hot water. Christian Marviv Ble, 39, arrived in the US from France on April 21, 2026, and is now in the custody of the US Marshals Service. The scheme allegedly used fake emails claiming…
