U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
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A Honduran national has been charged with smuggling 51 undocumented immigrants in a refrigerated tractor-trailer, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei for the Southern District of Texas.
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A 56-year-old Colombian national living illegally in Houston has been charged with theft of government funds, false representation of a U.S. citizen, and aggravated identity theft, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Federal authorities in the Southern District of Texas have filed 318 cases related to immigration and border security from November 14 to November 20, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A former police captain from League City, Texas, has been indicted on charges related to child exploitation offenses.
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A Houston man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm after having three prior serious drug felony convictions, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A U.S. citizen living in Reynosa, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A Corpus Christi resident has been sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced that Evaristo Coleman, 38, received a total sentence of 160 months after...
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A Harris County resident has been sentenced for employment tax fraud, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 48-year-old woman from Alamo, Texas, has pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 52-year-old man from Spring, Texas, has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a minor, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A former contract employee from Ohio has pleaded guilty to computer fraud after accessing his previous employer's network following his termination, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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Between September 26 and November 13, authorities in the Southern District of Texas charged 2,409 individuals in 2,387 cases related to immigration and border security enforcement. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced these figures as part...
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A woman from Sedgwick County, Kansas, has admitted to making false statements to law enforcement regarding alleged illegal access to her bank account from the International Space Station.
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A Robstown man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 33-year-old man from El Salvador, Walter Leonel Perez Rodriguez, has appeared in federal court on charges of assaulting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.
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A former martial arts and gymnastics instructor from Alvin, Texas, has been sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material.
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A Deer Park resident has been sentenced to federal prison for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business that involved a counterfeit $2.3 million U.S. Treasury check, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A man from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after being removed.
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A Mexican national has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for forcing an 18-year-old woman into commercial sex acts, following years of abuse and exploitation.
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A Houston business owner has admitted to failing to pay more than $1.6 million in employment taxes withheld from employee wages, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.