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 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.
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Two Alabama residents, Emilio Ramirez Cortes and his son Edgar Emilio Ramirez Diaz, have been charged with smuggling over 300 firearms, along with ammunition and magazines, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei for the...
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A Guatemalan national, Daniel Zavala Ramos, also known as Dany ZR, is scheduled to appear in U.S. federal court on charges related to a 2021 tractor-trailer crash in Chiapas, Mexico that resulted in the deaths of more than 50 people and injuries...
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A Cambodian national, Savin Seng, also known as “Two-Face,” has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon after the fatal shooting of a woman in Victoria, Texas. U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced the charges following Seng’s...
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A Mexican national living in Houston without legal status has been charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer, resulting in serious injuries, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A major law enforcement operation in Laredo, Texas has led to the arrest of 28 individuals for alleged immigration violations across Webb, La Salle, McMullen, Jim Hogg and Zapata Counties.
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Between September 19 and 25, authorities charged 511 individuals in the Southern District of Texas with immigration and related offenses as part of ongoing border enforcement actions, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
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A 28-year-old Honduran national, Sindi Vanessa Moreno-Flores, has been charged after allegedly attacking and injuring an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer during her arrest in Houston.
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Two Houston men, Derian Joel Caesar and Centel Devon Willis Jr., have been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for their roles in two armed convenience store robberies.
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A Houston man and woman have pleaded guilty to their roles in an identity theft and business email compromise (BEC) scam, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.