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A 40-year-old Houston woman has pleaded guilty to tax offenses involving businesses and the preparation of false tax returns

A Bay City physician faces a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging he fraudulently billed Medicare nearly $500,000 for surgical neurostimulator electrode implantations

A 28-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison for illegally entering the country again

A 70-year-old dual citizen of the United States and Peru made his initial appearance in Houston federal court following his extradition from Peru to face charges in an alleged multiyear bank fraud and money laundering scheme involving at least $40 million in fraudulent loan proceeds

A 35-year-old illegal alien from Mexico who unlawfully resided in Houston has been sentenced for robbery, carjacking, brandishing a firearm, and illegal reentry

The final defendant in a three-person drug trafficking conspiracy has been ordered to federal prison for distributing fentanyl and heroin

A 55-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison for orchestrating the burning of a three-story medical center under construction in Spring

A 45-year-old Honduran national who illegally resided in Houston has been sentenced for illegally reentering the county again

U.S. Attorney Aaron F. Reitz has issued strategic guidance outlining the Southern District of Texas’s law enforcement, prosecution, and investigation priorities, as well as the principles he expects to guide the office’s work

A 36-year-old citizen of Mexico has been ordered to federal prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after multiple prior removals

Another 254 people have been charged with immigration and border security-related crimes from Sept. 11-17

A 33-year-old Brownsville man has been ordered to federal prison for possession of child pornography