Prosecutors said Leidy Lopez, 44, pleaded guilty to her role in selling thousands of fake temporary Texas license plates and was to report for her prison sentence, but failed to do so.

“Serving as the 24th Presidentially Appointed U.S. Attorney for this incredible district has been the honor of a lifetime,” Alamdar S. Hamdani said in a written statement.

Court records showed two dealers met up in Laredo to sell fentanyl, and the next day were caught trying to hide the drugs inside a tire wheel.

Prosecutors say, Nicholas Williams, 37, admitted to stealing money and property from several homes while executing search warrants as an FBI special agent in Houston, serving in both the criminal violent gang and counterterrorism squad.

To hide the scheme, Javier Aguilar and his co-conspirators used alias email accounts to discuss the scheme with code words for the bribes like “shoes,” “medicine,” “invitations,” and “coffee.”

Prosecutors have sentenced a pimp accused of trafficking a teenage girl along the Bissonnet track to more than 30 years in prison.

A woman from Spring has confessed to embezzling more than $900,000 from a local HVAC company, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

The gun dealer allegedly used straw purchasers to sell firearms notorious among Mexican drug cartels. Over 266 weapons, including military-grade rifles and a .50 caliber gun, were seized from his store.

Court records claim Guevara admitted to placing $26,857 in fake business losses that resulted in a tax loss to the U.S. of $13,390 on that return. He took responsibility for $123,458 in losses to the IRS and will be paying that back as restitution.

Prosecutors say Christopher Montealegre, 45, pleaded guilty to applying for and receiving a newly built home worth $314,000 with federally approved funds meant to assist Hurricane Harvey victims.

Investigators said they found two boxes in the backseat of Jesus Palacios' car with three plastic containers with a “crystallized substance" and a lab test result revealed it was 5,768 grams of meth with a purity level of 88%.

Stephen P. Keller, 74, logged into a web video meeting, which “included more than 20 minutes” of child pornography videos.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says a fentanyl dealer from Crosby has been taken into custody and indicted after two people he sold drugs to died.

A total of 23 people were taken into custody following the return of a 50-count indictment alleging cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and meth trafficking and related crimes in the Houston and Galveston areas.