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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 45-year-old Houston man has been sent to prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million following his convictions on five separate counts of sex trafficking involving adults and minors, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A Houston federal jury deliberated for less than three hours before convicting David Mearis back in October of 2019, following three days of trial. Monday, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt sentenced Mearis to life in federal prison on each count to...

Bangladeshi human trafficker sentenced in US Diplomatic Correspondent Diplomatic Correspondent A Bangladeshi national was sentenced to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to smuggle Bangladeshis from Mexico into the USA. The convict, Moktar Hossain, admitted that from March 2017 to August 2018, he trafficked Bangladeshi nationals to the US at the Texas border in exchange for payments. Moktar opera...

Houston man admits to hijacking interstate freight shipment sent to Del Mar College By: Site Administrator and last updated 2021-01-07 16:50:06-05 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 22-year-old Houston man has entered a guilty plea to theft from an interstate cargo shipment, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Maksims Klopovs admitted he was to be paid for picking up a large load of electronics originally set for delivery to a college in Corpus Christi. The investigation reveal...

Chido Nwangwu, Publisher, USAfricaonline condemns the presidential pardon granted by President Donald Trump to some of his associates Donald Trump promised before and at the time of his assumption of office that he will “drain the swamp”, coded reference for Washington DC. But he came into America’s capitol with a trailer load of swamp snakes, alligators, crocodiles, moccasins, octopus and sting rays! Anyway, the truth is that the American Wonder popularly known us Donald J Trump...

The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced today that they resolved a claim that luxury jeweler Harry Winston Inc. violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by refusing to offer full-time employment to U.S. Army National Guard Reservist John A. Walker because of his military service obligations. “Discrimination against members of the National Guard or Reserve because of their servic...

Lest we forget, and before we decide if we can forgive, let’s pause for a not-so-quick review of what sent former U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman to federal prison for 10 years back in 2018. We’ll do so via the press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice on Nov. 7, 2018, a date — the day after Election Day — that somehow seems appropriate for a statement categorized as dealing with “financial fraud” and “public corruption.” This is the same DOJ headed then and now by Preside...

Trump commutes sentence for Steve Stockman, former Texas congressman convicted of charity scheme FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 Former U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman and his wife Patti Stockman walk into the Federal Courthouse for jury deliberation on the federal corruption charges against him Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in Houston. ( Godofredo A. Vasquez / Houston Chronicle )Godofredo A. Vasquez, Staff Photographer / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of9 Former U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman and ...

Woman gets 2 years in prison for meth smuggling Dec. 19, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail A Laredoan is facing jailtime over the next two years due to a drug conviction. Mayra Aguirre, 30, was ordered to federal prison Thursday after being convicted of importing over 15 kilograms of crystal meth, according to U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The drugs were valued up to an estimated $500,000 in Florida. The 24-month sentence was handed by U.S. District Judge Diana Saldana and will be followed by a five-y...

15 Named In $26 Million International Trade Fraud Scheme Details Written by Justice Department Houston, Texas - A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas, has returned a criminal indictment against eight individuals, while a related civil complaint has charged 14 individuals and one company relating to international trade fraud violations stemming from a decade-long scheme involving tires from China. Law enforcement arrested Zheng “Miranda” Zhou, 53, of Missouri Cit...