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Alvarez the lead defendant in a 35-person indictment filed two decades ago in Los Angeles federal court managed the collection, laundering and distribution of at least $24 million and more than a ton of cocaine, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office. As part of a 1990s sting operation, undercover agents set up shop in a Santa Fe Springs warehouse and posed as money launderers to collect evidence.
Speaking through an interpreter, Alvarez offered apologies to the American population . for the harm I caused consciously on unconsciously to the citizens.
Alvarez s attorney, Anthony Solis, said after the hearing that his client was sincere.
Former Houston oil executive sentenced in $2M embezzlement scheme
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U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison, shown in this 2018 file photo, sentenced Robert Andrew Bishop, a former Houston oil executive to 41 months in federal prison Feb. 4, 2021, in connection with an embezzlement scheme.Michael Ciaglo, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
A Katy man was sentenced Thursday to federal prison after he admitted to embezzling more than $2 million from a Houston oil services company, where he worked as an executive, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Texas.
Robert Andrew Bishop, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison to 41 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release.