April 19, 2023
A former Texas attorney can't overturn his conviction in a $32 million fraud case tied to a Mexican state-owned utility, because there is no way to prove whether a witness who the attorney said should have been called in his case would've changed the outcome, a federal judge has ruled.
May 01, 2020
Federal prosecutors urged an El Paso district judge on Friday not to grant a new trial to a lawyer convicted of defrauding a Mexico state-owned utility in a $32 million scheme, saying his claims of new evidence should be ignored.
December 20, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday ordered a former lawyer convicted for a scheme to divert $32 million from a utility project to pay more than $11 million in restitution.
December 11, 2017
Federal prosecutors asked a Texas federal judge on Friday to force a former lawyer to repay $13.7 million to a Mexican agency after he was involved in a scheme to divert $32 million from a Mexico utility project, saying much of the rest of the damages claimed actually couldn't be resolved within this case.
October 02, 2017
A former Texas attorney was sentenced Friday by a federal judge to 10 years in prison for his role in a money laundering scheme to divert $32 million in payments from a Mexican state-owned utility to offshore accounts.
September 23, 2016
A one-time Texas attorney already in jail for allegedly working with former Mexican President Vincente Fox's ex-wife to launder drug money was found guilty on Thursday in another scheme to divert $32 million in payments from a Mexican state-owned utility to offshore accounts.
September 21, 2016
In the midst of jury deliberation, a Texas federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by an attorney, recently sentenced to 16 years in prison for a money-laundering scheme, to dismiss two wire fraud counts in a related criminal case accusing him of bilking a contractor out of $32 million.
September 08, 2016
A Texas attorney previously convicted of money laundering told a Texas federal judge Thursday that a related case involving a scheme to bilk a contractor out of $32 million must be dropped because federal prosecutors improperly advised a key witness and undermined his defense.
May 17, 2016
A Texas attorney sentenced to 16 years in prison for money laundering told a Texas federal judge Monday that jurors overseeing a related case involving a scheme to bilk a contractor out of $32 million should not view documents and other evidence concerning his prior conviction.
April 29, 2016
A Texas attorney recently sentenced to 16 years in prison for a money laundering scheme demanded the dismissal of separate charges Friday, saying governmental misconduct should end claims he bilked a Nevada contractor out of $32 million, but if not, the local U.S. Attorney’s Office should be disqualified.