( July 14, 2025, 1:34 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas federal judge adopted a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation and denied a motion to set aside a court clerk’s entry of default against a man accused of participating in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act conspiracy to defraud Allstate in a purported scheme where the man, his companies and related parties engaged in hazardous material cleanups that were allegedly unnecessary or did not involve Allstate insureds, finding “no clear error” in the report and recommendation....