Austin – A prolonged beneficiary of the illegal paper licensing panels in Texas was sentenced to five years imprisonment and ordered $ 22 million to the Ministry of Cars in Texas, According to a press statement From the US Prosecutor’s Office for the Southern Region in Texas.
As part of the fraud of millions of dollars, Emmanuel Reyes, 35, acknowledged that in May, he sold more than 550,000 paper marks online and through correspondence applications that allow buyers in Texas, and throughout the country, to convert vehicles to unintensive “ghost cars”.
“The criminal plan of the defendant was not illegal in itself, but it also facilitated dozens of other crimes, such as armed robbery and shooting on the driving,” said American lawyer Nicholas Ganji. “Car drivers in Texas deserves to know the roads on the side and their families are really licensed, instead of crime tools.”
During the ruling pronunciation session, the judge heard a certificate from New Bronfels, Tony Solberg, whose son, Terin, was killed in a car accident in 2020, according to a deputy in central Texas David Kuller. The driver had panels obtained from the Auto Healership agent called Reyes.
Coller told KXAN Reyes “towards the top of the people participating in this well -organized criminal institution” and was happy to see “Justice for the Solbrig family”.
Reyes managed to use borrowed names and stolen identity to obtain licenses for two car agents, “King’s Ranch Autoland” and “Texas Motor Company”.
“They did not have a lot of cars, they did not sell cars, and they were never present,” Koler said. “Except for paper.”
Officials said Reyes, who was not legally in the country, was expected to be deported after his punishment. Lady Arily Hernandez Lopez, 45, Octavian Okasio, 53, and Daniel Christine Tani, 36 were charged and condemned regarding the plan. Officials said Lopez, who was also in the country illegally, failed to submit a report to the prison and is considered a fleeing.
“This is an influential, I am very proud of our law enforcement partners and the FBI case team, Houston, who made everything happen,” said Douglas Williams from the FBI HOUSTON.
Kxan has Investigate illegal paper marks For years. This month, a law entered into the year 2023 into effect, where the temporary marks of colored metals were exchanged.
The temporary licensing panels issued as of June 30 are still valid for up to 60 days. TXDMV said they would remain a two masts until its validity on August 29. After that, there should be no on the road except in limited circumstances.
The FBI investigated Reyes and his accused participants with the help of the Travis Constab 3 province office, Houston Police, the Ministry of Public Safety in Texas, the Harris Sharif County Office, the New York State Police and the New York Police Department.