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Velma L. Alvarado, 68 and Jose G. Alvarado, 64, of Houston, were arrested for allegedly providing false information on a car title application, signing the false joint statement and tampering with a government record with intent to defraud.

An investigation revealed that the suspects who own Joe’s Auto Sales & Service used car dealership completed and signed a Texas Comptroller Form 130-U, an official government document, using false information. The dealers allegedly used a previously owned car to reduce the actual amount of tax due to the state of Texas.

Both defendants are charged with allegedly providing false information on car title application and signing the false joint statement, both third-degree felonies punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000, and tampering with a government record with intent to defraud, a state jail felony.

The cases are pending in Harris County.

Milton Diaz, 56, of Cypress, was arrested for allegedly engaging in a motor fuel transaction without a license.

An investigation revealed that the suspect was delivering dyed-diesel fuel without a license. Diaz made numerous unlawful deliveries of stolen fuel to an unauthorized location belonging to his employer. The stolen fuel was worth approximately $200,000.

In Texas, non-taxable diesel is dyed red to distinguish it from taxable diesel. Red-dyed diesel is authorized almost exclusively for off-road, agricultural use by permit holders only.

Diaz is charged with engaging in a motor fuel transaction without a license, a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

The case is pending in Harris County.

Raidel Borrego Cardoso, 37, of Austin and Jeiler Sarria Gutierrez, 34, of Hialeah, Fl., were indicted for evading or attempting to evade motor fuel tax.

Cardoso and Gutierrez are charged with evading or attempting to evade motor fuel tax, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.

An investigation found the defendants fraudulently and unlawfully appropriated approximately 127 gallons of diesel fuel worth about $392.00 while delivering that diesel fuel into the aftermarket fuel tank concealed in the suspects white Isuzu truck.

The case is pending prosecution in Bastrop County.

Agustin Herrera, Jr., 32, of Bryan, was arrested for allegedly evading or attempting to evade motor fuel tax.

An investigation revealed that the suspect unlawfully appropriated approximately 81 gallons of untaxed, red-dyed diesel fuel worth about $398, and used that untaxed fuel on a public roadway in Lee County, Texas.

In Texas, non-taxable diesel is dyed red to distinguish it from taxable diesel. Red-dyed diesel is authorized almost exclusively for off-road, agricultural use by permit holders only.

Herrera is charged with evading or attempting to evade motor fuel tax, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.

The case is pending in Lee County.

Serney de la Caridad Cordero, 31, of Midland, was arrested for allegedly evading or attempting to evade motor fuel tax.

An investigation revealed that the suspect intentionally or knowingly evaded or attempted to evade motor fuel tax by unlawfully appropriating approximately 300 gallons of diesel fuel by siphoning the fuel out of the underground storage tank at a convenience store.

Cordero is charged with evading or attempting to evade motor fuel tax, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.

The case is pending in Ector County.

Muhammad Naseer Khan, 52, of McKinney was indicted for failing to keep tobacco inventory records.

The defendant was charged with books and records violations, a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

An investigation found the defendant did not have a valid permit for tobacco or e-cig products at his current location and failed to keep books and records for four years, as required.

The case is pending prosecution in Grayson County.

Gunter Joan Gomez Heredia, 33, and Rafael Luis Castello, 59, both of Odessa were indicted for transporting motor fuel without shipping documents and evading or attempting to evade motor fuel tax, both second-degree felonies punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.

An investigation found that the defendants allegedly tampered with the fuel pump’s pulsar device thereby unlawfully appropriating approximately 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel worth about $4,100.

The case is pending prosecution in Martin County.

Korbin Rayce Hamilton, 33, of Odessa was indicted for accepting delivery of motor fuel without shipping documents and evading or attempting to evade motor fuel tax, both second-degree felonies punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.

An investigation found the defendant accepting delivery of stolen diesel fuel into the saddle fuel tanks of a red Freightliner semi-truck.

The case is pending prosecution in Ector County.

Fernando Vital, 51, of Odessa was indicted for accepting transporting motor fuel without shipping documents and evading or attempting to evade motor fuel tax, both second-degree felonies punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.

An investigation found the defendant filling up from a field diesel tank belonging to his employer and delivering and reselling the stolen diesel fuel. Vital used a hose with a nozzle to dispense the fuel from a 60-gallon tank in the bed of his truck into the supply tank of a red Freightliner semi-truck.

The case is pending prosecution in Ector County.