Newly unsealed documents revealed that a San Antonio businessman behind CommonWealth Coffeehouse and Soccer Central has been indicted by the United States government on counts of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Jorge Ernesto Campos Herrero, who co-founded CommonWealth Coffeehouse in 2015, was named the sole defendant in the indictment, which also mentions his various LLCs. The indictment was filed on May 6, 2026, with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Herrero is accused of scheming to obtain a $2,120,000 loan from an unnamed company (referred to as Victim Company 1) to purchase a commercial property in Grand Prairie, Texas.
The indictment alleged that Herrero forged a lease agreement and an individual’s signature from the Texas Facilities Commission (TFC), and presented the false documents to a company to obtain a $2,120,000 loan in 2021. By 2023, Herrero allegedly defaulted on the loan terms and then presented the company with a tenant estoppel certificate, asserting that the TFC had a valid lease agreement.
The TFC’s director of state leasing services purportedly confirmed that the documents presented by Herrero were inauthentic and that no TFC agency, including the Texas Attorney General’s Office, was involved in any lease at the Grand Prairie property. The victim company foreclosed on the property in November 2024, claiming a loss of more than $1 million…