HOUSTON – Five people have been arrested and charged with engaging in organized crime in connection with a scheme that allegedly stole high-end vehicles being shipped across the country, Houston police said. Three of the suspects are members of a Katy family, including a teen son who allegedly helped in the scheme while still a juvenile.
The suspects are Dheyaa Thabit Abd, 41; Iman Ouda Al Saedi, 35; the couple’s teenage son, whose name was not provided; Matthew Gonzalez, 29; and Saifuldeen Al Gburi, 30. Al Gburi was arrested in Collin County, Texas, on Wednesday.
Investigators said the suspects allegedly intercepted vehicles being transported to customers, disabled their factory-installed tracking devices and moved the cars through Houston before arranging shipments overseas…