The Brief
- The final suspect in a nationwide scheme to sell fake Texas paper vehicle tags has pleaded guilty.
- The convict joins three others implicated in the crime scheme.
- The scheme resulted in an estimated 550,000 fake tags being sold across the country, officials say.
HOUSTON – An undocumented immigrant in Houston is the final suspect to be convicted in a nationwide scheme to sell fake Texas paper vehicle tags, a U.S. attorney said in a Tuesday release.
According to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Gangei, 35-year-old Emmanuel Padilla Reyes admitted to his role in the scheme, joining three others convicted in connection with the crimes.
Fake Texas tags operation
The release says Reyes, who was reportedly in the country illegally, and his co-conspirators sold at least 550,000 Texas temporary buyer tags without selling any vehicles.
Reyes admitted to using at least two aliases for the scheme, the release says, using them to get used car dealer licenses. …