Eastern District of Texas

Eastern District welcomes new U.S. Attorney

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas announced May 26 the United States Attorney Joseph D. Brown resigned, effective May 31. On the heels of the announcement, the district welcomed a new U.S. Attorney to the recently vacated position.  Stephen J.

Beaumont engineer charged with fraudulent loan application

A Beaumont engineer has been charged in the Eastern District of Texas with allegedly filing bank loan applications fraudulently seeking more than $10 million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security...