Indictment — No. 7:25-cr-01723 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

A sealed grand jury Indictment in United States v. Rolando Santiago Benitez, Sandra Pope Solis, Lesley Chavez, Bernardo Gomez, Jr. and Edgar De La Garza, Criminal No. M-25-1723, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, McAllen Division, filed August 05, 2025. Counts One through Eight charge wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1343, alleging that each defendant obtained EIDL or PPP loans for Rio Grande Valley businesses by inflating revenue or employee figures and altering tax documents, then used the proceeds for personal purposes and filed false PPP forgiveness forms. The count table lists deposits including $150,000 from the SBA to RB Solutions Tech LLC on 9/11/2020 and $140,300 to Along Came Sandra on 12/22/2020. The indictment includes a notice of criminal forfeiture.

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