United States v. Reis and Hockridge, N.D. Tex. No. 4:24-cr-00287-O, Doc. 433-2: Affidavit of Diana Snyder (Doc. 433-2) (2026-02-19)

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Affidavit of Diana Snyder, Document 433-2, filed February 19, 2026 in United States v. Reis and Hockridge, No. 4:24-CR-287-O, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, with an execution date of February 18, 2026. Snyder states that she has been an investigator in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas since March 2016, and that the affidavit rests on filings in the criminal case, subpoenaed records and public databases. It states that in 2022 Reis transferred over $46 million, and Hockridge over $29 million, from personal brokerage accounts to trust accounts. It states that the trusts were renamed in or around May 2023 as the Mint and Marietta trusts and that the trust agreements name each defendant as a Family Trustee.

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“United States v. Reis and Hockridge, N.D. Tex. No. 4:24-cr-00287-O, Doc. 433-2: Affidavit of Diana Snyder (Doc. 433-2) (2026-02-19).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/united-states-v-reis-and-hockridge-n-d-tex-no-4-24-cr-00287-o-doc-433-2ab656b0ed/, SHA-256 3c3dfc39923d30ad8e6998dcae73115a6b77bc81e3c2627233e511226829cc88.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
No. 4:24-CR-287-O
v.

NATHAN REIS (01) and
STEPHANIE HOCKRIDGE
A.K.A. STEPHANIE REIS (02),

Defendants,

and

BALENTINE LLC and SEI PRIVATE
TRUST COMPANY,

Garnishees.

AFFIDAVIT OF DIANA SNYDER

I, Diana Snyder, affirm as follows:

1. I have worked as an investigator in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office

for the Northern District of Texas since March 2016.

2. I have been assigned the task of investigating the defendants Nathan Reis and

Stephanie Hockridge (together, “Defendants” and individually by last name), as well as their

entities in connection with the judgments and restitution orders entered in this case.

3. The information contained in this declaration is based on my review of (1) filings

in this criminal case, (2) records gathered through subpoenas and other investigative tools

available to the United States, and (3) information from other publicly available databases.

4. I did not include in this affidavit all the facts gathered; rather, I limited the facts to

those necessary to establish that (1) Reis and Hockridge formed and funded the Mint and

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Marietta Family Trusts and the Mint and Marietta Legacy Trusts and (2) the trusts have

transferred their assets to Defendants, Defendants’ wholly-owned corporate entities, and law

firms and other entities for Defendants’ benefit.

I. Defendants’ formation and funding of the relevant trusts

5. The defendants first created the relevant trusts in or around 2022.

6. In 2022, Reis transferred over $46 million from his personal brokerage account to

accounts titled to the Nathan J Reis 2022 Irrevocable Trust and the Nathan J Reis Family

Protection Trust. See Affidavit of Special Agent Collin Friedemann ¶ 10, ECF No. 311-3.

7. In the same timeframe, Hockridge transferred over $29 million from her personal

brokerage account to the Stephanie Reis 2002 Irrevocable Trust and the Stephanie Reis Family

Protection Trust. Id. ¶ 11.

8. In or around May 2023, the trusts were renamed into new trusts. Reis’s trusts

were renamed the Mint Legacy Trust and the Mint Family Trust. Hockridge’s trusts were

renamed the Marietta Legacy Trust and the Marietta Family Trust. See Declaration of Jeremy B.

Spackman ¶ 6, ECF No. 420-1. The assets of the original trusts were transferred into the newly-

created trusts through decanting, which Defendants represent as “a process by which the

distribution trustee of a trust may transfer the trust’s assets to a new trust.” Id. ¶ 7.

9. In response to the government’s request for financial disclosure, Reis produced

copies of the trust agreements for the new trusts that were formed in 2023. The trust agreements

identify Reis as the grantor of the Mint Legacy Trust and the Mint Family Trust and Hockridge

as the grantor of the Marietta Legacy Trust and the Marietta Family Trust. Ther agreements also

show that each defendant was named a “Family Trustee” of each trust. Excerpts of the trust

agreements with the relevant designation are attached as Exhibit A.

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the above is true and

correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.

Executed on February 18, 2026.

/s/ Diana Snyder
Diana Snyder
Investigator
United States Attorney’s Office

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