Case 7:19-cr-00233 Document 1 Filed on 01/26/19 in TXSD Page 1 of 2

A0 91 (Rev. 02/09) Criminal Complaint

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 

for the
Southern District of Texas
United States of America - 
V. .
Alberto Hernandez GALLEGOS Case No. WW 

COB: Mexico 

YOB: 1968 

Defendant

CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

On or about the date of 01 /25/201 9 in the county of Hidalgo in the Southern District of

Texas the defendant violated 31 U. S. C. 5332(a)
an offense described as follows:

Whoever, with the intent to evade a currency reporting requirement under section 5316, knowingly conceals more than
$10,000 in currency or other monetary instruments on the person of such individual or in anyconveyance, article of
luggage, merchandise, or other container, and transports or transfers or attempts to transport or transfer such currency
or monetary instruments from a place within the United States to a place outside of the United States.

This criminal complaint is based on these facts:
See Attachment 

2! Continued on the attached sheet.

Ali Muhiuddin

 

Complainant ?s signature

Ali Muhiuddin, HSI Special Agent

 

Sworn to and executed by reliable electronic means, sworn to Printed name and title
and attested telephonically per FED.R.CR.4.1, and probable

cause found on: I 7 ?36 9 1 31/

Date: 01/26/2019 @3232p.m.

 

 

Judge ?5 Signature

City and state: McAllen, Texas Juan F. Alanis, U.S. Magistrate Judge

 

Printed name and title

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ATTACHMENT A

This af?davit is intended to establish suf?cient probable cause and does not set forth all of my knowledge
about this matter.

On January 25, 2018, at approximately 0905 hours, Alberto Hernandez GALLEGOS (US Legal Permanent
Resident) while driving a vehicle attempted to exit the United States via the Hidalgo, Texas, Port of Entry
(POE).

A Customs and Border Protection Of?cer (CBPO) st0pped the vehicle for an outbound inspection.
GALLEGOS advised the CBPO he was traveling to Reynosa, Mexico from McAllen, Texas. The CBPO
asked for a declaration of currency over $10,000 and GALLEGOS before the CBPO could ?nish speaking,
nodded and answered yes. GALLEGOS pointed towards the rear of the vehicle and stated unknown subjects
had placed the currency there. The CBPO subsequently obtained a negative declaration for other items. The
CBPO advised GALLEGOS seemed surprise by the outbound inspection and appeared to be shocked when
asked about the declaration of currency.

An examination of the vehicle by CBP revealed a speaker box in the trunk containing two separate
concealed compartments containing approximately $1,081,415.00 in bulk US currency.

On January 25, 2018, at approximately 1132 hours, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent
(SA) Ali Muhiuddin and additional HSI personnel interviewed GALLEGOS, who waived his Miranda
Rights in writing and stated the following in summary:

GALLEGOS agreed with additional subjects to smuggle an unknown amount of currency from the US to
Mexico in return for $1,000.00 in compensation. GALLEGOS was aware the speaker boxes contained
hidden compartments and observed subjects place the currency in them. GALLEGOS stated he intended to
smuggle the currency into Mexico without declaring it and only admitted to possessing the currency because
he was afraid subsequent to being stopped. GALLEGOS did not know how much currency was concealed
in this vehicle, however suSpected it was a substantial amount. Furthermore, GALLEGOS suspected the
currency was proceeds of narcotics sales because the subjects offered to sell him narcotics. Moreover,
GALLEGOS is aware that narcotics are into the US and proceeds in the form of
currency are smuggled out.

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