Attorneys for Joshua Allen have filed a motion asking a federal judge to release him on bond until sentencing, according to new court filings in the Ferrum Capital investment fraud case.
A San Antonio jury found former Lubbock financial advisors Josh Allen and Michael Cox guilty in the Ferrum Capital fraud case, which targeted roughly 500 victims.
Officials would not discuss whether additional people will be charged in this case. They stressed the feds will work to recover as much of victims' money as possible.
Eric Smith spent years convinced he was secretly working with the FBI, decoding assassination plots against world leaders. He wasn’t. He was in the grip of a severe mental health crisis — and no one could legally force him to get help.
Investors in Ferrum Capital told a federal jury Wednesday their signatures were forged on documents, as the fraud trial of two Lubbock financial advisors continued in San Antonio.
Brooklynn Chandler Willy pleaded guilty in March to all 10 federal counts against her, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit money laundering, before U.S. District Judge Fred Biery in the Western District of Texas.
Two Lubbock men appeared in federal court Monday as their trial opened before a jury in a case involving an estimated $60 million and roughly 500 investors.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered a defendant in a San Antonio fraud case to forfeit more than $4 million to the United States government, court records show. Also on Thursday, attorney S. Greg White of Gray Reed in Waco filed an appearance of counsel on behalf of co-defendant Joshua Allen in the same case.
A federal court has delayed sentencing for a San Antonio financial advisor who pleaded guilty to her role in a suspected Ponzi scheme involving Lubbock investors.
Lubbock County stakeholders are exploring whether a formal mental health diversion program could keep qualifying offenders out of jail and into treatment, according to officials and advocates who spoke with KCBD’s Investigates Team.
A district judge has dismissed the claims against Lubbock Power and Light and referred the remaining portions of a Lubbock tenant’s utility shutoff lawsuit to the Texas Public Utility Commission.
Two Lubbock investors say they have recovered their money after a court-appointed receiver struck an $835,000 deal to buy out businessman Joshua Allen’s share in nine companies.
An attorney for defendant Joshua Allen is asking a federal judge to push back trial and pretrial deadlines in the criminal case against him, arguing a Bexar County court order freezing his assets has left him unable to pay his defense team and related costs.
A federal prosecutor filed a status update Tuesday saying there are no current plea negotiations with defendants Joshua Allen and Michael Cox in a criminal case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
The order, signed June 12, 2026, by Judge Norma Gonzales of the 131st Judicial District Court, blocks Allen, his company Allen Financial Agency, and Landzacha Holdings from selling, transferring, or otherwise moving any assets while the case moves toward trial.
A court-appointed receiver is asking a San Antonio judge to immediately freeze the assets of a Lubbock man accused of helping orchestrate a massive Ponzi scheme that wiped out the retirement savings of more than 300 people.
A Lubbock family faced a $330,000 bill after their insurance company approved their 6-year-old son’s surgery, then refused to pay for it at in-network rates.
New Home ISD’s board of trustees voted Feb. 9 to close the Life Skills classroom at New Home Elementary School, a decision that will require five special needs students to be bused approximately 30 miles to a classroom in O’Donnell beginning the 2026-2027 school year.
A Lubbock property owner had its bankruptcy case dismissed for a second time Monday, with the judge ruling the case was filed in bad faith and imposing a 180-day restriction on future filings.
Two women say the justice system has not done enough to protect them from domestic violence, after a man is accused of committing more offenses while out on probation and bond.
One in three Texans will suffer domestic violence in their lifetime, but a Lubbock prosecutor says most accusers are unwilling to speak out against their abusers.
The Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office has released body camera footage showing what happened before a young man was shot and killed by a deputy in November.
In a separate civil case, Joshua Allen (left) walks through the Lubbock County Courthouse June 9, 2025, with his attorney Nick Olguin. Olguin is representing Allen in the civil case, not in the federal criminal case.
A Lubbock businessman named in multiple lawsuits appeared in the 72nd District Court on Monday.
Lubbock investors have accused Joshua Allen of securities fraud and a breach of fiduciary duties as part of a lawsuit related to the expansion of the Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux restaurant franchise.
Complaints are mounting against a Lubbock property owner.
Residents who live in a South Lubbock mobile home park tell us their landlord didn’t pay the electricity bill for nearly two weeks until our KCBD Investigates Team got involved.
Our KCBD Investigates Team has learned about another family that claims to have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after investing with Lubbock financial advisors.
This is not the first time investors have sued Collins Asset Group. One of the class action lawsuits claims, “The scheme that defendants are running is identical to the program ran by Collins Asset Group, which was filed in federal court in February of 2020 in the northern district of Georgia.”
