{"id":249707,"date":"2026-04-14T19:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/249707\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:45:14","slug":"fbi-el-paso-seeks-victims-of-wire-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/249707\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI El Paso seeks victims of wire fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM<\/a>) \u2014\u00a0The FBI El Paso Field Office is seeking to identify potential victims of Timothy France Johnson, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday morning, April 14, the FBI announced it has launched a website where additional victims can report relevant information regarding the case against Timothy France Johnson and the companies: dba Shoot N\u20192 Sports, LLC, BOLO Entertainment, LLC, and BOLO Sports and Entertainment, LLC.<\/p>\n

As previously reported by KTSM, the estranged brother of the El Paso mayor pleaded guilty in March to seven counts of wire fraud regarding the investment in NBA pre-season games between 2009 and 2020.<\/p>\n

El Paso mayor\u2019s brother pleads guilty in federal ponzi scheme case <\/a><\/p>\n

Johnson falsely identified himself as a third-party promoter and was accused of soliciting investments from individuals, and promised to invest their money into NBA preseason games and game promotion.<\/p>\n

Officials stated in the release that if you believe you may be a victim of the crimes Johnson committed, and\/or have information relevant to this investigation, please visit\u00a0the FBI\u2019s website<\/a>\u00a0and complete the form on the webpage.<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing, and we will update as we know more.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014\u00a0The FBI El Paso Field Office is seeking to identify potential victims of Timothy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[94784,94783,138,140,139,3646,498,94782],"class_list":["post-249707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-bolo-entertainment","tag-bolo-sports-and-entertainment","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-fbi","tag-ktsm","tag-timothy-france-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}