HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — They paid a high price to live downtown, and now a Houston couple is paying an even higher price for doing it.<\/p>\n
Felipe Andujar and his wife, Emily Galvez, were arrested Tuesday on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity in connection with a scheme to lease homes and apartments using fake pay stubs and identities, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
Investigators say that’s how Galvez rented a unit at Elev8 downtown for more than $6,200 a month.<\/p>\n
When police executed a search warrant at the apartment in July, they say they found 13 guns, $51,000 in cash, and drugs.<\/p>\n
Police say they began investigating Andujar and Galvez in December shortly after arresting Rosemary Tucker on an engaging in organized criminal activity charge.<\/p>\n
They say Tucker had been helping people rent apartments with fake pay stubs and identities.<\/p>\n
When they went through her phone, they say they found text messages she’d exchanged with Andujar.<\/p>\n
At the time, he and Galvez were trying to rent a place to live but worried that Andujar’s past drug-possession conviction and Galvez’s lack of credit history would hurt their chances.<\/p>\n
Investigators say they turned to Tucker and agreed to put leases in Galvez’s name by providing fake pay stubs.<\/p>\n
Police say the couple rented two properties using Tucker’s services in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n
At some point, they say Andujar began acting as a broker and found clients to sublet properties from Tucker that they say she’d rented using fake identities.<\/p>\n
Police say in September 2025, Galvez began renting the apartment at Elev8.<\/p>\n
In the weeks prior, text messages show Andujar agreeing to pay $1,500 for another man in exchange for a fake employment offer for Galvez.<\/p>\n
“What’s the monthly rent you’re trying to stay under so I can provide you with enough income to get approved?” the man, who hasn’t been charged, texted Andujar.<\/p>\n
Investigators say Galvez submitted a fake employment offer letter for a job paying $21,000 a month. Yet the Texas Workforce Commission told police they couldn’t find any record of the company Galvez claimed made her the offer.<\/p>\n
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