Carmen Turner Faces Nine Federal Counts over Scheme to Pay Caregivers and Her Son’s Father Through County Payroll

Feds charge Fort Bend County official with theft, wire fraud

Carmen Turner, the Democratic tax assessor-collector since 2021, was arrested Thursday morning.

Carmen Turner faces nine federal counts over scheme to pay caregivers and her son’s father through county payroll

Fort Bend County tax assessor, 2 subordinates indicted for alleged wire fraud, theft

US attorneys say Carmen Turner had three people hired as county employees knowing that they were working other jobs full-time.

Carmen Turner indicted in major federal public corruption case, source tells KCM

HOUSTON — Fort Bend County Tax Assessor-Collector Carmen Turner has been indicted in connection with a federal public corruption case, a source told Katy Christian Magazine ahead of a scheduled announcement Thursday afternoon, Oct. 22. A media advisory from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas describes a major public corruption case…