Affidavit: Fort Bend County candidate facing criminal charges may have also impersonated a judge on Facebook

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An up-and-coming political star in Fort Bend County is facing additional allegations of pretending to be someone else on the internet.

As of Tuesday evening, the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office told KPRC 2 he has not been charged with any additional crimes. After Patel’s arrest in June, the search warrant affidavit reveals law enforcement searched a Google phone he had in his possession and found a Facebook account listed for Surendran Pattel connected to an email address for Patel.

Judge Pattel was the criminal judge assigned to candidate Patel’s pending criminal cases, but court records show the case has now been moved to a different court. Candidate Patel was already in trouble with the law because an investigation by the Texas Rangers and Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office revealed he portrayed himself as someone else on the internet without proper consent and did so with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten.

The Scalywag account became friends with the fake Judge Pattel account in July 2021, the search warrant shows, before making “several comments ... complimentary” to the judge.

Source: Tech Daily Report (techdailyreport.net)

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