Candidate Taral Patel was charged in June for allegedly making fake racist posts against himself. Now, a new warrant claims he impersonated the district judge assigned to his first case on Facebook.
Rosie NguyenA candidate for Fort Bend County Pct. 3 commissioner, who allegedly made posts against himself, is under investigation again for a similar crime.charged last month for allegedly faking racist social media posts against himselfA new search warrant filed by investigators on Monday claims Taral Patel, 30, impersonated a district judge using a fake Facebook profile, the same one who was coincidentally assigned to preside over his first case.
Investigators noticed that the Scalywag account was Facebook friends with Judge Surendran Pattel, who oversees Fort Bend County's 240th district court. The fake profile communicated with Pattel's page, posting several "complimentary" comments and even had a conversation through private messages. When investigators showed Judge Pattel the Facebook page, he stated that he did not create the profile nor authorize anyone else to create it on his behalf. He said that his name and photo were used without his consent.
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