A confidential informant working with federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas fabricated AI-generated audiovisual evidence that was used to secure an indictment against an innocent person. The government later dismissed the case without explanation, and the fabrication only came to light when the informant pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice at his own sentencing hearing on January 21, 2026. No one in the original prosecution had challenged the material as fabricated before the wrongful indictment was handed down.