A Katy couple is charged in what Houston investigators call a $3 million luxury-car theft ring.

The accusation is a modern twist on car theft: no broken windows, just changed drop-off addresses. Investigators put the value of the cars at more than $3 million. Those are allegations in newly filed court records, and Abd's attorney says he is still reviewing the charges.

A Katy-area husband and wife are accused of stealing millions of dollars' worth of high-end vehicles by hacking into a computer program used to ship cars across the country, ABC13 reported, citing newly filed court records. The couple, identified as Dheyaa Abd and his wife, Iman Al Saedi, made their initial court appearance Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, two days after Houston police raided Abd's small mechanic shop near Fondren and Richmond early Wednesday, ABC13 reported. Harris County court records list Abd as 41 and Al Saedi as 35.

Court documents accuse Abd, Al Saedi and two additional suspects of hacking into a commercial shipping database used to transport luxury vehicles nationwide and altering drop-off locations so they could intercept and steal the cars, ABC13 reported. Investigators estimate the vehicles were worth more than $3 million. "All were involved in a high-end theft ring where numerous vehicles were stolen via transport vehicles. You all hacked into Central Database and rerouted shipments of luxury cars at different drop-off locations," a judge said while reading the charges in court, according to ABC13. That is the charging language read aloud at a first appearance. It is not a finding of fact.

Harris County District Clerk records list the charge against each of them as engaging in organized criminal activity, a felony, with bond set at $100,000. ABC13 reported that both remained in jail Friday; county records now list both as released on bond. Houston police declined to comment further and said they expect additional arrests, ABC13 reported. The two other suspects have not been publicly named. Abd's attorney told ABC13 by phone that he planned to review the charges over the weekend to gather more information. Under Texas law, engaging in organized criminal activity is punished one degree above the underlying offense. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.