San Antonio Broker Indicted for Identity Theft

Legal troubles continue to dole out for San Antonio real estate broker Jorge Herrero.

The owner of the coffee shop chain CommonWealth Coffeehouse and the Soccer Central sports club, was indicted May 6 on a count of bank fraud and one count of identity theft. Herrero is accused of misleading an unnamed company in the purchase of a Grand Prairie building, according to the San Antonio Business Journal, which cited the recently unsealed federal court records. Judge Orlando Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas is presiding over the case.

The unnamed company loaned Herrero $2.12 million to purchase an office property, and Herrero allegedly told the company that the Texas Facilities Commission renewed its lease in the building. The company found out that the TFC wasn’t in the building after an October 2024 walkaround, and Herrero apparently never repaid the loan when the terms of the deal were violated.

The indictment is the latest legal issue in a rapidly-evolving series for Herrero. Vantage Bank filed a lawsuit against Herrero in March 2025 to recover money from the Grand Prairie office purchase. Bexar County’s 73rd District Court awarded a $1 million default judgement to the bank.

Luigi Massa, a local dentist and owner of Massa Properties, also won a default judgement against Herrero for $1.3 million. Massa formally accused Herrero of negligence and breach of contract in a 2022 Lufkin office building deal that Herrero brokered.

A Bexar County judge ruled that Herrero failed to disclose that he also represented the seller in the deal, and falsified a lease renewal document. A California investor also filed suit against Herrero in Travis County, accusing him of soliciting investor funds to buy property but never actually purchasing the buildings, according to the outlet.

Herrero’s legal troubles have led to his coffee shop chain selling its flagship location in a foreclosure sale, according to the outlet. A pair of CommonWealth properties at 118 and 122 Davis Court were acquired by Sonora Bank in a May foreclosure auction.

— Hunter Cooke