Friday, November 28th, 2008 — Eric Amoako, 51, of Houston, has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in an insurance fraud scheme, acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced Nov. 25. Amoako, a personal injury attorney with an office on Bissonnett in southwest Houston, was convicted along with several others by a jury’s verdict of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to launder funds and three counts of wire fraud following trial before Judge Nancy F. Atlas in Jan. 2008.