AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Former Dalhart finance director Tyler Hooper was arrested on a fraud charge.
According to Gillespie County jail records, Hooper was arrested Thursday on one count of fraudulent use or possession of identifying information involving 50 or more items. He was released Friday on a $100,000 bond.
Hooper served as Dalhart’s finance director from November 2024 to November 2025.
Before that, he worked for the city of Pampa as a network administrator and risk manager for more than 12 years.
In November 2025, Hooper was hired as Fredericksburg’s assistant finance director. The city’s news release announcing his hiring said Hooper “continues a family-tradition of municipal service as his father – Donny has 29 years of city government experience and is currently the Assistant City Manager of Amarillo.”
Cyber fraud uses technology as the primary weapon. It is highly scalable and can be conducted from anywhere in the world.
- Phishing/Smishing/Vishing: Using deceptive emails (phishing), text messages (smishing), or phone calls (vishing) to trick victims into clicking malicious links or revealing sensitive data.
- Business Email Compromise (BEC): A high-value scam where a criminal impersonates a CEO or high-level executive via a “spoofed” email address to trick a staff member into making an urgent, unauthorized wire transfer.