Edward Houston Thousand Oaks resident Edward Allen Houston Sr., 61, was arrested by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department’s fugitive unit on Oct. 29 and charged with a $1-million felony warrant for various financial crimes.

The arrest warrant came after an investigation by the sheriff’s department’s major crimes unit into allegations that Houston used his deceased father’s biographical information in order to obtain more than $500,000 in loans from Countrywide Bank.

The police also allege Houston was involved in additional criminal activities using California driver’s licenses obtained from other relatives and a deceased friend.

Sheriff’s investigators said Houston might have victimized other people by committing real estate fraud or other financial crimes and are asking anyone with information on Houston’s possible criminal activity to call the sheriff’s major crimes unit at (805) 477-7000.

“We would like anyone who’s associated with Houston to take a look at any business transactions they made and contact us if they have any suspicions about what happened,” Sgt. Dave Murray said.

Houston had many aliases and identifications, according to Murrary.

—Nancy Needham