Dominatrix Blackmail Scheme Sends Deputy Treasurer To Jail

HOUSTON, TX — A high-ranking Harris County employee, who was fired for allegedly using county funds to pay off a dominatrix he claims was blackmailing him, is in the Harris County Jail.

Gregory Lueb, 56, who was next in line at the Harris County treasury office, was terminated this week, and arrested on Thursday of charges of felony theft.

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Lueb is accused of using county funds to pay off his credit card debt, which he’d run up paying off his alleged blackmailer, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

Lueb met his blackmailer, identified as “Mistress Cindy,” through an S&M website called Collarspace.

County officials were alerted to Lueb’s activities when Rhonda White, collections manager at the Harris County Credit Union, noticed he’d opened a credit card account in September 2016, and quickly maxed out the $10,000 limit with cash withdrawals, KTRK reported.

Other withdrawals were made from an account used to pay restitution to crime victims, officials said.

County officials began to notice the withdrawals when they changed banks in June 2017, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said at a press conference on Friday.

“I want the people of Harris County to know that I have spoken with the commissioners, who are the governing body...and recommended that they take measures immediately to ensure the securance of all taxpayer dollars through an independent audit, if necessary,” she said.

Lueb, who ultimately stole about $35,000 to pay “Mistress Cindy,” had access to about $3 billion and could move up to $100 million at a time on his signature, and had access to numerous Harris County bank accounts, Ogg said.

Lueb is being held at the Harris County Jail, with his bond set at $1,000.

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