Gustavo Gerardo Mateus And Ruth Esther Mateus

We checked 6 public arrest databases. We looked for Gustavo Mateus in the 6 police departments that publish full arrest names: Dallas PD, King County WA, Providence RI, Montgomery MD, Norfolk VA, and San Diego Sheriff. No match.
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We checked the U.S. Treasury's sanctions list (19,700 entries). We checked everyone named as a party in this case, 1 name in total (Gustavo Gerardo Mateus and Ruth Esther Mateus), against the list.

We checked the FBI's live most-wanted list. The FBI publishes a current list of about 990 wanted fugitives, covering the Ten Most Wanted, terrorism, cybercrime, and kidnapping. We checked it in real time for Gustavo Gerardo Mateus and Ruth Esther Mateus.

We checked the federal healthcare exclusion list (83,300 providers). The Office of Inspector General publishes a list of people and companies banned from Medicare, Medicaid, and every federal health program. Reasons include Medicare or Medicaid fraud, patient abuse, license revocation, and controlled-substance violations. We checked it for Gustavo Gerardo Mateus and Ruth Esther Mateus.

We checked our archive of 12.9 million court cases. We looked through Florida court records for anyone else named Mateus. We found 8 other cases with that surname, listed below so you can compare them and see whether it's the same person, a relative, or unrelated.