His wife owned the health-care business, he was the county tax collector/assessor....
I believe the company ownership was transferred when he became involved in politics. Not positive about that but am positive that fraud is fraud whether in his name or his wife's name. He profited from it.
When Lampson was tax assessor/collector he was known for getting his acquaintances to make deals that he knew about because of information he had. He used names of friends and they split the profits. I know a guy who lived in Beaumont and refused such a "deal" with Lampson