A Texas funeral home operator has been arrested after allegedly using information supplied by a grieving family to pose as a dead man’s spouse and steal nearly $2.2 million from his estate.
Unique Green, 47, was taken into custody Tuesday, July 21, and charged with theft of more than $300,000 and four counts of forgery, according to Harris County court records cited by local media.
Green was listed under the name Michael James Green in Harris County Jail records. It remains unclear how Green identifies.
At the time of the alleged scheme, Green was reportedly operating A Community Funeral Home on Wheeler Avenue in Houston without a funeral director’s license.
According to court documents, the family of 78-year-old Lawrence Gammon hired the funeral home to handle arrangements after his death in June 2025. As part of that process, relatives provided Green with Gammon’s personal information.
Investigators allege Green then used those details to carry out an elaborate fraud.
Several weeks after Gammon’s death, Green allegedly filed a will claiming to be the dead man’s wife and sole heir.
Authorities said the fraudulent documents were then used to gain access to Gammon’s personal bank accounts and take nearly $2.2 million. Green is also accused of taking three vehicles from Gammon’s home on Tottenham Drive.
Court records allege that Green opened a bank account titled “Estate of Lawrence E. Gammon” using a falsified death certificate.
The investigation reportedly uncovered even more disturbing allegations surrounding the funeral home’s operations.
Authorities learned that Green was allegedly impersonating another legitimate Houston funeral business and had taken over that company’s phone number and email address.
Law enforcement officers raided A Community Funeral Home in November 2025. Video from the scene showed investigators carrying boxes containing cremated remains out of the building.
Several families later complained that they had waited as long as two years to receive their loved ones’ remains after hiring Green.
Other families reportedly raised concerns about the way bodies were being handled, including allegations that the funeral home transported human remains in rented U-Haul vehicles.
Green has a criminal history dating back to at least 1998, with previous arrests involving allegations of forgery, assault, theft and fraud, according to court records.
Green has also previously been accused of forging signatures on sworn documents, giving false testimony and committing other offenses.
A Harris County judge set Green’s bond at $800,000 on Wednesday, July 22.
The Houston Police Department and Harris County Attorney’s Office had not immediately provided additional comment.
