Federal Crimes

The "right to remain silent" represents one of the most valuable rights people under arrest could access. Someone under investigation or arrest in Texas may be encouraged to speak only to an attorney because the person might incriminate him or herself when speaking to...

Larceny may be thought of as a form of theft or its own crime depending on where the crime is committed. As a general rule, larceny is the act of taking someone else's property in Texas without obtaining permission or using force to get it. Other elements of larceny...

Texas residents may be interested to learn that the number of anti-Muslim assaults rose from 2015 to 2016, according to a 2017 Pew Research Center report. The number of attacks against Muslim men and women in the United States is reportedly tracked by the Federal...

A global marketplace means that many products in Texas come from foreign countries. Unfortunately, trade fraud has become a widespread problem, according to a recent study. False records allow companies to avoid import duties, denying the government millions of...

Texas residents who have been victims of hate crimes should be aware that the Civil Rights Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is tasked with investigating such crimes. Every year, the agency investigates hundreds of hate crimes and makes efforts to...

Those who steal a car that has been shipped to Texas from another state or country while possessing a firearm could face a federal carjacking charge. A carjacking charge may also apply instances when a person merely attempts to take a car by force or threatens the...

A group of nine state-sponsored Iranian computer hackers has been charged with a wide-ranging scheme to infiltrate the computer systems of American universities according to a statement released by the U.S. Department of Justice. The deputy director announced that the...

Most Texas residents know that using the U.S. Postal Service or another private or commercial interstate shipping service to commit a crime can result in federal criminal charges. If a person is accused of doing just this, that person will be charged with mail fraud....

The U.S. Department of Justice announced recently that it will reopen work on setting federal standards on the appropriate way for analysts to testify about forensic evidence and techniques. In 2015, the DOJ added confirmation to the case against exaggerated forensic...

Imagine for a moment that you are driving home from a friend's house late at night. You see the red and blue lights of a police car flashing in your rear view and pull over. After approaching your car, the officer notes that there are empty beer bottles in the...