Wire Fraud is a Federal Crime

While Texas has a fraud statute, it does not cover wire fraud. No state has a wire fraud statute – the crime is strictly under federal jurisdiction. Wire fraud crimes are investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, sometimes with assistance from the Secret Service, and the charges that are brought against those suspected of…

Wire Fraud in a Wireless Age

The current generation of young adults knows to take everything they read online with a grain of salt. Likewise, the drive to make television more honest is almost as old as television; for example, the original motive for producing Sesame Street was to make a television show that used the same catchy tunes and colorful…