Juvenile crimes occur in Texas and all over the United States, and they take place more often than most people realize. It’s hard for some to accept, but young people are just as capable of violent behavior as adults. Here are some situations that are known to...
Many juvenile crimes in Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange are often the result of impulse control disorders. Unfortunately, these disorders are often not diagnosed or treated until it's too late, often resulting in juvenile offenders being incarcerated. What are...
Social Security fraud occurs any time someone uses deceit or other malicious means to collect Social Security funds to which they are not entitled. One way to prevent this kind of fraud is to report it to the appropriate authorities. How big a problem is Social...
The criminal legal system has a special set of rules for juveniles, often referred to as juvenile law. In Texas, the juvenile law rules apply to people between the ages of 10 and 16. Once a person reaches 17 years of age, they are considered adults and any criminal...
Medicare is one of the largest federal entitlement programs operating in Texas. The program pays out hundreds of billions of dollars every year. As a result, it is an incredibly attractive target for scammers and identity thieves. These men and women see the program...
Society has recognized that easy access to prescriptions for opioid pain medications resulted in opioid use disorder for millions of people. Governments reacted by imposing Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) to halt people from getting endless prescription...
Arranging a monetary transaction with a financial institution in such a way that you work around the compulsory reporting is prohibited by Texas law. These laws are written in a highly specific way to close off any potential loopholes — and to eliminate the temptation...
Some Texas college students feel so much pressure that they resort to taking certain drugs. So-called “study drugs” are often legally prescribed to individuals with legitimate medical conditions. However, when they’re used by college students, they can do more harm...
Simulated drugs are a particularly dangerous trend in the world of illicit substances. They involve passing off some other substance as a drug and pretending for one reason or another that the substance is a drug. While they have not been explicitly challenged in...
A false statement regarding a company or its stock value is one type of securities fraud. Insider trading, the buying or selling of stock with information that the public does not know is also a crime. One might know something about securities regulation in order to...