Category Archives: Federal Government Watch

FBI Bust $200+ Million Credit Card Fraud Ring: Charging Identity Theft and Fake Accounts, Phony Companies Used by International Organization of Companies and Individuals

Credit Card Fraud is a common crime in federal courts here in Dallas and Texas (and across the country), and most of these federal fraud charges come with sizable amounts in controversy.   Texas fraud defense attorneys are used to defending people facing fraud charges with large amounts of money ribboning through complex scenarios. However,…


Medicare Fraud Sting Operations by Federal Government Includes Senior Volunteers Spying on Doctors and Health Care Providers: Expect to See More National Stings and Sweeping Arrests of Medical Pros in the Future

Be on the look out for seniors in trench-coats if you’re working in the health care industry:  the federal government has proudly launched its latest weapon against health care fraud:  the “Senior Medicare Patrol.” Here’s the description of this new “tool to fight fraud, strengthen federal and private health programs, and protect consumer and taxpayer dollars” as…


Mexican Shooter Arrested for Planning to Kill Hidalgo Sheriff Lupe Trevino Claims Involvement in Fast And Furious Scandal as Killer of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 2010

It looked like the dust was settling on all the news coverage of Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino having to watch his son, Mission police officer Jonathan Treviño, 28, being arrested along with several other members of local law enforcement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for escorting drug cartel transports along Texas roadways as paid…


Increasing Gun Control by the Federal Government Announced Today: Will Attorney General Eric Holder Decide Who Owns and Holds Guns in Texas?

This morning, President Obama announced that he will sign 23 Executive Orders today, all of which are targeting guns in the United States: specifically, gun control by the federal government of weapons owned by private citizens. Here is the list just announced at the White House press conference of these 23 Executive Orders: 1. “Issue…