Category Archives: Federal Government Watch

Money Laundering and Texas Drug Cartels

Money Laundering Arrests – The Flip Side of the Forfeiture Coin Money laundering in Texas has to happen, it’s a given. Why? The extremely successful Mexican Drug Cartels that operate here (and across the Tex-Mex border) must have a system to convert the cash revenue generated by their illegal business activities into legitimate and viable…

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Crime News, Drug Crimes, Federal Government Watch, Money Laundering Charges |

Year in Review: Things for Dallas to Consider From a Criminal Defense Perspective

How Dangerous is It to Live or Work in Dallas County? Here we are at the end of another year. Let’s take a minute and consider where things stand as we enter 2016, from a North Texas Criminal Defense perspective: 1. Dallas County Is Really, Really Dangerous As reported by Grits for Breakfast this week,…

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Assaults, Cop Watch, Crime News, DA Watch, Family Violence, Federal Government Watch, Orwellian Threats to Rights, Sex Crimes, Texas Government Watch |

Heroin in Dallas: 5 Things About Dallas’ Heroin Market from the New DEA Report

Heroin use in Texas isn’t news, but the increasing use of this particularly notorious drug — and the skyrocketing number of drug overdose deaths in our state and across the country — is really getting newsworthy. Search the news, or just search for “heroin” in Twitter, and you’ll find stories from all over the country…

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Drug Crimes, Federal Government Watch, Heroin Charges, Texas Government Watch |

Probation on Federal Texas Eastern District Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods

Mr. Lowe’s client hired him two years ago after a disappointing experience with another attorney. At that time, the Department of Homeland Security had raided his client’s home based on a search warrant supported by an evidentiary affidavit establishing probable cause. The raid yielded 63,088 counterfeit DVDs in the client’s possession, which were valued at $741,284.00….

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Case Results, Copyright, Criminal Law Blog, Cyber Crimes | Internet Fraud, Disclaimer and Copyright, Federal Government Watch |

Dennis Hastert Plea Deal: My Prediction Coming True and The Impact on Future Prosecutions

Maybe today, maybe tomorrow – but soon, and most likely on October 28 according to the Chicago Tribune, Dennis Hastert (former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) is going to be facing a federal judge with a plea deal in hand, an agreement reportedly ironed out between his defense team and the federal prosecutors….

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Federal Government Watch, Money Laundering Charges, Sex Crimes |

The Police and Your Phone: Invasion of Privacy by Police

Sure, people who are being investigated by law enforcement for committing crimes, as they are defined by state or federal law, need to know about their privacy rights — constitutionally protected privacy rights — and where the line is drawn between them and the police during that investigation. When is a search warrant required before…

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Cop Watch, Federal Government Watch, Privacy of Lawyer-Client Communications, Search and Seizures |

Heroin Moves Through Dallas: Drug Cartel Distribution Routes

This week, there was a lot of news coverage over a big FBI sting where 46 federal indictments were issued across the country, charging people with smuggling drugs like heroin and cocaine on planes. Some got charged with other things, too, like money laundering — but the big deal here in Dallas was that most…

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Drug Crimes, Federal Government Watch, Heroin Charges, Trafficking Charges |

Texas Shale Oil Fraud Felony Cases: Illegal Investment Ponzi Schemes?

Recently, a Dallas investment scheme orchestrated by Brian Polito and his company EOG Resources got snagged by the federal authorities, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (”SEC”) filing suit here in a Texas federal district court alleging Polito had conned millions of dollars from his investors through the sale of interests in Texas oil and…

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Federal Government Watch, Fraud Charges |

Structuring and Dennis Hastert: Is This Case Setting a Precedent for Prosecutorial Overreach of Your Rights?

Yesterday, Dennis Hastert pled not guilty to criminal charges that were filed against him on May 28, 2015, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, in Case No. 15-CR-315. Read the Indictment which was placed into my Digital Library for further reference here: Counts in the Indictment: What’s…

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Federal Government Watch, Orwellian Threats to Rights, Sex Crimes |

Oil Fraud Case of Brian Polito : The Canary in the Coal Mine Warning of Future Texas Oil Fraud Arrests

Texas oil is the stuff of legend, and in a scandal worthy of television dramas like Dallas with J.R. Ewing, recently the Securities and Exchange Commission (”SEC”) filed a formal complaint in a Texas federal district court alleging that a local Texas man named Brian J. Polito had conned some folk out of millions of…

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Federal Government Watch, Fraud Charges |

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