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A North Texas construction contractor was sentenced to five years of probation and three months in jail after pleading guilty to fraud, Parker County District Attorney Jeff Swain announced in a ...
Anecdotal evidence suggests that tip theft, which is a legally complex issue distinct from wage theft and not necessarily under the control of the same laws governing the payment of wages, [30] [better source needed] may also be common in instances where employer record keeping does not comply with the law. [31]
Employment fraud is the attempt to defraud people seeking employment by giving them false hope of better employment, offering better working hours, more respectable tasks, future opportunities, or higher wages. [1] They often advertise at the same locations as genuine employers and may ask for money in exchange for the opportunity to apply for ...
While several early cases employed the "intangible right to honest government," United States v. States (8th Cir. 1973) [9] was the first case to rely on honest services fraud as the sole basis for a conviction. [10] The prosecution of state and local political corruption became a "major federal law enforcement priority" in the 1970s. [11 ...
The first codification of Texas criminal law was the Texas Penal Code of 1856. Prior to 1856, criminal law in Texas was governed by the common law, with the exception of a few penal statutes. [3] In 1854, the fifth Legislature passed an act requiring the Governor to appoint a commission to codify the civil and criminal laws of Texas.
A North Texas tax preparer pleaded guilty to tax fraud worth $2.6 million, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton announced in a news release Tuesday.
To obtain a land grant, it must be authorized under either the national constitution or laws, or the laws of the Mexican government prior to independence. Saddler v. Republic, Dallam 610 (1844). Although it takes more than one to be in an affray, a conviction against one will stand even if the others are acquitted. Binge v. Smith, Dallam 616 ...
It’s the second case to come out of the district attorney’s Labor Justice Unit, formed in September to prosecute wage theft cases. That month, the office filed charges against owners of two ...