Are you considering filing for Social Security Disability benefits? If so and you are approved for benefits, you will have to provide certain information to the Social Security Administration on an ongoing basis. For example, you have to keep your current address...
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What is Check Fraud?
Check fraud is a type of crime where someone wrongfully uses checks to illegally borrow funds that: 1) do not exist in a bank account, or 2) are not in the legal ownership of the account holder. How does check fraud happen? There are lots of ways that checks can fall...
Possessing an Alcoholic Beverage in a Motor Vehicle
It is not uncommon for people to have open containers of alcohol in their vehicles. For example, someone might bring a bottle of wine over to their friend’s house to enjoy at dinner, and since their friend is on a no sugar and no alcohol diet, they decide to...
Second DWI in Texas
The criminal offense of driving while intoxicated (DWI) is covered under Section 49.04 of the Texas Penal Code. Like other states, in Texas the penalties for DWI-related crimes increase with each subsequent offense. Section 49.04(a) reads, “A person commits an...
Applying for Naturalization
Are you an immigrant who dreams of becoming a United States citizen? If so, you’ll need to learn about the naturalization process. “But what is naturalization?” It is the process where an immigrant (foreign national) becomes a U.S. citizen by...
Penalties for Vandalism in Texas
The word “vandalism” often makes people think of writing graffiti on walls and lockers, destroying someone’s bicycle, breaking someone’s smartphone, egging someone’s car, and destroying mailboxes with a bat – these are all forms of vandalism because they each involve...
Drug Offenses in Texas
Drugs are everywhere and people from all racial, socioeconomic and religious backgrounds take them. And, illegal drugs like cocaine, heroin, crystal meth, and marijuana aren’t the only drugs leading to possession charges – prescription drugs are just as...
DWI for Minors in Texas
In Texas, the offense of driving while intoxicated is covered under Section 49.04 of the Texas Penal Code. Under Sec. 49.04(a) it reads, “A person commits an offense if the person is intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle in a public place.” Under...
Medicare for People with Disabilities
You’ve probably heard thatMedicare is a federal health insurance program for adults age 65 and older. While this is true, it’s also for certain people who are under the age of 65, who have disabilities, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, or permanent kidney...
Medicare Fraud: A Federal Crime
Medicare is a federal health insurance program designed for individuals age 65 and older and for certain young people who have disabilities. It is also for people suffering with end-stage renal disease. Part A of the program is hospital insurance (covers hospital...