White Collar Crimes usually include some element of fraud or bribery, but some involve different kinds of official misconduct. There is a good deal of overlap between Texas state and federal law regarding White Collar Crimes.

Texas describes many financial crimes in its Penal Code (abbreviated herein as “PC”). Fraud investigations may involve agencies as varied as the local police, the FBI, SEC, Secret Service, and state Attorneys General.

The list below includes Texas state White Collar Crimes

• PC 31.17 – Unauthorized Acquisition or Transfer of Certain Financial Information
• PC 32.42 – Deceptive Business Practices
• PC 32.43 – Commercial Bribery
• PC 32.44 – Rigging Publicly Exhibited Contest
• PC 32.45 – Misapplication of Fiduciary Property or Property of Financial Institution
• PC 32.441 – Illegal Recruitment of an Athlete
• PC 32.52 – Fraudulent, Substandard, or Fictitious Degree
• PC 32.55 – Financial Abuse of Elderly Individual
• PC 39.06 – Misuse of Official Information
• PC 34.02 – Money Laundering
• PC 35.02 – Insurance Fraud
• PC 35A.02 – Medicaid Fraud
• PC 36.02 – Bribery
• PC 36.03 – Coercion of Public Servant or Voter
• PC 36.04 – Improper Influence
• PC 36.09 – Offering Gift to Public Servant
• PC 37.10 – Tampering With Governmental Record
• PC 37.101 – Fraudulent Filing of Financing Statement
• PC 47.04 – Keeping a Gambling Place
• Civil Code Article 581-29(C) – Securities Fraud