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1. WELCOME
5. Office of Special Investigations
Criminal Investigations Division
Medicaid Fraud Control
6. Criminal Investigations Cyber Crimes
Fugitive Unit
Special Investigations Unit
Money Laundering
7. Cyber Crimes Performs investigations involving child sexual predators on the internet
Performs child pornography investigations
Investigates computer fraud, harassment and identity theft
Performs forensic examinations of computer equipment
8. Cyber Crimes – What’s New? Almost 80 arrests of Online Predators
Professor Raymond Landry of UTPA plead guilty for luring what he believed to be a 13 year old girl to McAllen.
Indictments obtained against 4 men from Brenham, Kyle, College Station, and Fredericksburg
40 arrests for Child Pornography
Lubbock man was given 10 year prison term for possessing over 13,000 images and videos of child pornography.
Cyber Safety Town Hall
9. Money Laundering
Performs criminal investigations involving money laundering
Provides investigative assistance to local JTTF and HIDTA groups
10. Special Investigations Unit
Performs Election Fraud investigations upon referral from the Secretary of State’s Office.
Performs criminal investigations involving fraud, identity theft, public corruption.
Fraudulent Financing Statements – Sovereign Citizens.
11. Fugitive Apprehends paroled child sexual predators that are fugitives from justice
Apprehends Sexual Offenders who fail to register
Assists local jurisdictions with long-term investigations
Performs internal investigations for the OAG
12. Fugitive Unit – Proposed Expansion
13. Operation FALCON On the last day of the Operation, the Fugitive Unit and U.S. Marshals tracked down Marion Pittman, 58, after he stalked the same San Antonio woman whom he sexually assaulted when she was a child a decade earlier.
The victim was 12 years old at the time of the assault.
14. Fugitive – What’s New? OPERATION FALCON II
Nationwide Cooperative effort led by federal law enforcement resulting in over 9,000 arrests nationwide.
Fugitive Unit arrested almost 40 fugitive felons bringing the three year total to over 430.
15. Identity Theft Passport Program Program Administrator Rod Napier
16. The Identity Theft Passport Program Rod Napier
Identity Theft Passport Program
Office: 512.936.2881
rod.napier@oag.state.tx.us
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The Identity Theft Passport Program is designed to assist Texans who have fallen victim to identity-related crimes, with an initial emphasis on victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
19. Enables victims to readily give proof to creditors and law enforcement of their status as a victim of identity theft.
The Passport program is a direct response to the recent explosion of identity-related crimes and new Texas legislation created to combat the crime.
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The Passport Program is a Victims’ Service.
Launched as a pilot program in six counties.
Initial grant originated with the Federal Department of Justice
Designed to work with local law enforcement.
21. Identity Theft Statistics:
Texas was second, behind California, in total number of reported identity thefts in 2005 with a total of 26,624.
The top five cities in Texas are, in order:
Houston (3,735)
Dallas (1,908)
San Antonio (1,760)
Fort Worth (1,105)
Austin (858)
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A majority of identity crimes in Texas are occurring outside the major metropolitan areas.
Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America.
Every 79 seconds in America, someone falls victim to identity theft.
23. New Texas laws concerning identity theft:
SB 122 (effective September 1, 2005)
Establishes the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act.
Requires all peace officers to take reports of identity theft and furnish victim with a copy of that report.
Enables victim to petition District Court for official status as an identity theft victim.
Enables identity theft victims to initiate a “Security Freeze” on their credit reports.
24. How the Program works:
Victim reports crime to local law enforcement.
Local law enforcement investigates claim to a threshold of probable cause.
Local law enforcement enrolls victim in Passport program via the Internet. (A secure connection to a highly encrypted database is provided to local law enforcement)
25. Passport staff verifies victim’s information. (including a victim supplied passphrase, and a digitally captured photograph, thumb print and signature)
Information is sent to a third party vendor to create a unique and secure Identity Theft Victim’s Passport.
26. Passport is mailed directly to the victim.
Victim calls the Identity Theft Passport Hotline to activate the card.
Upon activation, the victim is mailed a one page document that can be faxed to creditors as another form of proof of their status as a victim of identity theft.
27. Questions?
Rod Napier
rod.napier@oag.state.tx.us
(512) 936-2881
28. INTERPOL - The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) serves as the conduit for all state of Texas or local requests for assistance and exchanges of information with the INTERPOL - U.S. National Central Bureau (USNCB).
29. Criminal Investigations Division FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network)
Analysts
FUGINET
DPS Secure Sex Offender website
Accurint
TWC
Lexis
City of Austin Utilities
FinCEN
Comptroller
Secretary of State
Online Texas DL photos
30. Medicaid Fraud Control Investigates fraud in the Medicaid program and abuse of Medicaid patients
31. Medicaid Fraud Control – What’s New Five in Houston indicted in three cases
Sherril Hodnet and Rosarion Jimenez for stealing trust funds belonging to Medicaid residents
Connie Persley and Stephanie Diouf operated a health service company and billed for services not provided to disabled children.
Gabriela Aguilar arrested for stealing trust funds at Brookshire Nursing Center in Hempstead
33. Criminal Justice Division
Post Conviction Litigation
Crime Victim Services
Criminal Law Enforcement
34. Post Conviction Litigation Defends Texas felony convictions against federal constitutional challenge
Defends federal appeals of Texas capital felony convictions
35. Crime Victim Services Manages Texas Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund
Sexual Assault Examination reimbursement program
Administers Victim Assistance Grants
36. Criminal Law Enforcement
Assistance to District and County Attorneys
Nuisance Abatement
Juvenile Crime Intervention
37. Criminal Law Enforcement – What’s New Fourth ERCOT Guilty Plea Obtained– Several executives with ERCOT were charged with setting up phony moneys and funneling money for work that was never done.
38. Nuisance Abatement
Civil suit filed against property owner
Designed to curtail pattern of repeated criminal activity
39. Nuisance Abatement
Examples of Nuisance Crimes:
Narcotics
Gambling
Prostitution
Gang Activity
40. Nuisance Abatement
Property owner may be ordered to post $10,000 bond
If bond conditions are violated, bond may be forfeited and property closed for 1 year
41. Juvenile Crime Intervention
Provides training on a variety of Juvenile Justice topics
Administers the Gang Resource System
42. Gang Resource System
43. Other Services
44. Publications Juvenile Justice Handbook
Property Closure Manual
School Crime and Discipline Handbook
Public Information Act Handbook
Texas Evidence Collection Protocol
Disaster Preparedness Manual
ID Theft Victim’s Kit
Many More!!!
45. Articles/ Information Sheets
Law Enforcement Monthly Columns
Senior Alerts
Consumer Alerts
Brochures
46. Opinions Written interpretation of existing law.
Requires an authorized requestor
Committee of a house of the Texas Legislature
District or County Attorney (requires brief)
See website for complete list
Can be searched on the OAG website
47. Conferences and Training Crime Victim Services Annual Conference
Open Government Annual Conference
Texas Gang Investigator’s Association Annual Conference
Regional Gang Training
Other Training
48. WEBSITEwww.oag.state.tx.us
49. Questions?