AUSTIN – New laws – including ones empowering the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center (FCIC) as the primary entity overseeing investigations into gas pump skimming, motor fuel theft, and payment fraud, as well as removing barriers for prosecuting payment card crimes and creating criminal charges for gift card crimes – will go into effect on September 1. Additionally, the legislature has authorized the FCIC to more than double its staff to expand the fight against organized financial crime. One […]
