Or reporting bogus deductions (albeit the latter is rarely prosecuted as criminal).

Can you cite case law in Virginia where a poster was prosecuted?

Texas law does not support this kind of strategy, and you will be risking possible criminal prosecution if you do so.

The investigation or examination is not deemed complete if the department has submitted the material or any part of it to any law enforcement agency or other regulatory agency for further investigation or for the filing of a criminal or civil prosecution and the investigation and prosecution have not been completed or become inactive.

To me, it is not different (actually worse) than telling supermarkets that they need to set legal shoplifting hours so that those in need of food can shoplift and not be prosecuted for up to 1 year after the state of emergency has been called off. 

Because if the state decides to prosecute you and they win their case, it makes it much easier to win a civil case.So, read up on your states laws, talk to an attorney who specializes in regulatory law, and follow his advice to the letter.I personally know someone who was convicted of fraud simply because his investors lost money and he violated several securities laws in this state.He then preceded to lose a civil case and lost everything, spent time in jail, and lost his company and his marriage.The reason I say follow your states laws is because they are usually more applicable and more stringent then federal regulations.

same on the west coast.. this is not an area the wholesale community should get anywhere near.. you tie up a home and cant close and the people lose it.. there could be felony prosecution that will follow.. 

I doubt you could be prosecuted for a Fair Housing violation when marijuana use (medical or otherwise) is still a criminal offense according to federal law.

A tax lawyer is more what you'd be worried about if you're facing criminal prosecution for tax issues or if you are in a position of expanding into that REIT.

That's not just terrible advice; that's price fixing and the DOJ/states do prosecute companies other than Apple for this type of actions.