Deck 14: The Investigation of Fraud and Computer-Related Crimes

Question 1

______ occurs when anything of value is offered in exchange for influence in decisions or actions of the taker.

A) Tax evasion
B) Forgery
C) Extortion
D) Bribery

Answer 1

Bribery

Question 2

______ occurs when one person obtains property from another as a result of actual or threatened force or fear or under authority of an official office.

A) Tax evasion
B) Forgery
C) Extortion
D) Bribery

Answer 2

Extortion

Question 3

______ refers to all the ways a person can falsely represent a fact in order to get someone to surrender something of value.

A) Fraud
B) Robbery
C) Burglary
D) Larceny

Answer 3

Fraud

Question 4

______ is when illegally obtained money is being invested in a legitimate corporation to hide the original source of the money.

A) Insider trading
B) Money laundering
C) Investment fraud
D) Insurance fraud

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a type of identity theft?

A) criminal identity theft
B) civil identity theft
C) financial identity theft
D) identity cloning

Question 6

______ involves using someone else's personal information to assume that person's identity in daily life.

A) Criminal identity theft
B) Civil identity theft
C) Financial identity theft
D) Identity cloning

Question 7

Which of the following are NOT ways in which criminals may obtain personal information about someone else?

A) going through someone's garbage
B) stealing purses
C) hacking into large databases
D) buy identities from the victim

Question 8

What is a goal of identity theft investigation?

A) discovering the identity of the victim
B) finding other potential victims associated with the perpetrator
C) discovering why people commit these crimes
D) finding out common locations of these crimes

Question 9

What is not one of the most common methods by which offenders fraudulently use stolen cards or checks?

A) the passing and cashing of worthless checks
B) the alteration of money orders
C) the card-not-present purchase method
D) the denial of receiving a legitimate purchase

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT an investigative action of the police when a card or check fraud is reported?

A) Obtain a hard copy of the fraudulent documents.
B) Search a suspect's possessions for the stolen check or card.
C) Record and investigate the date, time, and place of the fraudulent use of the check or card.
D) Ask witnesses for information detailing the activities of the victim.

Question 11

What is the second most common form of drug abuse that is often not reported to the police?

A) prescription drugs
B) cocaine
C) ecstasy
D) marijuana

Question 12

In what ways do offenders not obtain prescription drugs?

A) theft through robbery or burglary
B) forged prescriptions
C) doctor shopping
D) purchasing drugs legally on the Internet

Question 13

What is not one of the ways that prescription fraud comes to the attention of the police?

A) third-party notification
B) police discovery
C) doctor's office or pharmacy report
D) self-surrender

Question 14

______ are crimes where the computer system is the target.

A) Cyber-attacks
B) Cyberbullying
C) Digital-attacks
D) Computer crimes

Question 15

Cyberbullying does not involve ______.

A) sending or posting mean or false messages
B) starting or circulating rumors
C) stealing e-mail passwords and sending messages
D) students getting bullied in school

Question 16

______ is a form of cyberbullying that often leads to criminal charges.

A) Bribery
B) Sextortion
C) Blackmail
D) Forgery

Question 17

Which aspect of child pornography involves the creation of pornographic images through cell phones or web cameras?

A) production
B) distribution
C) downloading or possession
D) watching

Question 18

What is an IP address?

A) an identifying number that is associated with a computer
B) an identifying number that is associated with a fraudulent account
C) an identifying number associated with an individual's identity
D) an identifying number associated with an individual's medical account

Question 19

Which is NOT one of the ways child pornography crimes often come to the attention of the police?

A) the public
B) computer technicians
C) victims
D) perpetrators

Question 20

______ involves the dissemination of pornographic images through e-mail, instant messages, newsgroups, bulletin boards, chat rooms, and other Internet networks.

A) Production
B) Distribution
C) Downloading or possession
D) None of these

Question 21

______ is when someone who is entrusted with the money of a corporation keeps it for their own purposes.

A) Tax evasion
B) Bribery
C) Embezzlement
D) Forgery

Question 22

What is not correct about cyberattacks?

A) Investigations of these crimes can be highly technical.
B) These attacks most often involve individuals.
C) They consist of computer viruses and other things.
D) The target are computer systems.

Question 23

Law enforcement agencies often lack ______ to address cyber attacks

A) knowledge
B) victims
C) personnel
D) offenders

Question 24

Which is NOT a type of evidence needed to establish that fraud occurred?

A) an injury to the alleged offender
B) intention to deceive the victim
C) false statement
D) the offender's knowledge that the statement was false

Question 25

______ occurs when a person who sells an item pays the buyer part of the proceeds from that sale.

A) Investment fraud
B) Kickback
C) Insurance fraud
D) Money laundering

Question 26

Racketeering is when accidents or injuries are falsely reported in order to collect insurance benefits.

Question 27

Identity theft has a financial motive, though revenge and embarrassment can also be motivators.

Question 28

The FACT Act is meant to increase detection of identity theft.

Question 29

Jurisdiction of the crime goes to the location of the first fraudulent identity use.

Question 30

There are security measures that are put in place to prevent the fraudulent use of checks and credit or debit cards.

Question 31

A large majority of check or credit card fraud is reported to the police because of the amount of losses experienced by the victims.

Question 32

Pain relievers and stimulants are often the prescription drugs of choice for criminals.

Question 33

Because prescription drugs are fraudulently obtained for the purpose of profit, apprehension is a good policing strategy. Police only have to follow the money.

Question 34

Sextortion typically involves the victim sending compromising photos to a person who is claiming to be someone he/she is not. The person receiving the photos then threatens to distribute the photos unless the victim agrees to some demand.

Question 35

Child pornography can be widely distributed through the Internet, further complicating the crime through the use of anonymity and accessibility.

Question 36

Downloading or possession of pornographic images involves the viewing of images via the Internet.

Question 37

What are some investigative actions that the police can perform for check and credit card fraud?

Question 38

Discuss the investigation of child pornography.

Question 39

Discuss cyberbullying.

Question 40

Discuss the investigation of identity theft.

Question 41

Name the various computer-facilitated crimes discussed in the book and get into more detail about the nature and investigation of one of them.