1. Consider how a hacker might trick people into giving him or her user IDs and passwords to their Amazon.com accounts. What are some of the ways that a hacker might accomplish this? What crimes can be performed with such information? How? * Social engineering (For example‚ instead of trying to find a software vulnerability‚ a social engineer might call an employee and pose as an IT support person‚ trying to trick the employee into divulging his password. The goal is always to gain the trust
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Now back to the welfare fraud case. I was lucky and fortunate enough to get to sit through a welfare fraud case here in Jefferson County. Where this case consisted of 30 Year old woman had gone and was collecting assistance. During the time she claimed that she had no income by all means and that she needed it. Well I did some research on the woman this woman has been charged with dealing and selling drugs inside and outside her home. She was selling narcotics inside her home and sold cocaine and
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schools for their children‚ keeping up the appearance of greater wealth than he was able to afford as a status symbol (Sutherland‚ 1940). Earl Jones scheme works by simply paying old investors the funds collected with new investors. The fraud can only continue just as long as there was a continued flow of new investors. Jones had made a promise to his clients that they will achieve an above normal rate of return. (Moffatt‚ 2012). In 2005 Jones set up nine mortgages valued nearly two million
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Tartuffe was written by Molière in France in the 19th century‚ during the reign of King Louis XIV. In the play a religious fraud‚ Tartuffe‚ befriends Orgon‚ a rich merchant‚ and persuades him to stay at his house. During this stay‚ Tartuffe masquerades as a priest‚ appearing to be devout and committed to the church. During this time‚ he nearly manages to trick Orgon into letting him marry his daughter‚ Mariane‚ seduce his wife‚ and imprison Orgon. Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) Theatre Department’s
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1/14/13 Political machines of fraud and bribery Introduction: Lincoln Steffens published the “shame of the cities” witch was a book based on the corruption in the 1900’s. By 1900‚ many cities in the south of America were controlled by political machines. These organizations consisted of full-time politicians whose main goal was to get and keep politicians power and money and also influence that
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powerful law because companies can use it to prosecute employees when they use the rights the companies have given them to carry out fraudulent activities. Other federal laws that address hacking include the following: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984 The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) of 1984 protect certain types of information that the government maintains as sensitive. The Act defines the term “classified computer‚” and imposes punishment for unauthorized or misused access into one of
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Sales at Miniscribe Corp. grew from just over $5 million in 1982 to approximately $114 million in its fiscal year ended in 1985. The 1986 and 1987 annual reports talked enthusiastically about new manufacturing initiatives. MiniScribe’s success continued well into the first half of 1988‚ when the company seemed to be the only disk drive manufacturer in the industry to buck another slump. The improved financial results of the company were mostly fabricated‚ including fictitious shipments to boost
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Leslie Brinkman at Versutia Capital: Leadership Analysis and Recommendation 655 Words Introduction Versutia Capital experienced some early success in its infancy due to the emotional attachment its employees had with the company and its leader‚ Leslie Brinkman. Leslie provided a team oriented‚ supportive environment based on her core values that‚ in turn‚ attracted a diverse group of talented staff members. Initially this appeared to be a great foundation for long-term success. Unfortunately
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Hayes Honor‚ eh? Quite ironic considering that he "triumphed" in the presidential election by making a sleazy political deal and abandoning black Southerners to decades of oppression and discrimination‚ causing him to be known to history as "Ruther-Fraud B. Hayes." Pros-He signed a law which made it easier for Chinese Immigrants to come into the country (this was repealed with the Exclusion Act). He tied the value of the dollar to gold instead of silver. He supported Reconstruction (After the Civil
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Good morning everyone. The year 2011 is already being called the ‘year of scams’. Almost daily‚ we hear news of cases of money laundering‚ embezzlement‚ nepotism‚ fraud etc involving people who occupy the highest tenets of power and are ironically the representatives of the dreams of the people. Today corruption is to say the least‚ an acute problem‚ which almost every citizen‚ poor or rich suffers from. Today’s motion that states – ‘Minimization of human wants is the only way to reduce corruption’
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