Recent financial industry distress publicly attributed to widespread mortgage loan defaults has generated mounting pressure on federal prosecutors to increase investigations into incidents of mortgage fraud across the nation. On February 6, 2004, CNN reported that the FBI warned that mortgage fraud was becoming so rampant that the resulting epidemic of fraud could trigger a massive financial crisis. Mortgage fraud has now become so prevalent that the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been forced to...
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
by Elizabeth HallIntroductionWhen we think of law enforcement officers of decades ago what readily comes to mind are the sheriffs of the Old West armed with a badge, a gun, and a deputy if he was lucky notes Foster (2000). In modern policing there are sophisticated pieces of equipment developed by modern science and English: Mounted law enforcement (Photo credit: Wikipedia)technology such as computers, software designed for specific functions...
Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past, a standard of deferred payment. Any kind of object or secure verifiable record that fulfills these functions can serve as money.Money originated as commodity money, but nearly all contemporary money systems are based on fiat money. Fiat money is without...
Monday, February 25, 2013
Introduction: The CSI Effect The debate rages on about old versus new media, with many media commentators claiming that network television is itself dead. These critics are certainly right in one regard, as curiosity is indeed rising among the viewing public in the dead. This is evidenced by the fact that the most popular scripted series shows in American television this decade belong to what is commonly referred to as the CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) franchise. What began as one show in 2000 (CSI) has now expanded into three separate...
Sunday, February 24, 2013
by Elizabeth HallIntroductionCity X is besieged by multiple daytime robberiesinvolving multiple jurisdictions in the city. In the last year statistics show a 20% increase in robberies in general. In order to effectively deal with this crime problem this agency will discuss what investigative steps should be taken to identify the sources of the problem. We will also discuss what technological assistance may be needed; we will analyze...
This is generally done where the interest of the public is involved. This is particularly true where the projects are financed by the tax payers money. Another definition made by investigators in the field is the disclosure by organization members (former or current) of illegal, immoral or illegitimate practices under the control their employers to persons or organizations that maybe able to effect action. The term whistle blowingis a universal phenomenon. A person goes public with the claims usually after failing to remedy the matters...
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