Exam 7: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime

Sophie is the president of Tasty Foods Corporation,a wholesale grocery company.An inspection by Uri,a government agent,uncovers unsani-tary conditions in the company's ware-house caused by Vic,a Tasty Foods employee.Will,a Tasty Foods vice president,assures Uri that the situation will be corrected,but a later inspection finds that the warehouse is still unsanitary.Sophie knows nothing about any of this.Can Tasty Foods be convicted of a crime in these circumstances? Can Sophie be held personally liable?

Public officials prosecute criminal defendants.

After Edie solicits clients to invest in a nonexistent business,she is charged with "mail fraud." This requires,among other things,

Farouk uses his computer to break into Global Financial Center's computer.Farouk is a

Mae is granted immunity after she agrees to testify about a crime.Mae has an absolute privilege against self-incrimination and

Constitutional safeguards protect the rights of individuals against federal government actions.

Bruno is a businessperson with investments in legal and illegal opera-tions.Bruno may be subject to penalties under RICO

Counterfeiting is robbery.

Ordinarily,"ignorance of the law" is a valid defense to criminal liability.

Identity theft occurs when a wrongdoer steals another's form of identification and uses it to access the victim's financial resources.

A criminal case must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

A hacker is someone who uses one computer to break into another.