1. Kayla, a student at Learnwell University, owes $20,000 in unpaid tuition. If Kayla does not pay the tuition, Learnwell will not allow her to graduate. To obtain the funds to pay the debt, she sends e-mails to people that she does not personally know asking for nancial help to send Milo, her disabled child, to a special school. In real- ity, Kayla has no children. Is this a crime? If so, which one?
2. Cyber Crime.Jiri Klimecek was a member of a group that overrode copyright protection in movies, video games, and software, and made them available for down- load online. Klimecek bought and installed hardware and software to set up a computer server and paid half of the monthly service charges to connect the server to the Internet. He knew that users around the world could access the server to upload and download copyrighted works. He obtained access to Czech movies and music to make them available. Klimecek was indicted in a fed- eral district court for copyright infringement. He claimed that he did not understand the full scope of the opera- tion. Did Klimecek commit a crime? If so, was he a "minor participant" entitled to a reduced sentence? Explain.