Legal Environment $360$ Exam $3$

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Indicate whether the semtence or statement is true or false.

Offenses punishable by less than one year in prison are called misdemeanors while crimes like bribery and embezzlement punishable for more than one year in prison are called felonies.

Truth is considered to be an absolute defense in both slander and libel cases.

An act cannot be a felony in one state and a misdemeanor in another state.

The New Jersey vs Riley case deals with an issue of mens rea and mental intent under the Clean Water Act.

Corporations can be held criminally responsible for acts committed by their employees but employees cannot be held criminally responsible for acts committed by a corporation.

The U$.$S$.$ government was allowed to confiscate Ponzi schemer Bernie Madof's yacht, bank accounts, and seat on NASDAQ under criminal forfeiture laws. Forfeiture is an increased penalty for crime.

Perjury consist of knowingly giving false testimony in a judicial proceeding after having been sworn to tell the truth. You must be found guilty of a crime to be convicted of perjury.

The U$.$S$.$ Sentencing Guidelines permits a judge to place a guilty company on probation rather than sentence or fine them if they have a crime prevention program in place.

A RICO action can only be brought against organized crime but not ordinary business persons.

Forgery includes signing another person's name to a check as well as altering dates and numbers and uttering forged instruments.

When a public officer makes an illegal demand, the officer has committed the crime of blackmail.

Almost all white$-$collar criminal charges involve a count of conspiracy.

The case of Ignat $v.$ Yum Brands, Inc held that a disclosure in writing is not required to matain a cause of action for public disclosure of private facts.

Mutilation of bank notes or the lightening of the weight of coins fall under Counterfeiting Laws.

The same act may be both a crime and a tort.

A tort is a wrong that arises from violation of a public duty, whereas a crime is a wrong that arises from violation of a private duty.

A conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit an unlawful act or to use unlawful means to achieve an otherwise lawful result..

Under the tort of false imprisonment, shopkeepers are prevented from detaining anyone whom they believe has shoplifted.

The Sarbanes$-$Oxley and Dodd$-$Frank Act are examples of Federal Laws being used to bring about reform in the punishment of corporate fraud and white collar criminals.

Ransome Ware attacks are listed as a computer crimes because they encrypts your important files and documents and demands money to circumvent the encryption.