PART ONE

Do you believe the use of sting operations are legal ? ethical?

Do you feel that there should be any limits on the practices? If so what type of protection should there be?

How far into the criminal event should an officed get involved? What if the officer is asked to use drugs, injure someone, or witnesses someone being injured?

PART TWO

1.Explain how the threshold for prediction is determined.

2.Explain the challenges associated with proving intent on the part of the fraudster.

3. Identify and explain five ways used to hide assets.

4. Identify and explain five ways documents can be altered.

PART THREE

Explain how a fraudstercan use the knowledge of the MICE motivators, explained in the CIA article, to identify potential victims. For example, a victim of Smith's soap scam might have been caught up in the excitement of the sale and not considered the possibility that the winners in the crowd were shills. Consider all the con artists you have read about including, Jacob, Charles Ponzi, "Soapy" Smith, and Bernie Madoff.