You are an experienced faculty member for a US university that conducts graduate-level audit training for auditors from banks, insurance companies and government organizations in Africa and Asia. The university charges a standard rate of $40,000 for an all-inclusive 3-week training program (instruction, books and materials). Since you already receive a salary from the university, you do not receive any additional compensation for travelling to those countries to conduct the training, although your air fare, hotel and a generous food allowance of $100 per day are all paid for by the university. You are also allowed to bring your family members on the trips and you genuinely enjoy conducting these foreign training programs. After one program in an African country, you are approached by the local director of training who gives you an interesting offer: in the future, instead of travelling to that country as a representative of the university, you would take vacation time, travel to that country on your own, conduct the usual training program, and receive $30,000 in cash. Since the cost of the air fare, hotel, food per diem and training supplies add up to $10,000, you would be able to pocket $20,000 on your own. You would, however, present yourself as a representative of the university and hand out certificates at graduation containing the official seal of the university. Your initial reaction was to politely refuse, stating that accepting such an offer would violate your employment contract and cause you to be fired. The local director of training responded by saying "Oh, don't worry, we'll keep this arrangement confidential, no one in the US will ever know." Should you accept this offer? Why or why not?

Kino sees a DVD player on the porch of Lulu's house, takes the player to his home, and tells everyone he owns it. Maya, holding a knife, forces Nick to give her his boom box, and runs away with it. Ollie breaks into Pam's apartment, takes a computer, and leaves. All three acts are crimes; please identify the specific crime that is committed in each case.

Susan is the president of Best Foods Corp, a wholesale grocery company. An inspection by Tim, a government agent, uncovers unsanitary conditions caused by Val, a Best employee, in the Best warehouse. Will, a Best vice president, assures Tim that the situation will be corrected, but nothing is done, which a later inspection reveals. Susan knows nothing about any of this. Questions: Can Best Foods Corp. be convicted of a crime in these circumstances? Can Susan be held personally liable?

The District of Columbia Lottery Board licensed Soo Young Bae, a Washington, D.C., merchant, to operate a terminal that prints and dispenses lottery tickets for sale. Bae used the terminal to generate tickets with a face value of $525,586, for which he did not pay. The winning tickets among these had a total redemption value of $296,153, of which Bae successfully obtained all but $72,000. Bae pleaded guilty to computer fraud, and the court sentenced him to eighteen months in prison. In sentencing a defendant for fraud, a federal court must make a reasonable estimate of the victim's loss. The court determined that the value of the loss due to the fraud was $503,650the market value of the tickets less the commission Bae would have received from the lottery board had he sold those tickets. Bae appealed, arguing that "[a]t the instant any lottery ticket is printed," it is worth whatever value the lottery drawing later assigns to it; that is, losing tickets have no value. Bae thus calculated the loss at $296,153, the value of his winning tickets. Should the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirm or reverse Bae's sentence? Explain your answer.