Click fraud

1. Introduction Last year on October 12, Director of Central Intelligence of America (CIA) John Brennan’s American On-Line (AOL) e-mail account was hacked by a probable high school student. News of the incident was first reported by the New York Post after the teenager established communication with the newspaper the week before. Data breach activity took place against Brennan by the teenager who was social engineering to take control of Brennan’s AOL e-mail account. The hacker wasn’t working…

The characters in a novel play critical roles in influencing the protagonist and the accompanying themes. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye follows Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy and his realizations juxtaposing with the world around him. Holden is very nonchalant and has been kicked out numerous schools. This leads him to take a chance and transpire a voyage to New York. These events have allowed Holden to meet a variety of characters that affect his life in various ways and…

Case citation Daniel Dickens v. Alliance Analytical Laboratories, LLC, 111 P. 3d 889; 2005 Wash.App.433 Factual background and procedural posture AAL is a L.L.C found by Ms. Anne Cote and Mr. Gary Lukehart in 2001. At the beginning, Ms. Anne Cote approached Mr. Gary Lukehart with a business plan to start a chemical company in Yakima, Washington and a disclaimed that she was very wealthy. AAL has two members, Ms. Cote and RSRT, L.L.C, which was found by Mr. Lukehart for the sole purpose as a…

Good Business Practice In both the case of Worldcom and Enron both companies met the knowledge and intention portions of defining fraud. Fraud by definition is: “Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.” Yet, finding a clear definition for what constitutes “good business practice” is seemingly impossible. An overwhelming majority of CFOs prefer…

Lernout & Hauspie (L&H) was the world’s leading provider of speech and language technology products, solutions, and services to businesses worldwide. Both Microsoft and Intel invested millions in L&H. however, accounting scandals and fraud allegations sent the company’s stock crashing, and forced the firm to seek bankruptcy protection in Belgium and in the US. Selected information was gathered concerning L&H operations: • Consolidated revenue increased 184% from 1997 fiscal year to 1998 fiscal…

Greetings everyone! Today, I’ll tell you more about the famous billionaire Donald J. Trump! I’ll be talking about these subjects:  Donald Trump’s private life  Donald Trump’s business career  Donald Trump’s political career Donald Trump’s early life: Donald John Trump was born on June 14th, 1946, making him 69 years old. He was born as the fourth of five children to Fred Trump, an American citizen of German descent, and Anne nee MacLeod, a Scottish woman. Donald Trump was born and raised in…

One would be a Special Agent whom as which would be “investigating violations of laws relating to financial crimes such as credit card and access device fraud as well as computer based attacks on the nation’s banking” (Careers) for starters. The Uniform Division of the Service has many units and teams under it including the canine unit, Emergency Response Team, Counter sniper Team, Motorcade Support Unit…

John Ramsey was the president and chief executive officer of Access Graphics (a company that grossed over $1 Billion) and it is estimated that his net worth was $6.4 million as of May 1, 1996 (pedophileophobia.com, n.d.). This would have made John Ramsey and his family very attractive targets. An attractive target can be defined as “how appealing a potential target is to a criminally inclined person” (Karmen, 2013, p.491). When the community knows how much a family could be worth because of the…

In Shakespeare’s King Lear there are many themes and motifs that are intrinsically related. Specifically, the motif of clothing in the play reflects the theme of identity, for clothes are often used as a key element in disguises, altering the perception of the wearer’s identity, even to those that know them well. Clothing first reflects a change in identity in Act 1, wherein Kent dons different clothes to assume a disguise. After King Lear orders him from the kingdom, it is necessary for him to…

The FBI states, in regards to white-collar crime as, “These crimes are characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust and are not dependent on the application or threat of physical force or violence. The motivation behind these crimes is financial—to obtain or avoid losing money, property, or services or to secure a personal or business advantage.” This definition is more like today’s definition of white-collar crime. However, in our book, Sutherland coined the phrase for…