LEGL 2700 Exam Questions and Answers with Complete Verified Solutions Graded A
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LEGL 2700
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LEGL 2700
Crime -Correct Answer - a wrong against society
Elements of a Crime -Correct Answer a) Mens Rea - mental state of whoever commits crime at the time they commit the crime {guilty mind}
b) Actus Resus - in reference to the physical act, must be voluntary and conscience {guilty act}
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LEGL 2700 Exam Questions and Answers with
Complete Verified Solutions Graded A 2024-2025
Crime -Correct Answer ✔- a wrong against society
Elements of a Crime -Correct Answer ✔a) Mens Rea - mental state of whoever commits
crime at the time they commit the crime {guilty mind}
b) Actus Resus - in reference to the physical act, must be voluntary and conscience
{guilty act}
General Intent -Correct Answer ✔- intention to do the act that constitues the crime
Specfic Intent -Correct Answer ✔- intention to achieve the harmful result (example:
willfully, knowningly)
Reckless Conduct -Correct Answer ✔- some states have laws in place that enforce
intent with reckless conduct, could potentially harm someone
Felony -Correct Answer ✔- commenced by a Grand Jury Indictment
- Fine or imprisonment 1 year or more
Misdemeanor -Correct Answer ✔- commenced when the government files a charge
called an information
- Fine or imprisonment less than 1 year
Pleas -Correct Answer ✔1) not guilty
2) guilty
3) Nolo Contendere
- stands for no contest
- allows for sentencing as if there had been a guilty plea
- allows one to avoid the cost of trial
White Collar Crime -Correct Answer ✔- any illegal offense that occurs in a business or
professional setting that is committed to harm the business or for personal gains
- Most major corporations have compliance programs and internal audit systems to
prevent and detect these types of crimes
Fraud -Correct Answer ✔1) defendant made a false statement
2) defendent knew the statement was false or was recklessly indifferent regarding its
truth
3) defendent intended for the other party to rely on the false statement
4) creates criminal liability
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Civil vs Criminal Fraud -Correct Answer ✔- criminal law no body cares if it was
intentional or not, what they did was so bad that they must be punished
- reliance factor is not the same for civil
Fines/Imprisonment for Fraud -Correct Answer ✔- are exerted on individuals who
knowingly and willfully 1) falsify, concel, or cover up any trick, scheme, or device a
material fact
2) make any materially false, fictious, or fradulent statement or representation
3) make or use any false writing or document knowingly the same to contain materially
false, fictitious, or fradulent statement or entry
Theft By Deception -Correct Answer ✔- A person intentionally creates or reinforces an
impression that is false - person fails correct an impression that is false, and that the
person does not believe to be true if there is a confidential or fiduciary relationship
between parties
- a person pervents another from acquiring informantion that is relevant to a transaction
- a person fails to disclose a know lien or legal impediment to property being transferred
Mail and Wire Fraud (Federal Crime) -Correct Answer ✔- mail fraud - unlawful to use
the US Postal Services (or other any interstate carried like FedEx or UPS) to defraud
someone
Wire Fraud -Correct Answer ✔- unlawful to use any electronic means of interstatement
communication to defraud someone
False -Correct Answer ✔- known to be untrue or made with reckless indifference to its
truth or falsity
Defraud -Correct Answer ✔- the material fact is vital to a reasonabale person in
determining whether to engage in a particular transaction
Intent -Correct Answer ✔- to act knowingly and with the specific intent to defraud
someone
Class examples -Correct Answer ✔- fake invoice sent in the mail to persuade somone
you own money (mail)
- phone call spam to elderly money (phone)
- wire fraud to scams around tax season
Securities Fraud -Correct Answer ✔- rule 10b of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 make fraud in the purchase or
sale of a security fraud a federal crime
Health Care Fraud -Correct Answer ✔- prosecution of false claims under the False
Claims Act
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