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Chapter 10, Problem 2BS
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Case summary:A person K, who is a student of LU, needs to pay a tuition fee to get a graduate degree. The person K does not have the money with her. To pay the debt, the person K sends an email to unknown people asking for financial help to help her disabled child M to get into a special school. In reality, the person K does not have any child.
To find: The crime committed by the person K.
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Cyber Scam. Kayla, a student at Learnwell University, owes $20,000 in unpaid tuition. If Kayla does not pay thetuition, Learnwell will not allow her to graduate. To obtain thefunds to pay the debt, she sends e-mails to people that she doesnot personally know asking for financial help to send Milo,her disabled child, to a special school. In reality, Kayla has nochildren. Is this a crime? If so, which one? (See Cyber Crime.)
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