SRA 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Credit Card Fraud, Pyramid Power, Insurance Fraud

• School: PSU
• Department: Security and Risk Analysis
• Course: SRA 211
• Professor: Shemanski Donald

Document Summary

Any group having some manner of a formalized structure. Primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities. Maintain their position through actual or threatened violence, corrupt public officials, or extortion. Generally have a significant impact on the people in their locales, region, or the country in general. Group of individuals with identified hierarchy, or comparable structure. Most groups have a number of common characteristics. Overall boss, senior advisors, captains, soldiers for physical tasks, and operatives with special skills. Punishment for members who stray might be demoted to a lower rank or, depending on the offense, death. Strategic: planning to advance multiple criminal activities, retaliate against other crime groups, or corrupt legitimate businesses. Tactical: opportunistic, carried out in the pursuit of short-term goals, often spontaneous. Seek to corrupt government officials, police and corporate officials. Featherbedding (hiring more workers than needed for a job) Intent to enter into the agreement and to commit elements of the underlying offense.