Text Book - Fraud Examination 5th Edition

Case study 1 Chapter 7 - Investigating Theft Act

Assuming you are an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, do the following:

1. Plan and coordinate an investigation in a manner that would not arouse suspicion from Cummings and Baptiste.

2. Create a vulnerability chart to coordinate the various elements of the possible fraud.

3. Assuming your investigation used surveillance and/ or covert investigation techniques, what types of surveillance and/or covert operations would you use? How would technology play a role in this part of the investigation?

4. Finally, how would analysis of physical evidence help in this investigation? What types of physical evidence would be especially helpful?