333 Economic Crimes (V5) Flashcards
II. Hours of Operation and Callout / Notification Criteria (Economic Crimes)
C. An Economic Crimes detective is on-duty and available for call-outs seven days a week, 24 hours a day. After hours, officers shall request assistance from___________________, who can then call-out an Economic Crimes Detective via the Investigative Police Emergency Communications Officer (PECO).
- their Supervisor
E. Call-Out Criteria: Any case involving the ___________________ arrest of a suspect for credit card fraud, schemes to defraud, identity theft, forgery, uttering, or any other frauds need to be interviewed by an ECU detective. A supervisor can also decide to call-out a detective.
A. Offense Type
felony
B. Worthless Document Investigations
2. Procedures for investigating worthless document cases, which are criminal in nature, are as follows:
c. If a vehicle is obtained with a worthless document and the investigating officer determines that fraud or forgery is involved, the vehicle and worthless document sections on the Incident Report will be completed;
(1) Offense #1 will be listed as “________________________”, and
(2) Offense #2 will be listed as “_________________________” depending on the circumstances of the crime.
- Auto/Theft
- “Fraud” or “Forgery”
B. Worthless Document Investigations
3. Procedures for Investigating Fraudulent Money Orders
a. Counterfeit Money Orders
(1) If the money order is from the United States (U.S.) Postal Service, then the report shall be written and routed to the ___________________ for follow-up with the charge of uttering a forged/counterfeit money order.
U.S. Postal Inspector
C. Credit/Debit Card Cases
2. Procedures for investigating credit/debit card cases, which are criminal in nature, are as follows:
e. To arrest on a felony charge for obtaining goods by use of a fraudulent credit card, the purchase amount be?
e. To arrest on a felony charge for obtaining goods by use of a fraudulent credit card (i.e., false, expired, counterfeit, etc.), the purchase must be $300 or more per F.S.S. 817.481;
C. Credit/Debit Card Cases
2. Procedures for investigating credit/debit card cases, which are criminal in nature, are as follows:
f. When arresting on a charge of fraudulent use of a credit card per F.S.S. 817.61:
What are the stipulations for a 1st degree misdemeanor vs. a 3rd degree felony?
(1) The use of the credit card two or fewer times in a six month period, or obtaining goods or services valuing less than $100, is a 1st degree misdemeanor.
(2) The use of the card more than two times in a six month period, or obtaining goods or services valuing $100, or more is a 3rd degree felony.
C. Credit/Debit Card Cases
2. Procedures for investigating credit/debit card cases, which are criminal in nature, are as follows:
In an incident report regarding a financial institution and a card holder, who would be the victim and/or complainant?
h. The victim on the Incident Report is the financial institution which issued the credit/debit card; the cardholder will be shown as the complainant. The only exception will be when that financial institution refuses to reimburse the cardholder. In those cases, the cardholder will be shown as the victim.
C. Credit/Debit Card Cases
2. Procedures for investigating credit/debit card cases, which are criminal in nature, are as follows:
k. In any case where a crime occurred in another jurisdiction (i.e., charges on a credit/debit card from a business in another country, county, or state, information found on a credit report from another country, county, or state, items purchased over the internet, but were delivered to an address outside Duval County, etc.), the officers may __________________.
k. In any case where a crime occurred in another jurisdiction (i.e., charges on a credit/debit card from a business in another country, county, or state, information found on a credit report from another country, county, or state, items purchased over the internet, but were delivered to an address outside Duval County, etc.), the officers may write an information report and advise them the location of the nearest substation so they may obtain a copy to forward to the agency with jurisdiction. The citizen should then contact that jurisdiction and file a report due to them having investigative responsibility for the crime.
D. Identity Theft
2. Procedures for investigating identity theft cases are as follows:
c. If the offense was committed in another jurisdiction, an Information Report may be completed and routed to ___________________ and the victim shall be referred to the appropriate jurisdiction for follow up investigation.
the ECU
D. Identity Theft
2. Procedures for investigating identity theft cases are as follows:
E. Frauds/Organized Schemes to Defraud
2. When reporting these incidents, F.S.S. 817.034, ___________________, will be used.
3. Since these incidents contain suspect information, an _________________ will be generated. It will be routed to ______________ and Patrol for follow up as a __________________ if applicable.
- Schemes to Defraud
- Incident Report
- ECU
- Category B case
F. Lottery Ticket Cases
4. _________________________ is a fully authorized law enforcement agency focused on protecting the integrity of the Florida Lottery and ensuring that its statutory responsibilities (Chapter 24, Florida Statutes) and commitments to honesty, accountability, and service first are fulfilled. The Division of Security provides eight distinct services for which the Division must prepare, protect, prevent, and respond to administrative and operational calls for service, fraud and other nefarious activity, and/or complaints that may jeopardize the integrity of the Florida Lottery. They can be reached at (850) 487-7730 or (850) 487-7752.
The Florida Lottery Division of Security
G. Counterfeit Money Cases
1. Procedures in investigating counterfeit money cases are as follows:
a. All cases involving counterfeit money require an Incident Report. The counterfeit money will be turned in as evidence to the Property & Evidence Facility. If there is any doubt about whether money is counterfeit, the officer can transport the money in question to the JSO Property & Evidence Facility and request that the money be run through the counting machines for verification. The Officer shall first coordinate this with __________________________;
their supervisor
G. Counterfeit Money Cases
1. Procedures in investigating counterfeit money cases are as follows:
When is a report an incident report vs. an information report?
b. The victim in counterfeit money cases is the person, company, or institution who suffers the financial loss or would have suffered the loss had the transaction been completed. If no victim nor a suspect can be determined, the incident will be reported as counterfeit money on an Information Report;
G. Counterfeit Money Cases
2. In counterfeit money cases where a suspect is arrested or identified (i.e., a valid tag number is obtained, a suspect is positively identified, etc.) for possession of a large quantity of counterfeit money or in association with a “print shop” that is creating counterfeit money, who will be contacted and who has investigative responsibilities?
officers shall request that the Investigative PECO contact the U.S. Secret Service, or officers may contact the U.S. Secret Service directly at (904) 296-0133, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, so that the suspect may be interviewed before being placed in the PDF.
H. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Cases
1. IRS handles all Federal tax scams. Information reports can be written and ________________________________.
2. In cases where the tax preparer steals the tax refund money from the victim, the case will be reported as a theft and will be a ____________________.
- forwarded to the IRS for follow up
- Patrol follow-up
