LAW 602 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chief Financial Officer, Welfare Fraud, Internet Fraud

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 602
• Professor: Eric Libman

Document Summary

Lecture 3 - corporate and organizational liability for fraud. Organizations: criminal code, part x, fraud offence, s. 380: Everyone who by deceit, falsehood or other fraudulent means . Every senior office is a representative, but every representative is not a senior officer. For an organization to be liable, the representative must be a senior officer: traditional definition of corporate liability corporate identification doctrine corporation may be found guilty of criminal offence by identification of corporation with its. Directing mind ; actions of intent of directing mind, such as board of directors, officer or manager, are the actions or intent of the corporation: r v canadian dredge and dock co. , Identity theft techniques range from simple methods (dumpster-diving, theft of mail) to highly complex attacks, using sophisticated software programs. Identity theft vs identity fraud: they are not the same, fraud: is traditional non-computer crime, has existed for centuries; key components are dishonesty and deprivation.