Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Federal law currently does not prohibit theft of computer programs or computer fraud.

2. The Internal Revenue Code criminalizes a number of offenses, but does not make it a crime to overstate the amount of deductions on one’s tax return.

3. Federal law makes it a crime to use the U.S. mail in furtherance of any fraudulent scheme.

4. A state crime can be used as a predicate act of the racketeering activity charged under RICO, but only after the offense has resulted in a conviction in a state court.


1. F
2. T
3. T
4. F

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