Sunday, April 25, 2010

[BBL2014] Lecture Question 2

"Geena runs an unregistered online investment portal from her home in KL where she managed to get people deposit money to her account.
It was discovered that the investment was a scam and she attempted to flee with the money, only to be arrested in the airport by immigration officers because she held a fake passport."

i)Determine Geena’s liability: civil or criminal?

Civil law can be defined as "A body of rules that delineate private rights and remedies, and govern disputes between individuals in such areas as contracts, property, and Family Law; distinct from criminal or public law." In this case, Geena is liable in a civil law.

ii)What law(s) and statutes you think Geena has violated?

Geena has commited an act of Fraud by running an unregistered online investment portal and having a fake passport in her possession.

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