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Using the Google (or other) search engine, find two current (within the last 5 years) cases that interest you: one civil, one criminal. You can Google ‘celebrity lawsuits,’ ‘civil cases in the news’, etc. : Explain the different roles played by each type of law, and summarize the issues in the respective cases.

Solution

One civil case

Government Files Enforcement Actions to Shut Down Psychic Mail Fraud  
United States v. CLGE, Inc., et al. and United States v. Metro Data Management, Inc., et al.

On November 19, 2014, the United States filed civil complaints and motions seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to immediately put a stop to two related multi-million dollar mail fraud schemes, known as Destiny Research Center and CLGE. The defendants operate two mail fraud schemes in which they send solicitation letters purportedly written by world-renowned psychics to consumers through the U.S. mail. In the letters, the psychics recount a vision revealing that the consumer has the opportunity to dramatically improve his or her financial circumstance. The solicitation letters, targeted at the elderly, ill, and those in perilous financial condition, appear personalized but are actually identical, mass-produced form letters. The solicitations urge victims to purchase various products and services in order to ensure that the foreseen good fortune comes to pass. Metro Data Management Inc., doing business as Data Marketing Group Ltd., a company on Long Island, New York, along with its president, Keitha Rocco, performed “caging” services on behalf of both mail fraud schemes. These services consisted of processing victim payments and maintaining databases of consumers who responded to the fraudulent solicitations. Data Marketing Group processed victim payments for the Destiny Research Center scheme, resulting in annual gross receipts of at least $13 million. The CLGE scheme brought in annual revenue of $1.5 to $2 million.

The government is seeking an injunction under the Anti-Fraud Injunction Statute immediately shutting down the fraudulent schemes in order to protect victims from further harm. The injunctions would enjoin the defendants from using the mail to distribute the fraudulent solicitations or to collect victim payments, and from selling lists of consumers who have responded to the solicitations. The injunctions would also authorize the U.S. Postal Service to detain any outgoing solicitations mailed by the defendants and any incoming responses to solicitations.

Criminal case- November 2015 Paris attacks

On the evening of 13 November 2015, a series of coordinated Islamic terrorist attacks occurred in Paris and its northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 21:20 CET, three suicide bombers struck near the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, followed by suicide bombings and mass shootings at cafés, restaurants, and a concert hall in Paris.

The attackers killed 130 people,including 89 at the Bataclan theatre where they took hostages before engaging in a stand-off with police. There were 368 people who were wounded, 80–99 seriously so.Seven of the attackers also died, while authorities continued to search for accomplices The attacks were the deadliest on France since World War II, and the deadliest in the European Union since the Madrid train bombings in 2004. France had been on high alert since the January 2015 attacks in Paris that killed 17 people, including civilians and police officers.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying that it was in retaliation for the French airstrikes on ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq.The President of France, François Hollande, said that the attacks were an act of war by ISIL planned in Syria, organised in Belgium, and perpetrated with French complicity.

In response, a state of emergency was declared and temporary border checks were introduced. On 15 November, France launched the biggest airstrike ofOpération Chammal, its contribution to the anti-ISIL bombing campaign, striking ISIL targets in Al-Raqqah. On 18 November, the suspected lead operative of the attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was killed in a police raid in Saint-Denis, along with at least two other people.

Three teamslaunched six distinct attacks:three suicide bombings in one attack, a fourth suicide bombing in another attack, and shootings at four locations in four separate attacks. Shootings were reported in the vicinity of the rue Alibert, the rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi, the rue de Charonne, the Bataclan theatre, and avenue de la République. Three explosions occurred near the Stade de France, another on boulevard Voltaire, and two of the Bataclan shooters also detonated their suicide vests as police ended the stand-off. According to the Paris prosecutor, the attackers wore suicide vests that used acetone peroxide as an explosive.