...Was Brian Wells a Victim? Christopher Seymour Professor Ann Burgess Victimology November 19, 2012 Seymour 1 INTRODUCTION Early on the morning of August 23, 2003, Brian Wells walked into the Erie Pennsylvania PNC bank and calmly handed over a note to the teller –‘Gather employees with access codes to vault and work fast to fill bag with $250,000, you have 15 minutes.’ Wells picked up a dumdum lollypop and casually waited. He was armed with a shotgun disguised as a cane and had a large collar brace under his t-shirt that he claimed was a bomb. Quickly apprehended by Pennsylvania State Police, Wells claimed that three African American men forcibly attached the bomb to him, and he was ordered to rob the bank. Though a bomb squad was called, the bomb attached to Brian Wells detonated while he sat handcuffed surrounded by police. The FBI investigation that followed sought to uncover who was involved in the planning, and whether Brian Wells was a victim or conspirator. While the facts of the case suggest that Wells was involved in the bank robbery, the actions of three others – Marjorie Diehl Armstrong, Ken Barnes, and Bill Rothstein caused the plan to spiral out of control and left a deceased Brian Wells as a victim in this tragedy. SUMMARY OF THE CRIME On the morning of August 23rd, Brian Wells was working his shift as a pizza deliveryman, the same job he had held since dropping out of high school 30 years prior. According to initial statements by Wells, he...
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...like a dead number. When traveling to an unknown country, we are between excitement and surprises. My trip to Abidjan in Ivory Coast almost gets me killed amid a bank robbery and a civil war. The night I arrived in Ivory Coast, I saw what my friends and classmates from that country used to tell me about the main city, it was very close to the stories about it. The city was very well build and organized better than most African towns. During the twenty minutes’ drive from the airport to the hotel, I was just thinking little Manhattan. Once at the hotel, my concerns were the location and the price range even though; it was a very nice resort. With my host we decided that the next day we will find something better and affordable and that was the first mistake leading to series of scary and terrible events. The first event happened the next day we switch hotels to go to the next one. This hotel was built just few months before my arrival; the owner who was a very kind landlord gave me the biggest room of the hotel with a nice view on the valley behind. During the day, we went around the town to play tourists and eat local dishes. We stay out till ten thirty and we decided to head back to the inn. Once at the place I started watching last news on the television when I heard that throughout the day, the biggest bank robbery in history of Africa had happened. I remember telling my girlfriend “I wish it happened here so I will have some of that money” I did not know what was going to...
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...were easily caught. Singleton pled not guilty and was given a small two year sentence. Listening to his Father’s advice, Dillinger confessed, hoping for a short sentence. Instead, he got dual sentences of two to fourteen years and ten to twenty years. (Fischer) This seemed to be the turning point to more serious crimes in Dillinger’s life. After this he moved on to bigger and worse crimes. It is said that Dillinger grew angry in prison. On May 10, 1933 he was paroled after serving only eight and a half years of his sentence. On September 22 of the same year, Dayton county police arrested Dillinger for a bank robbery that had taken place in Bluffton, Ohio. Three of his friends broke him out of the Lima County jail after Dillinger had come up with the plans that they used to break out of the Indiana State Prison. The gang headed across the country pulling robberies frequently. In Tucson, Arizona, they were hiding out under fake names when a fire caught in there hotel. When firefighters arrived, they recognized members of the gang from the police department’s pictures. (Fischer) Dillinger was taken to a jail in Crown Point, Indiana. Authorities claimed that the jail was unescapable. But Dillinger escaped by using a wooden gun that he had whittled to fool guards. (Aronson) He took two aching guns and fled to Illinois in a sheriff’s car. This stunt put him at the top of the FBI’s most wanted list. (Fischer) Driving the stolen car across state lines made made it...
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...non-RPly. Robbing ICly is allowed, but the person being robbed must be level 3 or above and the maximum amount of money that can be taken is $500. There are no limits of stealing amounts of weapons or drugs. Bank robberies require admins approval, and the admin must watch the bank robbery to administer the roleplay etc. There must be 30 police officers online, admins must be informed how you plan on doing the robbery. There is no roof entry to the bank. As soon as weapons are pulled out in the bank, silent alarms will wring and either your or the admin would PM a PD officer of the robbery. Robberies are not allowed to happen in certain areas (e.g police department, or city hall, airport, mall etc.) because it would be not RP to rob people in an area where officers would most likely be. Unless the robber leads the victim to an acceptable area, the consequence for this would be admin jail. Scamming can only be done ICly, and the scammers can only take up to $50,000 worth of goods or money unless admins approve on taking further. The scammer and the victim must be levels 10 or higher. House, business and vehicle scams are not allowed - the result of ignoring these rules can be admin jails and return of all goods, or a ban for severe cases. The punishment for robbery can also result in an admin jail. Rape is not allowed unless both people agree OOCly to do so. Q4 : Metagaming, otherwise known as MG, is when OOC text is used in an IC situation - for example, if a person...
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...Hancock Being a movie fanatic, life is measured by when the next big movie release is going to be. One of the movies I have been looking forward to for a while was Hancock. Unfortunately, the movie was released in theatres during the summer when I was visiting Hong Kong and by the time I got back, it wasn’t in theatres anymore so I had to wait for the movie to be released on DVD. The movie is directed by Peter Berg and stars Will Smith and Charlize Theron. The movie takes place in modern day Los Angeles and revolves around an alcoholic superhero named Hancock that doesn’t care about his appearance and seen as a homeless, played by Will Smith. Unfortunately, due to his alcoholic problems, when he is saving people and taking out criminals, he causes a lot of property damage and puts other civilians in danger, which makes the citizens of Los Angeles somewhat despise him. The beginning of the movie follows Hancock in his adventures around Los Angeles bringing criminals to justice while causing a lot of destruction along the way. The movie then goes to another main character; a public relations manager played named Ray Embrey who just unsuccessfully tried to pitch a new charity logo to some corporate executives and is on his way home when he gets stuck on some train tracks while a train is coming. Hancock then comes just in time to save him, but derails the train in the process. The people around the scene start to boo him, but Ray thanks him for saving his life and offers...
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...first thing that appears is white lettering that reads, “One blue-collar Boston neighborhood has produced more bank robbers and armored car thieves than anywhere in the world.” This informs the audience of the setting, Boston, and also gets them thinking of what is to come. From this opening quote the audience can gather that chances are it will involve bad guys with masks and guns. In the next shot a single word, “Charleston”, fades in and then is surrounded by other words making a quote. These other words fade out, leaving just “Charleston”. This happens once more forming a different quote and then everything fades black into the next shot. After this, the audience learns that Charleston is obviously the town that the opening quote was explaining. The next shot starts off with the camera fixed on a tower with clouds surrounding it. The shot is dark but slowly starts to lighten, as time seems to fast-forward with the clouds moving quickly across the screen. This shows the audience that it is morning. Next the camera circles above Charleston from further showing the city that surrounds the tower from the previous shot. Now the audience gets to see the layout of Charleston and what the city is like. After this the film cuts to close ups of a couple citizens on the street, both of whom look unhappy. The camera also gets a close up of two armored truck guards outside a bank, while a voice in the background gives information about the guards past and present. During these close ups...
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...non-RPly. Robbing ICly is allowed, but the person being robbed must be level 3 or above and the maximum amount of money that can be taken is $500. There are no limits of stealing amounts of weapons or drugs. Bank robberies require admins approval, and the admin must watch the bank robbery to administer the roleplay etc. There must be 30 police officers online, admins must be informed how you plan on doing the robbery. There is no roof entry to the bank. As soon as weapons are pulled out in the bank, silent alarms will wring and either your or the admin would PM a PD officer of the robbery. Robberies are not allowed to happen in certain areas (e.g police department, or city hall, airport, mall etc.) because it would be not RP to rob people in an area where officers would most likely be. Unless the robber leads the victim to an acceptable area, the consequence for this would be admin jail. Scamming can only be done ICly, and the scammers can only take up to $50,000 worth of goods or money unless admins approve on taking further. The scammer and the victim must be levels 10 or higher. House, business and vehicle scams are not allowed - the result of ignoring these rules can be admin jails and return of all goods, or a ban for severe cases. The punishment for robbery can also result in an admin jail. Rape is not allowed unless both people agree OOCly to do...
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... initially resulting in an attempt to rob Commercial Corruption, a local bank. The two alleged criminals were apprehended by the police and informed of their rights. Here, I will identify the specific role that each played with the particular crime, the elements that lead to this conclusion, and the potential defenses the defending party might assert and any inconsistencies that might arise with these defenses. First, Billy Bad boy is charged with committing murder in the first degree. Billy is also charged with theft of firearm (stolen). Plus, Billy is charged with occupying a stolen vehicle during the commission of a robbery and speeding. Furthermore, Billy is charged with money laundering. The charges for Billy are valid because he intentionally shot and killed his estranged wife, Glamorous Gloria. Also, the charges of occupying a stolen vehicle are valid, because Billy drove with his friends to rob the bank, drove the getaway car and in the process of getting away, he was speeding, killed a pedestrian crossing the street. Also, the charge of conspiracy to commit robbery (bank) is valid, because Billy and his friends questioned Wanda regarding the layout of the bank, the amount of cash on hand, bank security, and hours of operation. Plus, the charge of manslaughter is valid because the murder of the teller and police officer would not have occurred had Billy and friends attempted to rob the bank. Lastly, the charge of money laundering is valid because he spoke with and...
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...“Bullet in the brain” is a short story by Tobias Wolff. The protagonist of the story is called Anders, a book critic. The man, in the story, started out as an impatient, disrespectful, arrogant critic who, throughout the story, makes sarcastic comments to the robbers of the bank where he was which, consequently, gets him killed. The main character is presented in most of the story as being a selfish and cruel person. His general critical nature of the world introduces him as an eccentric character who the reader has a difficult time to understand. The notable unperturbed attitude he had in relation to the bank robbery was a curious aspect of the story because it introduces his ungovernable attitude towards the bank robbers. His reciprocal...
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...MILLERSBURG — A Sterling man who admittedly stole a cash register from a Holmes County greenhouse and then dumped it in a Wayne County creek was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison. Jonathan B. Good, 31, of 13894 Kauffman Ave. Sterling, previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to a reduced charge of attempted burglary and tampering with evidence. His codefendent, Mallory L. Bilderback, 32, of 905 Portage Road, Apt. 207, Wooster, previously pleaded guilty to breaking and entering, tampering with evidence and petty theft. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 22, at which time she faces up to four years in prison. While defense attorney Mark Baserman Jr. asked Judge Robert Rinfret to consider a non-prison sanction, Rinfret, citing Good's extensive criminal history, including prior prison terms, agreed with the state, which recommended prison. The offense, according to Holmes County Assistant Prosecutor F. Christopher Oehl, was made more serious considering the business was open and occupied by employees and customers at the time of the offense, making the potential for violence real. And, it was “only because no one got hurt and it was a business instead of a residence,” Rinfret said he did not impose a greater term of incarceration. In addition to the prison sentence, Rinfret ordered Good to pay all court costs, the fees and expenses of his court-appointed attorney and $275 in restitution. After six months, he told Good, he would consider prison,...
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...HSBC: the Worldwide Local Bank........for Money Laundering and Rogue Nations. The details of the HSBC money laundering case are simultaneously enraging and sickening. HSBC agreed last month to pay the U.S. government $1.9 billion to settle a suit into widespread money laundering facilitation by the New York branch of Europe’s largest bank. But, this is not mere money we are talking about; it is the daily gang violence on the streets of our cities and towns, it is the increased likelihood that your children will be offered drugs in their schools; it is the abduction of children and selling them into the sex trade. Authorities estimate that the average annual income generated from a trafficked child is $200,000 per year. That money has to be laundered somewhere, by someone. Money laundering is taking the proceeds of crime (“illegitimate” money) and bringing it into the legitimate financial system so that the criminals can use that money without being tied to those terrible crimes – crimes like the manufacturing and distribution of drugs, selling people into the sex trade, trafficking in illegal weapons, and selling knock-off, unsafe products like toys with high levels of lead paint into the marketplace. By HSBC practices they encouraged this behavior and made a profit because of it. Those are some of the many possible effects of HSBC’s years of permitting hundreds of trillions of dollars to flow through HSBC Bank U.S.A with no money laundering controls being applied...
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...INTRODUCTION:- COMPANY OVERVIEW About HSBC BANK Headquartered in London, HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. HSBC's international network comprises around 9,500 offices in 85 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With listings on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges, shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by around 200,000 shareholders in some 100 countries and territories. The shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Receipts. Through an international network linked by advanced technology, including a rapidly growing e-commerce capability, HSBC provides a comprehensive range of financial services: personal financial services; commercial banking; corporate, investment banking and markets; private banking; and other activities. History The HSBC Group has an international pedigree which is unique. Many of its principal companies opened for business over a century ago and they have a history which is rich in variety and achievement. The HSBC Group is named after its founding member, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, which was established in 1865 to finance the growing trade between China and Europe. After the British established Hong Kong as a colony in the aftermath of the First Opium War, local merchants felt the need for a bank to finance the growing trade between China...
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...services, all types of hospitality services, car rental services, air travel, health care services and professional services. One of the largest banking and financial services organisation in the world is known as the HSBC Group. It has established businesses in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. In 1991, HSBC holdings were incorporated in England, with its head office based in London. In 1999, the company established its international brand name, which ensured that the Group's corporate symbol became a familiar sight all across the world. HSBC differentiates its brand name from those of its competitors by describing the unique characteristics which distinguish HSBC, namely being, 'The world's local bank'. As at 31st December 2004, its total asset was valued at £660 billion. It has over 9,800 offices worldwide. It employs over 253, 000 people, across different countries and territories. Its shares are held by around 200,000 people in some 100 countries and territories. The company's shares are also traded on most of the world's renowned stock exchanges, namely, London, Paris, New York, and Bermuda stock exchanges respectively. One of the major tools it uses for functionality on a worldwide scale is the company's use of information technology. Its e-business channels include the internet, PC banking, interactive TV, and telephone banking. It maintains its own private network (intranet and extranet), in which HSBC's websites attracted 900 million...
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...Unethical Corporate Governance (HSBC Money Laundering Case: “Too Big to Fail” does not mean “Too Big to Jail”) About HSBC HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. In 1865, the first branches of the bank were first opened in Hong Kong and Shanghai. HSBC is named after its founding member, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. In 1991, it was founded in London by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to act as a new group holding company. The company refers to both the United Kingdom and Hong Kong as its "home markets". HSBC has around 7,200 offices in 85 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, and around 89 million customers. As of 31 December 2013, it had total assets of $2.671 trillion, of which roughly half were in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and a quarter in each of Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As of 2012, it was the world's largest bank in terms of assets and sixth-largest public company, according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine (Witty Traders, 2014). HSBC consists of four business groups: * Commercial Banking; * Global Banking and Markets (investment banking); * Retail Banking and Wealth Management; * Global Private Banking. HSBC has a dual primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and London...
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...ASSIGNMENT 2 by (Name) Course Tutor University City and State Date Executive Summary HSBC bank is a financial institution, whose conceptualization age dates back to 1865 in Hong Kong. Commonly known as the HSBC Holdings plc, the multinational bank expanded and it opened other branches in several countries while offering financial and banking services. With its headquarters located in London, the bank is ranked as the fourth largest in the world. In Oman, however, the experienced problems within the bank are not what one would expect from a financial institution with such a reputation. Since its establishment in 1948, the bank has always offered top-notch services with fewer mistakes in Oman. Currently, there have been reports that the country is experiencing problems with their ATM machines. Customers are unable to use their ATM cards to access their accounts. The administrative sector is also having problems involving registration of clients to their newly introduced Advance Credit cards. The process has become strenuous for its customers. This study aims at identifying the problems and resolving it through operations management theories in gaining global competitiveness. According to the theories of operations management, organizations can solve their problems in three distinct ways. The six-sigma approach suggests identifying the defects and solving them afterwards. The lean approach, similarly advocates for the identification of defects...
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