A Study on Investigative Strategies and Prevention Measures of Cross-boarder Fraud of Fake Government Agencies

• Main Authors: Lin, Chen- Jui, 林振瑞
• Other Authors: Sheu, Chuen-Jim
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ad55fb

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 犯罪學研究所 === 105 === The purpose of this research is to probe into the current situation of the crime process and pattern of fake government agency fraud crimes, and also to make a proposal of the investigation strategies and prevention measures for this type of crime. In order to formulate strategies to cope with this type of crime, this research utilizes qualitative research method to make an analysis on two field cases of cross-border fake government agency fraud crime, accompanied by conducting interviews with one of the victim and two other experienced investigators in this field. Furthermore, this research also refers to the routine activity theory and rationale choice theory of criminology and other related literatures. The results indicated that Taiwan government has current measures for coping with cross-border fake government agency fraud crime, for example, increasing the terms of imprisonment for crime deterrence, establishing specialized anti-fraud law enforcement agency, etc. However, there are still some difficulties that investigation authorities in Taiwan will encounter, such as insufficient investigative resources for tracking cross-border networks, hypercritical terms on obtaining records for phone communication, inadequate investigative rights for law enforcement agencies and so on. Therefore, this research proposes the following investigation strategies for cross-border fake government agency fraud crime: 1. Conducting case details data analysis. 2. Retrieval of suspect’s face images from surveillance camera. 3. Setting up real-time surveillance on suspicious ATM withdrawals. 4. Investigation of suspect’s identity. 5. Thorough crime scene reconnaissance. 6. Tracing of the flow of stolen money. 7. Application for search and arrest warrant from jurisdiction court. 8. Expanded investigation of accomplices and instigator. 9. Retrieval of victims’ stolen money. On the basis of the above results, suggestions are provided as below: 1. Phone application must be registered with actual ID. 2. Strengthening the capability in tracing internet protocol address. 3. Elevating the investigative rights for law enforcement agencies. 4. Integration and elevation of the organization level for anti-fraud law enforcement agency. 5. Instant disconnection of the telecom fraud phone line if verified, large amount of withdrawal from counter should also be deeply concerned and informed to the police if necessary. 6. Establishing investigative principles for tracking fraud telecom control rooms, as well as assigning specialized agents to analyze and track down accomplices and instigator. 7. Strengthening investigative cooperation relationships among Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong-Kong, tracking down all the locations of the fraud telecom control rooms and core members of the fraud syndicate.