
18 FIGHTING FRAUD
two-lane highways, the automobile coupled with the superhighway greatly
expanded their crime area. As before, criminals used this “new technol-
ogy” and enhanced environment to help commit the same types of frauds
they had always committed and for the same reasons. In this case, as in
days past, they purchased their method of transportation — this time the
car — or they stole one. They still needed a fraud scheme as their weapon
and a plan.
SUPERHIGHWAY FRAUDS AND OTHER CRIMES TO I-WAY ROBBERIES
So why is all this history relevant to the security and law enforcement
professional in dealing with the fraud and other crime challenges ...