Case Study 2: The Job That Was Too Good to Be True In 2000,

Case Study 2: The Job That Was Too Good to Be True In 2000,

Case Study 2: The Job That Was Too Good to Be True

In 2000, FBI special agents lured Russian cyber criminals
Vasiliy Gorshkov and Alexey Ivanov to the United States with a ruse involving a
job interview. The FBI also downloaded evidence of their crimes from computers
in Russia. Using information from your textbook, additional materials provided
by your instructor, and your own independent research, discuss whether you
think the FBI’s investigative techniques went too far. Did the FBI act under
the color of any international laws or compacts, or did they “go off the
reservation?” Do the FBI’s actions stand up to scrutiny under current US
cyber laws? Have there been other, more recent examples of cases in which US
law enforcement targeted non-US citizens in a similar manner? What, if any, are
the positive or negative impacts of this case on subsequent cyber-crime
investigations? Your submission should be a minimum of four pages in length,
and it should conform to APA formatting and citation standards. A title page
and reference list (APA style) are mandatory, but will not count toward the
four-page requirement.