1. a) How many people were arrested this week in worldwide email scams?
b) What charges did the U.S. Justice Department bring against those arrested?

2. How did the scammers trick people into giving them money?

3. In addition to the U.S., in what other countries were scammers arrested?

4. Some of the scammers also stole identities. How many identities did they steal? What did they do with the information?

5. How did most of the suspects plead?

6. What do you think is a just punishment for this type of crime? Explain your answer.