Common Violations of the United States Code in Economic Crime Investigations. The Fraud, Waste and Abuse Monster.

This pamphlet was prepared to serve as a deskbook reference for use by USACIDC U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command special agents, many of whom have had little exposure to the United States Code. It is designed primarily to aid agents who are in the Economic Crime Investigator Specialty Program ECISP in identifying the relevant Federal criminal offenses which may be applicable to economic crime investigations. This pamphlet is not all-inclusive and only those white collar crime offenses associated with investigations of economic crime, fraud, waste, and abuse have been included. Factors which convinced members of the USACIDC SJA Staff Judge Advocates office of the need for this publication include 1 Much of the economic crime committed against the Army is perpetrated by civilians who are not subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice UCMJ. Accordingly, the legality of the conduct of civilian subjects, particularly in the economic crime area, must generally be measured against civilian Federal criminal statutes. and 2 Local judge advocateds also have not acquired a working knowledge of civilian Federal criminal statutes. Accordingly, there is a reduced ability to obtain effective and timely SJA coordination on USACIDC ROIs, as required by CIDR 195-1.