Criminal Code Violations - 17 of 25
Incorrect answer:
Incorrect answer:
NO. The campus won't open for at least a year and there's no guarantee that opening the campus will lead to higher profits at the ice cream shop is INCORRECT.
NO. The campus won't open for at least a year and there's no guarantee that opening the campus will lead to higher profits at the ice cream shop is INCORRECT.
To prove that a public servant committed the crime of misuse of official information, a district attorney does not need to prove that the public servant actually made money based on the information. The crime prohibits the public servant from acquiring a pecuniary interest in property that "may be affected" by the government's official action. The likelihood that the public servant will or will not make money is irrelevant.
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