; the court can authorize U.S. Marshals and/or the local law agencies to seize evidence of the crime unannounced; and, if convicted, one may be fined $250,000 or sent to jail for a term of five years, or both.Another ethical problem arises in plagiarism and the increasing availability of web pages and commercial Internet companies offering many term papers, essays, and reports. As recently as three or four years ago, ads for plagiarized, pre-written, or custom written papers would be regarded as obscure, were found only in alternative magazines, and were a small threat for serious colleges. Now, however, many sites serving this purpose are available, which enables its users to purchase pre-written term papers and essays via the Internet. These websites claim that this is only to be used as a learning tool and not to be submitted as your own work. However, these companies maintain, are merely providing learning materials for inquisitive students, their services are becoming a huge problem on university campuses around the nation and world. Currently, universities are taking action against these companies, which engage in the sale of term papers by commencing in sting operations charging those captured with mail and wire fraud. Those charged believe that their actions are legal and take the stance that what the do helps people. Some ivy league colleges take the stance that none of their students plagiarize papers, that there has never been any trouble with that kind of cheating, and that their school is too respectable for that kind of action and the students understand that. On the other hand, students interviewed from colleges such as Harvard attest that they have used plagiarized material before because it was easy to attain and the classes were only being taken, as they were mandatory for the student. However much can be done to these Internet companies who profit their sales of term papers, there are many free and not-for-profit web...
