Assume that the following facts and circumstances are grounded in evidence:

1. A retired couple has a lifetime of community involvement and service.

2. Evidence supports the retired couple becoming involved in a money laundering scheme late in life through a small business owned and operated by them.

3. Evidence suggests that the benefit (conversion) to the retired couple is nominal, and most estimates suggest monetary benefits of approximately zero.
4. Evidence eliminates all employees, except the owners, of involvement in the money laundering activity.
5. The retired couple has a son who has a history of drug use and minor drug trafficking.
6. The means by which the money is passing through the small business is connected by evidence to the son.
Case discussion: Which fraud model, the fraud triangle, the fraud scale, or the acronym M.I.C.E., offers the best possible explanation for the actions of the couple? Why?