All crimes are determined by a law that sets forth the requirements of what action(s) will constitute a violation. These are called elements and they generally take the form of some combination of physical actions and mental intent.

This is expressed in law as: Mens Rea (mental intent) + Actus Reus (an overt act) = a crime in violation of the statute by the offender. A person cannot avoid intent by consciously avoiding their duties - this is the doctrine of conscious avoidance. If either a required mens rea or acteus reus element is missing from the facts of a case, then usually there is no crime.

Question: Please search for a news article that discusses a crime that abusinesshas been charged with.

• After finding an article, please summarize and discuss it.
• Please identify the crime, and its associated elements, that the business is charged with.
• Finally, indicate if you think the charge is proper or not based on the article.
• Please provide a citation of the article.