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potentially deter fraudsters and prior offenders from committing
additional crimes. When Senator McAdams was debating the statute
amendments he argued, “This [bill] won’t put an end to fraud…
it’s a mechanism for us to say that it is outrageous, we will not
tolerate it, and we will fight it with enhanced penalties and
enhanced fines” (Sargsian, 2012, p. 29). Amendments to the laws
can also encourage the reporting of these frauds if they include
whistleblower provisions. New laws are not a failsafe though, and
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