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doing.157 However, the reprehensible duo would still be required to pay the judgment to employees for lost wages.
Paul Winston of Business Insurance, summed it up well:
When one considers the extreme lengths Ms. Ayala allegedly went through to defraud Wendy’s, it boggles the mind:
*Obtaining someone’s severed finger in the first place. Husband: Hey can I have that? I’m getting married in a few days and need a gift for my bride. Co-worker: Sure, but it will cost you the $50 I owe you. Husband: It’s a deal!
*Keeping the finger for five months until the right opportunity arose. Ironically, authorities were initially convinced it was a woman’s finger because of the manicured nail, which begs the question of whether the manicure occurred before or after the accident.
*Biting the five-month-old finger to spit it out for verisimilitude. Ms. Ayala later told ABC’s “Good Morning America that knowing a human body part was in her mouth was “disgusting.” It’s even more disgusting if one considers it was not accidental.158
The effects of a hoax are best determined when compared to an authentic error in processing and supply of food. As hoaxes become more prevalent, persons with legitimate claims will face credibility issues as the hoax becomes the norm and anyone claiming private company error will be suspect. To illustrate this comparison, the following describes actual problems with company processing.
Closely following the Wendy’s hoax were two instances where people really did find a severed finger portion in their food. The first was in May 2005 in North Carolina where a man discovered a severed finger in his frozen custard. This was no hoax. The manager of the store had severed his finger in a mixing machine and
157 Kim Curtis, “Couple sentenced in Wendy’s finger case/Woman gets 9 years, her spouse about 12 in plot to extort money from the fast food chain,” HoustonChronicle, January 19, 2006, p. 3.
158 Paul Winston, “Pointing the Finger at the Real Culprit,” Business Insurance, May 23, 2005, Vol. 39, Iss. 21, p. 6.
Object Description
| Title | An argument for the criminal hoax |
| Author | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Author email | user1963@yahoo.com; teachpolsci@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Science |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-20 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Renteln, Alison Dundes |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wong, Janelle S. Newland, Chester A. |
| Abstract | Hoaxes are part of the fabric of history. While many provide humor and lighthearted joy, the criminal hoax does not. To date, researchers have included aspects of the criminal hoax in larger academic works. This is an original typology that sets forth the criminal hoax as a distinct part of the larger field of law and public policy. This work provides newly created definitions including four distinct categories of hoaxes: the monetary hoax, the attention getter hoax, the hate crime hoax and the racial hoax. It further illustrates these types with actual detailed accounts of hoaxes and provides insights to each one. It makes policy recommendations concerning the four categories of needs: 1. legislative action, 2. a nationwide statistical database of hoax events, 3. media involvement, and 4. law enforcement training and action to deal with criminal hoaxes. Finally, it recommends further research to identify the causes and motivations of vipers. The ultimate goal of this project is to find ways to eliminate criminal hoaxes. |
| Keyword | criminal hoax; hoax categories |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1659 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Pellegrini-2397 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Pellegrini-2397.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 57 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 51 doing.157 However, the reprehensible duo would still be required to pay the judgment to employees for lost wages. Paul Winston of Business Insurance, summed it up well: When one considers the extreme lengths Ms. Ayala allegedly went through to defraud Wendy’s, it boggles the mind: *Obtaining someone’s severed finger in the first place. Husband: Hey can I have that? I’m getting married in a few days and need a gift for my bride. Co-worker: Sure, but it will cost you the $50 I owe you. Husband: It’s a deal! *Keeping the finger for five months until the right opportunity arose. Ironically, authorities were initially convinced it was a woman’s finger because of the manicured nail, which begs the question of whether the manicure occurred before or after the accident. *Biting the five-month-old finger to spit it out for verisimilitude. Ms. Ayala later told ABC’s “Good Morning America that knowing a human body part was in her mouth was “disgusting.” It’s even more disgusting if one considers it was not accidental.158 The effects of a hoax are best determined when compared to an authentic error in processing and supply of food. As hoaxes become more prevalent, persons with legitimate claims will face credibility issues as the hoax becomes the norm and anyone claiming private company error will be suspect. To illustrate this comparison, the following describes actual problems with company processing. Closely following the Wendy’s hoax were two instances where people really did find a severed finger portion in their food. The first was in May 2005 in North Carolina where a man discovered a severed finger in his frozen custard. This was no hoax. The manager of the store had severed his finger in a mixing machine and 157 Kim Curtis, “Couple sentenced in Wendy’s finger case/Woman gets 9 years, her spouse about 12 in plot to extort money from the fast food chain,” HoustonChronicle, January 19, 2006, p. 3. 158 Paul Winston, “Pointing the Finger at the Real Culprit,” Business Insurance, May 23, 2005, Vol. 39, Iss. 21, p. 6. |
