On Tuesday, first and foremost, I voted! I went in a little late to my internship. Again, I spent the majority of the day working on the database. However, I did get to attend a meeting along with my supervisor. It was headed by the former SAC (Special Agent in Charge) and 2 of his business partners. I attended along with the current SAC and 3 out of the 4 ASACS (Assistant Special Agents in Charge). They discussed their business plan to bid for the private contractor spot of investigating Medicare and Medicaid Fraud. I felt really lucky to sit in on it since it was clearly an important meeting.
This week, my schedule was a little different, so I interned again on Thursday. I spent the entire day with some of the other agents and employees at Health Care Fraud Training. This was hosted by the FBI's Boston Office. It was organized by the Health Care Fraud Unit (HCFU) in D.C. The seminar mainly focused on Medical Transportation Fraud and Internet Pharmacy Fraud. It included presentations by agents in the FBI, Assistant U.S. Attorneys and someone from the Department of Justice.
I was really excited to be attending this training. I feel that it's a really great opportunity that I get to be involved, and I really enjoy being part of it. There were about 5 different speakers all together, and it was interesting to hear from many different professionals concerning these areas of white collar crime. There are so many different agencies and divisions within the government! Overall, it was a really interesting day and I was really excited to be included in it.
Class this Thursday was pretty interesting. This week, we were discussing Don’t Kill in Our Names by Rachel King. The whole book was about family members of murder victims speaking out against the death penalty. Each family gave the whole story of the victim’s death, and their whole healing and forgiveness process. Much of the class felt there was too much focus on religion in the book, and that it took away from the author's overall message. In class, it sparked lots of interesting discussion on the death penalty, brutality, punishment, forgiveness, juveniles, and victims. Definitely a very interesting class discussion!
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