Federal Agent Owens Had Conducted a 2-Year Investigation of a Store

question 37

Multiple Choice

Federal Agent Owens had conducted a 2-year investigation of a store run by Paul that was believed to be involved in money laundering for an organized crime operation. Agent Owens obtained a court order for Paul's phone records and discovered that he frequently called Ron's cell phone. Ron's personal bank records showed that Paul's store transferred $100,000 to his account by wire on the first of each month. Agent Owens has filed an application for a Wiretap Act warrant to monitor Paul's store phone. Agent Owens applied for a court order mandating that Ron's cell phone company to provide him with all of Ron's text messages for the last year. The request should be:

• A) granted if he filed it under the procedures outlined in the Wiretap Act.
• B) granted if he filed it under the procedures outlines in the Stored Communications Act.
• C) denied because federal judges do not have the authority to grant orders for stored text messages.
• D) denied if Agent Owens did not file a form indicating that the cell phone company is willing to comply with the order.

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