The Internet and how it Singlehandedly Transformed nearly Every Aspect Crime

The Internet and how it Singlehandedly Transformed nearly Every Aspect Crime
There are several examples of specific crimes that have been around for centuries that have evolved into computer-based crimes. While these crimes may not be strictly committed with the use of key strokes, the advent of computers and the progression of technology have adapted these crimes making them in a lot of ways easier to commit and more difficult for law enforcement to regulate
Regulation and the enforcement of laws become more difficult when the criminal activity is masked by computer technology. It is easy for criminals to commit certain crimes using false information, others identities, and seemingly evaporating paper trails with the use of E-cash. And with personal and business finance being digitized, any savvy tech has the ability to work themselves into these systems and manipulate it to their own personal gain.
Embezzlement has been considered a criminal act since the fifteenth century. Embezzlement is defined as the unlawful misappropriation for personal use of money, property, or anything of value that has been entrusted to the offender’s personal care, custody, or control. (Taylor 88). Typically, embezzlement schemes are a result of disgruntled employees that feel they are underpaid, underutilized, or unappreciated. The most common example is bank tellers taking a deposit from the customer and putting it into their own pocket without ever entering the money or transaction into the banks system. This is petty theft at best, but considering the definition of embezzlement it qualifies. Another example given is of a man that used phony passwords to break into his companies payroll system and give himself raises and bonuses. He was able to embezzle 108,000 dollars over the course