Categories of Computer Crime CIS 170 Information Technology in Criminal Justice Dr. Johnson Strayer University February 5, 2014 The four common categories of computer crimes are: Computer as a target, Computers as an instrument crime, Computers as an incidental to a crime and Computers associated with the common occurrence of a computer. Cybercrime is criminal activity or crimes committed over the internet, through a computer system or though technology. Cybercrimes is also highly
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“ZZZZ Best company” was founded by 16-year old Barry Minkow. The core activity of company was carpet cleaning. As he began doing business, Minkow soon realized that carpet cleaning was a difficult way to earn money because customers always complained and vendors demanded payments. Soon Minkow started seeking for financing but realized that bank were not willing to lend him money due to his age and low profitability of his business. That’s why he came up with the idea of forgeries and thefts from
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http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/FraudAmericanHistory.htm History of Fraud in America (Edited for use in MBA 590_ NCSU) Bob Jensen at Trinity University Colonial History Earliest "business" fraud in America centered around phony heath cures. Armstrong and Armstrong (1991) document many of the snake oil ploys that commenced soon after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. Medical frauds ranging from deceptive medicines to spiritual cures to bloodletting expanded over time to modern day cancer miracle
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Fraud of ZZZ Best Company The ZZZ Best was the carpet cleaning company that was started by 15 year old Barry Minkow in 1982. He was inspired to enter into this industry by his mother when he was 12 years old. His mother was working as a telephone solicitor for a small carpet cleaning firm. Though most of the companies in carpet cleaning industry were legitimate, the nature of this business attracts many seedy characters of the malpractice. There are no barriers for any entry even no license was
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different countries and it has over 630, 000 employees over the world. Even though AIG is such a giant corporation, it has encountered financial problems in the early 2000s. Under financial pressure and a lack of internal control, AIG have committed frauds resulting in several scandals. One of the accounting scandals was disclosed during 2005 which involved a material mis-statement due to false transactions during 2000. This scandal set to prelude leading the downfall of AIG in 2008. In this paper,
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Hello Friends, For the months now, I've been searching for the Home Based Job which is authentic. Though I have not found any so far, I came across many home based jobs asking for the payments/deposits initially. Internet is the field which so much of fake websites providing false information and still they remain active for a longer period misleading the people. I would like to share a scenario I came across which in search of Home Based Part time Jobs. In these
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and a network Cybercrime includes any criminal act dealing with computers and networks (called hacking). Additionally, cybercrime also includes traditional crimes conducted through the Internet. For example; hate crimes, telemarketing and Internet fraud, identity theft, and credit card account thefts are considered to be cybercrimes when the illegal activities are committed through the use of a computer and the Internet. Definition: cybercrime can be defined as crimes committed on the internet using
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child porn. Individuals under the age of 18 engaging in sexual acts or depicted in sexualized manner. * Niagarian email scam. Social engineering scam. * National Infrastructure Protection Center. * Definition of fraud. If robbery is larsonary by force, fraud is larsonry by deception. Not taking it by force, but taking it by trickery. * Profile for cyber bullying * Profile for media pirate, types, how they are orangized * Filtering internet content. Debate on why should
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People who commit fraud are usually: a. New employees. b. Not well groomed and have long hair and tattoos. c. People with strong personalities. d. Trusted individuals. 2. “The use of one’s occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or resources or assets” is the definition of which of the following types of fraud? a. Employee embezzlement or occupational fraud b. Investment scams c. Management fraud d. Vendor fraud 3. Corporate employee fraud fighters: a. Work
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that any/all claims made concerning a CROWN CORPORATION OWNED NAME is, in fact, an admission of FRAUD where FALSE IMPERSONATION is concerned and is a CAPITAL CRIME to do so, 1. Inasmuch as YOU, the sender, have mailed something under ASSUMPTION/PRESUMPTION OF LAW that I, the living, am somehow RELATED to the CROWN COPYRIGHTED NAME REGISTERED at birth is, in fact AIDING AND ABETTING another into FRAUD should I accept; 2. Any/All things/items mailed are, in fact CONTRACTS inasmuch as ACCEPTANCE IS
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