Internet Crimes

Another webpage deals with internet sex crimes

Some of the traditional crimes that are being commited on the internet include:

• Internet Fraud
• Internet Investment Fraud
• Internet Auction Fraud
• Phishing
• Spoofing
• Identity Theft
• Computer Hacking
• Bullying

One of the issues your internet criminal defense lawyer will examine is how the law enforcement has acquired information to support their criminal charges. Although you have less privacy on the internet than the sanctity of your own home, the police must follow proper procedures in investigating crimes on the internet. Another issue is entrapment where the law enforcement officer encouraged a private citizen to commit a crime he otherwise would not have committed.

In other respects, internet crimes are defended like traditional charges, although the computer and the internet does compromise what can be captured and kept as defense evidence. For internet crimes especially, early hiring of an experienced defense counsel is important for the following reasons: