Flint Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer - Internet & Computer Crimes
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Child Pornography Online
Federal and state laws make it a crime to produce, possess, distribute, or sell pornographic materials that exploit or portray a minor. Increasingly, child pornography laws are being utilized to punish use of computer technology and the Internet to obtain, share, and distribute pornographic material involving children, including images and films. This can also be tried as a Sex Crime
Computer Crime
Computer crime laws in many states prohibit a person from performing certain acts without authorization, including:
- accessing a computer, system, or network
- modifying, damaging, using, disclosing, copying, or taking programs or data
- introducing a virus or other contaminant into a computer system
- using a computer in a scheme to defraud
- interfering with someone else's computer access or use
- using encryption in aid of a crime
- falsifying e-mail source information
- stealing an information service from a provider.
Credit / Debit Card Fraud
Credit/debit card fraud is committed when one person
- fraudulently obtains, takes, signs, uses, sells, buys, or forges someone else's credit or debit card or card information
- uses his or her own card with the knowledge that it is revoked or expired or that the account lacks enough money to pay for the items charged
- sells goods or services to someone else with knowledge that the credit or debit card being used was illegally obtained or is being used without authorization.
Identity Theft
Identity theft laws in most states make it a crime to misuse another person's identifying information -- whether personal or financial. Such data (including social security numbers, credit history, and PIN numbers) is often acquired through
- the offender's unlawful access to information from government and financial entities
- lost or stolen mail, wallets and purses, identification, and credit or debit cards.
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