investigation. This was an approximate 10% decrease from 2009 when the FBI received 336‚655 reports. However‚ looking at the longer term‚ it was an approximately 1800% increase over the figures from 2000‚ when only 16‚838 complaints were recorded. Fraud‚ FBI-related scams and identity theft were the most reported incidents. MONEY Victims: The most likely victims or internet crime are the easily deceived such as the elderly who are more trusting and children who believe the people they meet on the
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Introduction…………………………………………………………………. Nature ………………………………………………………………………… Definition………………………………………………………………………………. Background…………………………………………………………………………… Discussion…………………………………………………………………….. History…………………………………………………………………………… Types of Cybercrime ……………………………………………………… Fraud……………………………………………………………………………………… Bullying‚ Harassment and Stalking…………………………………………. Computer Trespassing……………………………………………………………. Hardware Hijacking………………………………………………………………. Spam……………………………………………………………………………………… Information Warfare………………………………………………………………
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incumbent governments. In Zambia‚ Money laundering and other Financial crimes are enforced by the Anti-Money Laundering and Investigations Unit {AMLIU) of the Drug Enforcement Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as well as the Ant-Frauds Department of the Zambia Police. Further‚ the government is intending to create yet another agency to fight financial crime called Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Of course there a number of questions that arise as to why the government should
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$7 billion between 1999 and 2002; and their once valued stock of $180 million becoming nearly worthless‚ can attribute a significant amount of their failure on their “dis”organizational culture. Corporations worldwide who do not think this type of fraud can happen at the hands of a relatively small amount of people‚ are completely wrong. Bernie Ebbers‚ Chief Executive Officer‚ and Chief Financial Officer‚ Scott Sullivan’s classical view of social responsibility was the beginning of the end for WorldCom;
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1990‚ and thus leading consumers to believe that it was the actual stunt. This was Volvo’s big mistake. This act sparked interest in the attorney general of Texas‚ who concluded that the cars were rigged and subsequently charged Volvo with consumer fraud. Although engineers in their research determined that the Volvo car could withstand the weight of a five ton truck and that the advertisement was not misleading‚ the Volvo car company quickly settled the lawsuit‚ reimbursed the state of Texas for its
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concern prompting the business to contact the bank to question what may have happened. In this case the fraudster was turned in by her husband. The bank had already figured they had the correct person but were trying to out how to prove it. The fraud investigator had already noticed that Groves broke out into rash during questioning and had looked into past incidences where the fraudster work in a branch where small amount of money came up missing but they could never place her to them. Studies
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Fall 2007 Group Assignment 2 Publicized Cases of Alleged Audit Failures Involving Large Public Companies 1) Ten Publicized Audit Failures i. Parmalat (2003) - Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu /Grant Thornton Misleading investors with “Brazen Fraud” was what the United States (US) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had sued Parmalat for in 2003. It all began when Parmalat defaulted on a bond payment worth $185 million. This raised a flag for auditors and banks‚ which then began to closely
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identity theft‚ frauds‚ cyber stalking‚ information warfare or even cyber-warfare. Cyber terrorism in general‚ can be defined as an act of terrorism committed through the use of cyberspace or computer resources. Cyber warfare is basically referred to activity crossing international borders and involving the interest of at least one nation. Spams or unsolicited sending of bulk emails for commercial purposes is also considered unlawful in some jurisdictions. Many spam mails even cause frauds and tempt people
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Computer Crimes Technology in a Global Society CS300 Table of Contents…………………………………………………….2 Introduction…………………………………………………………..3 (Research Discoveries) Origins of Computer crimes………………………………………….4 Internet fraud…………………............................................................5 Internet Cyber Crime………………………..…………………….…6 Personal Crimes……………………..…………………..…..6.2 Financial Crimes…………………….…………………..…..6.3 Computer hackers……...................
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as Palm Pilots‚ MP3 Players. The first element of the fraud triangle is pressure. Every fraud perpetrator faces some kind of perceived pressure. Most pressures involve a financial need‚ although nonfinancial pressures‚ such as the need to report financial results better than actual performance‚ frustration with work‚ or even a challenge to beat the system‚ can also motivate fraud. Financial pressures often motivate misappropriation frauds by employees. Common pressures such as living beyond
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