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Listing the types of recognized internet crimes

by | May 23, 2018 | White Collar Crimes |

The internet has been around for a couple of decades now and people are finding different ways to take advantage of it. By “taking advantage of it,” we mean the many ways people can commit different crimes using the internet. There is a long list of internet crimes that are recognized by different law enforcement agencies in Florida and across the country. Let’s take a look at some of those crimes in this post.

Law enforcement personnel working in the field of information technology get assigned specific tasks to fight internet crimes all over the United States. These officials have to look online for scams and fraudulent activities, gather evidence and help discover crimes being committed on the internet. This list of internet crimes is not exhaustive, and can be seen below:

  • Bomb threats using the internet
  • Harassment and cyberbullying
  • Extortion for financial gain
  • Trafficking of passwords
  • Weapons trafficking
  • Theft of credit cards and credit card fraud
  • Phishing of email accounts
  • Spreading viruses
  • Hijacking domain names
  • Violations of copyrights
  • Counterfeit trademarks
  • Enterprise trade secret theft
  • Hacking data of individuals
  • Sharing child pornography online
  • Piracy of software

More and more internet crimes are being discovered each day. As thieves and people operating on the dark web continue to run scams, spam and other fraudulent activities, the list continues to grow.

Now that you know which activities can be considered to be internet crimes, you can make sure that your online activities do not fall into any of these categories. White collar crimes in Orlando can carry stiff penalties when defendants are convicted.