A 33-year-old Akron, Ohio, man just found out the hard way that you can get in serious trouble for an internet crime -- even if you weren't very good at it.The self-styled hacker tried to disrupt several government websites, including the Department of Defense, the...
Month: November 2019
What is a charge of public corruption?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) considers public corruption to be a top investigative priority -- but what exactly is it? Why is public corruption so important for the federal government to pursue?Public corruption involves a serious abuse of power or breach...
Is there less white collar crime than before?
Aside from a few very high-profile cases (like the "college admission scandal" that has caught numerous celebrities and well-placed parents up in its wake), you may be hearing far less about white collar crime than you once did -- but that probably isn't because it...
Does it matter if you didn’t know something was illegal?
You've probably heard the phrase, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse," a time or two in your life. Detectives and investigators certainly like to repeat it often enough when they want to take a hard-line approach to a potential defendant.Well, like most sayings,...
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