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Ashley Madison: Life is short, have an affair. As if we didn’t have enough problems. The company is based in Canada and while ethically not the best business model, seemed to have a rather wide consumer base. From Josh Duggar to government employees, with the U.S. population having 318 million [1] people and Ashley Madison had 32 million [2] about 1 in 10 people are registered for this site (roughly). Hackers have always had their own set of principles outside of the normal person. While a lot…

Laptops, external storage devices, GPS locators, and desktop computers also come in various types. In the article, “Digital Evidence and the US Criminal Justice System” it states the listing and variety of products pose challenges because there is no uniform process to obtain information across makes and models, let alone different types of devices. Keeping archival information regarding older models of cell phones and its features, while keeping up to date with the rapid growth and diversity of…

The Chief Financial Officer David Dyck discovered $300-million in expenses were misclassified after he attempted a re-examination of the company’s accounting practices. CEO Dave Robert gained an “individual account” of 185%. When working out the full compensation, his total compensation roughly totalled $3.5 million for the year. After news of accounting irregularities, Penn West Petroleum Ltd. shares falling 17.4% before pulling back. Penn West shares closed at $8.57, down 13.78%, still some…

In 1970, 32 years after the creation of Fannie Mae, the U.S. government chartered Freddie Mac. However, the company became shareholder-owned, while keeping its government perks. The company doesn’t pay income taxes, have credit lines with U.S. Treasury, and can borrow at a low price because lenders assume the government will help them if they get in trouble. Investors knew Freddie Mac as “Steady Freddy” due to its predictable earnings. During their statistics-filled speeches, bankers used to…

trustworthy broker or exchange market which can facilitate their buying of the stocks. Most people have testified that penny stock market is a bad place, full of spam and fraud. Yes, that could be true according to them. This could be true because they had a head-to-head collision with that spam. I suppose the victims of fraud and spam subscribed to misleading newsletters. How can one determine the best penny stocks newsletter to subscribe to? This has been a hard decision for penny stock…

Julianna Cox Mrs. Templar Art and Music Appreciation 11/06/2017 Writing Assignment: Art Theft Art theft is more common than you think. According to the FBI, art and cultural property crime can include theft, fraud, looting, and trafficking across state and international lines. This type of crime can happen virtually anywhere at any given time. Many agencies have vowed to bring an end to the common crime of art theft. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently dedicated…

It was also recorded that in 2004 and 2005 that the examinations that were conducted sufficient evidence was found to determine suspicious, however once again there was total disregard. It was suggested in the OI C report that lack of training and experience kept the SEC from pursing an investigation. The relatively inexperienced Enforcement staff failed to appreciate the significance of the analysis in the complaint, and almost immediately expressed skepticism and disbelief. Most of their…

Background According to the United States Code under Section 1030, computer fraud is a serious offense and regarded as an illegal act. The United States Code addresses fraud and any related activities in connection with computers. Hence, computer fraud is defined as a deed of exploiting computers, internet, internet devices, and internet services to defraud people, companies or government agencies. Some of the methods and techniques used are DDoS, phishing, social engineering, and viruses to…

Cora Garcia Mrs. Briscoe Honors English 1 Were You Hacked, Or Nah? It’s more than likely that you have been hacked before. Records say that more than 145 million Americans have been victims to hackers. It can be useful to think of hackers as burglars and malicious software as their burglary tools. Having researched cybercrime and technology use among criminal populations for more than a decade, I know that both types of miscreants want to find ways into secure places – computers and…

We live in a world where technology is changing at a breakneck pace. Having that in mind, white-collar crime is changing at the same pace. White-collar crime methodologies and goals have changed and are representative of the ever-changing technological advancements of the day. Keeping those changes in mind, the question arises, are we leading to the rise in white-collar crime by embracing those technological advances? Historical and current criminal justice data reflects reported crime data…