Criminal Justice 2011
Chapter 17:
White-collar and
Computer Crime
Criminal Investigation
The Art and the Science
by Michael D. Lyman
Copyright 2011
CHAPTER SUMMARY
17.1 Understand the various types of white-collar crime.
17.2 Understand the problem of money-laundering investigations.
17.3 List the various techniques used by organized crime to hide or
“launder” illicit financial proceeds.
17.4 Learn the different types of confidence games and how they
work.
17.5 Describe the nature of computer crimes and the various types of
computer offenses known today.
17.6 Know what evidence to look for in the investigation of computer
crimes.
17.7 Understand the profile of the computer crime suspect.
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcome
17.1
Understand the various types of
white-collar crime.
17.1
White Collar Crime
Non-violent
Committed for financial gain
Accomplished by means of
deception
17.1
White Collar Crime
The statutes are quite complicated!
“By virtue of his or her office, business or employment, or
as trustee or bailee, having possession or custody of money or of
a negotiable security, instrument, paper or other negotiable writing
of another, intentionally uses, transfers, conceals, or retains
possession of such money, security, instrument, paper or writing
without the owner’s consent, contrary to his or her authority, and
with intent to convert to his or her own use or to the use of any
other person except the owner.” Wisconsin State Statute, 943.20(1)(b)
17.1
Corporate Crime
A form of White Collar crime…
Misleading
investors
Cheating
customers
Environmental
Crimes
Concealing
defects
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcome
17.2
Understand the problem of moneylaundering investigations.
17.2
Step One:
Illegally
earn $$$
Money Laundering
Step Two:
Hide $$$ from
The Government
Step Three:
Use legitimate
Businesses to
“wash” the $$$
Step Four:
Obtain the
$$$ back
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcome
17.3
List the various techniques used by
organized crime to hide or “launder”
illicit financial proceeds.
17.3
Methods of Money Laundering
It is as varied as the businesses that exist in this
country, both small and large
Bank
Methods
Smurfing
Currency
Exchanges
Double
Invoicing
Acquiring
financial
institutions
Money
orders
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcome
17.4
Learn the different types of
confidence games and how they
work.
17.4
Confidence Games
The spectrum of white-collar crime also extends to the
timeless scam of the confidence game (or “con”).
The Pigeon
Drop
The Bank
Examiner
Scheme
The Pyramid
“Get Rich
Quick” Scheme
Home Repair
Scams
Travel Scams
Contest Cons
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcome
17.5
Describe the nature of computer
crimes and the various types of
computer offenses known today.
17.5
Types of Computer Crime
The introduction
of fraudulent
records or data
The alteration or
destruction of
information or
files
Unauthorized
use of
computerrelated facilities
Stealing through
use of the
computer
17.5
Computer Crimes
Old Crimes in
a new way
Stalking
Harassment
Child pornography
17.5
Computer Crimes
New Crimes
in a new era
Hacking
Scanning
Masquerading
Trojan horses, viruses, data
diddling, piracy, etc…
17.5
Two Categories Computer Components
Hardware
Computer
Software
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcome
17.6
Know what evidence to look for in
the investigation of computer crimes.
17.6
Investigating Computer Crime
Obtain computer evidence
Examine computer evidence
Preserve evidence for court purposes
Interview the suspect
17.6
Investigating Computer Crime
Obtaining
computer
evidence…
Computer media
Computer data
Evidence online
Other computer evidence
including peripherals
Insert a picture of the
inside of a computer here
please
17.6
Investigating Computer Crime
Examining
computer
evidence…
Computer media
Computer data
Evidence online
Other computer evidence
including peripherals
Insert a picture of an
online “history”
Here please
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcome
17.7
Understand the profile of the
computer crime suspect.
17.7
The Profile!
Age
Most perpetrators are young and were educated in colleges and universities
where computer attacks are common and sometimes condoned as
“educational activity.”
17.7
The Profile!
Skills and
knowledge
Most suspects are among the most skilled and
higher-performing technologists. This is seen, in particular, in organizations
in which a worker is overqualified for the work he or she is doing.
17.7
The Profile!
Positions of
trust
In most cases, perpetrators perform their acts while
working at their jobs. Investigators should anticipate that vulnerabilities
identified will usually result in the most qualified person taking advantage
of them.
17.7
The Profile!
Assistance
Perpetrators in many types of computer crime have been
known to need assistance. This is because computer crimes require more
knowledge and access than one person usually possesses.
17.7
The Profile!
Differential
association
Frequently, people working together may encourage
each other to engage in unauthorized acts that escalate into serious
crimes.
17.7
The Profile!
Robin Hood
syndrome
Most computer crime perpetrators interviewed in
the study differentiated between harming people and organizations, the latter
of which was easily condoned.
In addition, they rationalized that they
were only harming a computer and not causing any loss to people or
organizations.
CHAPTER REVIEW
17.1 Understand the various types of white-collar crime.
17.2 Understand the problem of money-laundering investigations.
17.3 List the various techniques used by organized crime to hide or
“launder” illicit financial proceeds.
17.4 Learn the different types of confidence games and how they
work.
17.5 Describe the nature of computer crimes and the various types of
computer offenses known today.
17.6 Know what evidence to look for in the investigation of computer
crimes.
17.7 Understand the profile of the computer crime suspect.