Under new cyber crime and computer laws, a person convicted of computer hacking, virus writing, and computer worm development could get 20 years to life in prison.

Sometimes out of curiosity, Internet website visitors may exceed the access authorized to them under their website access login and under the website’s terms of use.  Even using commercially available scripts may generate serious computer crime accusation of hacking and unauthorized access to a computer network.

If you are facing an accusation of being a computer hacker, a cyber crime and hacking defense attorney from our firm is a technically competent attorney who understands the technical aspects of the Internet in order to provide you with a competent defense. A typical criminal defense attorney without computer knowledge may not understand many of the challenges that can be made against electronic evidence.

]]> http://cyber-crime-defense.com/hacking_unauthorized_access.html/feed 3 http://cyber-crime-defense.com/computer-crime-cases.html http://cyber-crime-defense.com/computer-crime-cases.html#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:47:53 +0000 Admin http://cyber-crime-defense.com/?p=184 When it comes to the defense of computer and Internet crime cases, we provide you not only with the legal skills and knowledge necessary of a criminal defense lawyer, but also with the understanding of the technical aspects involved with Internet crime charges:

Some recent cyber crime defense cases where we have assisted our clients include:

• Our client was accused of being the leader of the most prolific Internet music piracy group in the world.  The charge consisted of conspiracy to commit copyright Infringement.  The charges were initially brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia located in Alexandria, Virginia.  The trial took place in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, located in Houston, Texas.  Our client elected to have is case tried by a Federal Jury.  Our technical knowledge assisted us in providing competent legal representation and bringing the case to a successful resolution.  Read More…
• Our client was arrested on access device fraud charges and aggravated identity theft in the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division.  The accusations involved alleged selling of stolen credit card numbers, social security numbers, other personally identifiable information, as well as e-mail account data for spam purposes.  We thoroughly reviewed the government evidence, both the technical and the legal aspects, and assisted our client in obtaining a favorable result.
• Our client was accused of using a computer system to solicit a minor in Chesterfield County, Virginia.  Our technical knowledge allowed us to properly dissect and understand the technical issues in the government’s evidence, resulting in a favorable resolution for our client.
• Our client appealed a case handled by another defense attorney to the Virginia Court of Appeals and to the Virginia Supreme Court.  The charges involved the use of a computer system to facilitate certain offenses involving children in Virginia.  Our technical knowledge allowed us to be able to understand the case immediately and completely analyze all the issues despite being retained after the appeal process was already underway.
• Our client was a victim of computer trespass and unauthorized network access by a former employee.  Our experience in both the legal and technical aspects allowed our client to gather the necessary evidence to prosecute the perpetrator in a “one-stop shopping” manner.
• Our client was charged with eight counts of use of a computer system to facilitate certain offenses involving children in Virginia.  Our technical analysis allowed us to get the majority of the charges dismissed, resulting in a resolution of the case involving no jail time.
• Our client was a victim of computer fraud, computer trespass and unauthorized access to his computer by a debt collector.  Our technical know-how and legal analysis allowed us to recommend a course of action for this activity, which may have otherwise gone undetected.  Read More…