Our Virginia Internet Crime Defense Lawyers assist clients with Virginia Computer Crimes law and Cyber Crime.  In our daily Virginia Computer Crime Defense Lawyer practice, we protect our client’s rights and freedom from Virginia Cyber Crime accusations.  Some examples are listed below, other computer crime cases are listed here:

• Individual accused of selling counterfeit medications over the Internet.  The assistance of a Virginia computer crime defense attorney is essential to protecting the individual’s freedom.
• E-Commerce website operator  faces charges  of Internet criminal copyright infringement.  A Virginia cyber crime defense attorney  intervenes to protect the website operator’s freedom.
• College student is accused of computer hacking, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, computer trespass, computer fraud, and a long list of other computer crimes.  A Virginia Cybercrime defense lawyer intervenes to clear up these computer crime accusations and allow the young man to continue his promising IT career.
• An individual faces computer trespass and hacking/unauthorized access accusations after retrieving emails from his unfaithful spouse’s email account.  Prompt assistance from a Virginia computer crimes defense attorney is critical.
• Individual charged with felony transmission of unsolicited bulk email (SPAM).  The intervention of a Virginia SPAM computer crime defense attorney is necessary.
• Our client is arrested for obstruction of justice charges after being the victim of identity theft.  The crimes were committed by the identity thief.  A Virginia computer crime defense attorney with our firm intervenes to clear our client’s reputation which was affected as a result of the cyber crime of Identity Theft.
• Our client is accused of eight counts Internet solicitation of a minor related to an undercover sting operation where a police office played the role of a teenage girl in an Internet chat room.
• High profile government executive with a high level security clearance is arrested for receipt, possession, and distribution of child pornography.  A computer crime defense attorney must manage the defense to prevent the Internet child pornography accusations from ruining his life.
• Our client is accused of violations of  § 18.2-374.3 (Use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children).
• Our client is accused of running an illegal business on the Internet and of related tax evation.

When you need the assistance of a Virginia computer crime defense lawyer, cyber crime defense attorney, computer fraud defense attorney, computer trespass defense lawyer, SPAM email defense attorney, Virginia Internet crime defense lawyer, or a cybercrime law attorney, a Virginia computer cyber crime defense lawyer with our firm can assist.

These charges are commonly brought when the government alleges that a person knowingly transfer, possess, or use, without lawful authority the credit card or means of identification (many times computer access fraud charges are filed in conjunction with identity theft charges).  The means of identification may include social security numbers and other identifiable information.

Just like any Federal criminal charges (or cybercrime accusations), whether in the Eastern District of Virginia, the Southern District of Texas in Houston, the Arkansas Federal Courts, or any other Federal court require competent assistance.  With a solid technical educational background and experience, Domingo J. Rivera may assist you in defending against Fraud in Connection with Access Devices charges in Federal Court.  In Virginia, many of these cases are typically handled in the Richmond Division of the Eastern District of Virginia.

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…