Cyber Crimes In Chicago
Chicago Attorney Providing Defense for Cyber Crimes Charges
The rise of the digital age has revolutionized the way business is conducted, information is stored and accessed, and people communicate. There are numerous benefits to the proliferation of the Internet and the accessibility of computers. However, there are also dangerous. Computer activities off an interval and crimes concerning fraud, hacking in Byers planting, and a broad array of white-collar crimes. Due to the sweeping reach of the Internet, it is not uncommon for people to become drag them into alleged crimes or even violate laws on their own without realizing it.
Common Cyber Crimes You Can Be Charged For:
Identity Theft
Hacking
Transactional Fraud
Piracy
Advanced Fee Fraud
And any other crimes that involves the internet.
Cases we've seen in the past
In the past, we’ve seen cyber crimes cases dismissed through proving:
Evidence was obtained illegally - Like with physical property, law-enforcement officers need either the owners permission or a search warrant to legally search someone's computer. If any evidence was obtained without following proper protocol, it will be considered in admissible in court.
An alibi - Like with physical crimes, we may be able to demonstrate that you could not have been using your computer at the time the alleged crimes are committed and the charges may be dropped. It is not unheard of for incriminating information to have been planted on someone else's computer without their knowledge.
Complete ignorance - Computers can be used by any of the many people who passed through a home or office. Additionally, they can be accessed remotely via the Internet. If we can demonstrate that a person accused of a crime had no knowledge that the computer was being used in a legal manner, we may be able to have the charges dropped.
Unintentional access - If the crime was illegally accessing certain information, we can aim to prove that the alleged access was accidental and there was no intention of committing a crime.