Internet crimes in Los Angeles and punishments

The term "internet crime" is a sort of catchall phrase that can represent so many crimes. In its most basic meaning, a Los Angeles internet crimes are any crime committed while using the Internet. Some of the most frequently seen internet crimes in Los Angeles include phishing, credit card fraud, illegal downloading, child pornography, illegal pornography, and illegal distribution of viruses or spam. Phishing, for those who may not know, is a type of fraud where an individual or group poses as an otherwise trustworthy entity such as a bank and asks for personal information such as bank account numbers, credit card numbers, social security information or account passwords.
With such information, they can then access a person’s bank accounts or credit cards, or proceed to commit identity theft. Phishing scams are so common that I myself was approached twice in the last month with e-mails claiming to be from banks that Credit card fraud is nearly interchangeable with online auction fraud. In these cases, the victim tries to purchase something online with their credit or debit card that is never delivered to them. Bank and credit card account numbers are often the information that is being sought after.

Punishment for Internet crimes varies widely depending on the facts of each case. Depending on the scale of the damage done, imprisonment, large monetary fines & restitution, community service, probation or parole may be handed down by a judge as punishment. As in most cases, a first-time offender will likely be given a less severe punishment while the opposite is true for repeat offenders. One important note here is that if the defendant committed a sex crime while using the Internet that involved a minor, he or she may be subjected to greater charges with correspondingly greater punishments.

Los Angeles criminal law blog
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The punishment of internet crimes in Los Angeles is really good and give alert to the people who wants to commit a crimes through internet. For my opinion, I wish the Malaysia could practise like what Los Angeles government do to protect the users of the internet. At the mean time, the users of the internet must also have self-knowledge to overcome and smart while online to avoid to fall into the trap of the profiteers and the bad people in the internet world.