Identity theft is a term used to categorize several offenses involving the fraudulent use of an individual’s personal information for criminal purposes and without their consent.(Reyns, 2013) Someone has decided to hijack someone's personal identification information and caused not only financial damage but also impacted the victim's reputation. In order to seek justice, a Forensic Accountant can be utilized to help with recovering the damage caused by identity theft and the steps to take to make
According to Reyns (2013), Identity theft is a term used to categorize several offenses involving the fraudulent use of an individual’s personal information for criminal purposes without their consent. Someone has decided to hijack someone's personal identification information and caused not only financial damage but also impacted the victim's reputation. In order to seek justice, a Forensic Accountant can be utilized to help with recovering the damage caused by identity theft and the steps taken to make
basic understanding of computer forensics. I will also identify five areas in computers and computer application a forensic investigator can look for digital evidence. I will identify three types of criminal investigations that can utilize the services of computer forensic investigators. This paper will help with the understanding of computer forensics. Digital Evidence What is computer forensics? Computer forensics involves the preservation, identification, extraction, documentation and
Wildlife forensics is fairly uncharted territory to the investigation process of the criminal justice system today. This is because the criminal justice system has only recently discovered that wildlife crime is increasing and that the needs to successfully investigate a wildlife crime are quite different than those of a homicide. To understand the importance of wildlife forensics, what constitutes as “wildlife crime” must be distinguished. Also, knowing what makes wildlife crime so desirable is
digital technology, the scope of digital crimes has also increased multi-fold. Digital forensics is a science, which involves collection, preservation and documentation of the digital evidence from various digital storage media. This entire process must be undertaken in fashion that is appropriate forensically, and results in collection of data, which can be made admissible in a court of law during the investigation of a crime. Since most of the transactions today happen across digital media, it is
if you cross under the barrier tape to find a male victim of a suicide investigation? The body is sitting silently on the couch in his living room. Empty cans of liquor spread around the body and a knife are settled on the victim’s lap. While examining the body, you discover a stab wound under the cartilage of his rib and cut beneath the throat. An officer asks “Do you think it is right to assume he committed suicide?” A forensic scientist would say no, they can perform examinations to reasonably prove
Schmalleger (2011), identity theft is defined as misusing another person’s personal information for personal gain (p. 382). This can involve a person opening credit cards or accounts in another person’s name (Schmalleger, 2011, p. 382). Considering the nature of identity theft crimes, investigators must rely on electronic crime scenes (Lushbaugh & Weston, 2012, p. 248). Therefore, investigators must know how to initiate, conduct and execute an identity theft investigation. This essay will provide a
considerable impact on how forensic science and criminal investigation have been understood, carried out, and regulated in the last 25 years. Current methods of forensic DNA profiling (known also as DNA fingerprinting and DNA typing), based on Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplifications of a varying number of Short Tandem Repeat (STR) loci found at different locations on the human genome, are regularly described as constituting the “gold standard for identification” in contemporary society. Prior
Identity theft is basically using someone’s personal information without their prior knowledge. One example: is a thief getting ahold of another’s person’s social security and driver’s license numbers and using that information to get a credit card or to buy a car. Anyone can become a victim of this crime because of the sheer countless ways for a person to steal another’s identity. Every state has different requirements for a crime to constitute as identity theft. “For example: In Wisconsin:
world, there is usually one factor or system that joins different fields together. One of these factors would be the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System or IAFIS. The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System has helped to define the fields of law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and crime scene investigation. History of IAFIS The human fingerprint is fascinating; it is impossible to have two fingerprints that are identical to one another. Although it was