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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seeker007, post: 183757, member: 6898&quot;]Found This:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0404/halstead.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0404/halstead.html" rel="nofollow">http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0404/halstead.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The FBI link for internet fraud:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ic3.gov/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ic3.gov/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ic3.gov/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>and this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://tampa.fbi.gov/investprograms/internetfraud/internetfraud.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tampa.fbi.gov/investprograms/internetfraud/internetfraud.htm" rel="nofollow">http://tampa.fbi.gov/investprograms/internetfraud/internetfraud.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Internet Fraud is a scheme to defraud in which the Internet is the primary means of communication. This might entail the World Wide Web, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), e-mail, or instant messaging. While there are no federal laws specifically targeting Internet Fraud, the federal statutes regarding Wire Fraud and Mail Fraud are employed to prosecute individuals and/or companies using the Internet to perpetuate their schemes. These two statutes are almost always implicated by any Internet Fraud. </p><p>The Wire Fraud statute--Title 18, United States Code (USC), Section 1343--makes it illegal to cause any electrical signal to cross state lines (including the borders of the United States as a whole) in the course of a scheme to defraud. By the very nature of the Internet, it is highly unlikely that any communication would not cross a state line. Wire transfers--either through a bank or through a money transfer agent such as Western Union--will in most circumstances be sufficient to trigger 18 USC 1343 when such transfers are part of a scheme to defraud.</p><p><br /></p><p>*****The Mail Fraud statute--18 USC 1341--makes it illegal to cause anything to be sent through the U.S. mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. For the purposes of this statute, items sent via commercial carriers such as FedEx, United Parcel Service (UPS), DHL, and others also implicate the Mail Fraud statute.</p><p><br /></p><p>Implicit in both statutes is the making of a false statement. It is not necessary that the person executing the scheme be the one who initiates the mailing or use of interstate wires--causing others to take such action is sufficient to violate the statute. There is no dollar-value minimum in either of these statutes. Both are felony-level crimes, punishable by up to five years imprisonment, plus fines of up to $250,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like it is a place to start.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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