hacking. It involves theft of information contained in electronic form. This includes information stored in computer hard disks‚ removable storage media etc. Cyber crimes can involve criminal activities that are traditional in nature‚ such as theft‚ fraud‚ forgery‚ defamation and mischief‚ all of which are subject to the Indian Penal Code. The abuse of computers has also given birth to a gamut of new age crimes that are addressed by the Information Technology Act‚ 2000. TYPES OF CYBER CRIME 1
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wider with a frequent companion or substitute term “computer-related crime.” Examples activities that are considered cyber crime can be found in the United Nations Manual on the Prevention and Control of Computer-Related Crime. The manual includes fraud‚ forgery‚ computer sabotage‚ unauthorised access and copying of computer programs as examples of cyber crime. Malaysia was amongst the first few countries in the world to introduce cyber laws. An example of such cyber is the Computer Crimes
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The WorldCom Fraud © 2003‚ 2005 by the AICPA This presentation is intended for use in higher education for instructional purposes only‚ and is not for application in practice. Permission is granted to classroom instructors to photocopy this document for classroom teaching purposes only. All other rights are reserved. Copyright © 2003‚ 2005 by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants‚ Inc.‚ New York‚ New York. WorldCom’s Background • Awoke the sleeping giant by leading the telecom
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FBI Cases Operation Ghost Click International Cyber Ring That Infected Millions of Computers Dismantled 11/09/11 Six Estonian nationals have been arrested and charged with running a sophisticated Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers worldwide with a virus and enabled the thieves to manipulate the multi-billion-dollar Internet advertising industry. Users of infected machines were unaware that their computers had been compromised—or that the malicious software rendered their
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HealthSouth Corporation: Fraud‚ Greed and Corporate Governance Manmohan D. Chaubey‚ Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University One College Place Du Bois‚ PA 15801 (USA) Tel: 814-375-4846 Fax: 814-375-4784 Email: mdc13@psu.edu Case for ICMC2006 International Conference on Management Cases 4-5 December 2006 IMT Ghaziabad‚ India HealthSouth Corporation: Fraud‚ Greed and Corporate Governance During the 1990s‚ Richard M. Scrushy‚ the former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation‚ engineered many acquisitions
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According to the study based on Livent‚ Inc.- An Instructional Case‚ The former senior management of Livent engaged in a multi-faceted and fraud accounting since eight years. As a further result of the scheme‚ Drabinsky and Gottlieb’s elaborated their Fraudulent Kickbacks‚ Fraudulent Manipulation of Livent’s Books and Records to accomplish in quarterly periods and meet the earnings which they provided to Wall Street analysts. Further more three Accounting Manipulations were found by transferring
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Assignment # 3 WorldCom Accounting Fraud By Mark A. Cowan Strayer University ACC 499- Accounting Capstone May 15‚ 2011 The purpose of this paper is to discuss the aspects of the WorldCom accounting scandal and the effects that this scandal had on the accounting world as we know it. We will discuss the corporate culture at WorldCom and how it contributed to the accounting fraud‚ how the CEO’s desire to be the #1 stock on Wall Street contributed to the fraud‚ pressures on accountants to book
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protected from unintended or unauthorized access‚ change or destruction. Computer security also includes protection from unplanned events and natural disasters. In this paper I am going to explain about the current cyber crime issues. Keywords: Spam‚fraud‚offensive content‚harassment‚threats‚cyber terrorism.cyber warfare. INTRODUCTION In less than two decades‚ the Internet has grown from a curiosity to an essential element of modern life for millions. As with other aspects
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securities fraud claims. According to the factual allegations‚ Plaintiffs’ grievances arose out of a 2013 reorganization of the “Covis enterprise”. Plaintiffs argue that‚ before the reorganization‚ they held valuable profits interests in Covis Holdings LP (“CLP”). But‚ as part of the reorganization hey exchanged those interests for less valuable profits interests in Covis US Holdings‚ LLC (“C-US”)‚ in reliance on Defendants’ actions. In District Court‚ Plaintiffs alleged securities fraud by claiming
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WorldCom Scandal A summary of WorldCom fraud would include having to describe the greed that would eventually destroy one of the largest communications companies in the United States and world. A humble motel owner‚ Bernard Ebbers took a small long distance company in 1983 and turned it into one of the most successful businesses in the country. It was not so much the business operations that caused the company to grow but the aggressive acquisitions that made the company grow. In its day‚ CEO Bernard
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