Computer, cybercrimes or internet crimes include credit card fraud, gambling, stalking, solicitation of sex from minors, prostitution, transferring child pornography files, storing child pornography files, use of a computer to commit financial crimes or other cybercrimes. The contents of the computer along with any transmissions, emails and instant messages can be used to support a prosecution. In Michigan, computer and internet crimes are prosecuted mostly as felonies which carry harsh penalties and consequences including possible registration as a sex offender.

Macomb County has utilized a law enforcement task force to seek out potential sexual predators of children on the internet. Here’s how it works: An undercover officer will surf the internet and pose as a minor female child. The officer may even use photographs of a female to validate the communications. The undercover officer will engage a potential party in a chat room conversation which eventually will lead to an arranged meeting for a sexual encounter. The entrapment defense is rarely successful in cases involving solicitation of a minor for sex on the internet even though no minor child is ever actually involved!

The internet can be a trap if you are an unsuspecting person who enters into a gambling or sex content website. The contents and search results of your own computer can be used against you in a criminal prosecution. If you find yourself in this position, do not hesitate to retain a lawyer.

Don’t talk to police if you find yourself charged with any crime involving a cybercrime, use of a computer or the internet. The charges are almost always very serious felonies which require aggressive legal representation. The ABDO LAW FIRM is available to provide complete criminal defense services you if you are charged with a computer, cybercrime or internet crime in Macomb County. Phone: 586-412-5555