LAW 602 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cybercrime, Chief Financial Officer, Internet Fraud

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 602
• Professor: Eric Libman

Document Summary

Criminal code, part x, fraud offence, s. 380: e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho (cid:271)(cid:455) de(cid:272)eit, falsehood, o(cid:396) othe(cid:396) f(cid:396)audule(cid:374)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s . B(cid:455) (cid:858)o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374),(cid:859) the (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373) of f(cid:396)aud (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e a (cid:272)o(cid:396)po(cid:396)atio(cid:374) One branch of government can prosecute another branch (e. g. when one is supposed to clean an oil spill (cid:271)ut does(cid:374)(cid:859)t) For an organization to be liable, the representative must be a senior officer. C(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)al code uses the te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:858)o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)(cid:859) i(cid:374)stead. Criminal code offences for organizations placed in party section of code -> liability as party to offence (principal or primary offender as liable in law as secondary offender who aids or abets commission of offence) Shift towards online banking, consumer purchases allows for persons to gain ready access to victims, access large amounts of personal information about intended targets with relative ease. As many as 67% of internet users bank online (2010) Bank account credentials attractive to cybercriminals, as can be used to withdraw hard currency.