Challenges Facing Prosecutors and Financial Institutions in Responding to Identity Theft -- To facilitate dialogue and cooperation between financial institutions and prosecutors, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice funded a project by the American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI) in partnership with First Data Corporation and the STAR®Network. The purpose of the project was to pinpoint common problems and obstacles facing financial institutions and prosecutors and share the recommended solutions that they can use to work together successfully. This report represents the culmination of those efforts by presenting recommended strategies for collaboration between prosecutors and financial institutions.
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A Primer for Local Prosecutors -- From a prosecutor’s perspective, e-mails are digital evidence stored on media devices. This monograph will discuss the basic “tech” terminology a prosecutor is likely to encounter and needs to be familiar with when prosecuting high-tech crimes involving e-mail.
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A Primer for Local Prosecutors -- This APRI special report is intended to serve as a primer for the state or local prosecutor seeking to obtain e-mail information from ISPs.
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Three Jurisdictions' Efforts to Combat Telecommunications Fraud -- APRI selected three prosecutorial offices for an in-depth study on what local prosecutors were doing to meet the challenges posed by telecommunications fraud cases. APRI visited these offices with the goal of identifying the lessons learned and promising practices developed by these offices. This monograph provides an overview of each jurisdiction’s demographics and discusses their respective efforts.
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Local Prosecutors' Experiences Fighting Telecommunications Fraud -- The advancement of technological tools such as computers, the Internet, and cellular phones has made life easier and more convenient for most people in our society. However, some individuals and groups have subverted these telecommunication devices into tools to defraud numerous unsuspecting victims. This report summarizes a national survey of local prosecutors’ offices, in which prosecutors were asked to identify challenges and barriers that arise in prosecuting telecommunications fraud cases as well as innovative and promising approaches they use to overcome those challenges.
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