Cyber Fraud - A Guide for the Defence & Prosecution with Ben Douglas-Jones KC

Introduction

This webinar will guide criminal practitioners through the complicated and ever-changing world of cyber fraud.

You will explore DDoS attacks, Ransomware, POCA, how investigations are structured and the prosecution and defence of cyber blackmailers.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Overview of key types of cyber fraud
• DDoS attacks
• What are these attacks?
• Symptoms of attack
• What is the purpose of them?
• Typical targets
• Extortion
• Defence techniques
• Legality abroad and at home
• Ransomware
• What is ransomware?
• How is it carried out?
• Typical targets
• Defence measures
• Notable Cases
• Computer misuse and extortion offences
• The available offences: Computer Misuse Act and Fraud Act/Money Laundering
• Gaps in the law
• Problems of jurisdiction
• Investigation: resources, focus and the scale of the problem
• Prosecution and defence of cyber blackmailers
• Choosing the appropriate charge
• Experts
• Unused material
• Cross-border cooperation
• Sentencing
• POCA: availability and scope

This webinar was recorded on 21st September 2023