Discussion
You are a state law enforcement officer investigating a website scam. The victim of the scam resides in your state. Through investigation, you determined that the website was created in a different state. Are there jurisdictional issues if you want to investigate? Why or why not? What legal issues might you face in this investigation?
The local police force wants to create a specialized, computer-crime unit to deal with an increasing number of cybercrimes. What resources, tools, and equipment are needed to develop a computer forensics lab? What are the financial costs of creating this unit? Can you think of ways to keep the financial costs to a minimum? Explain your answer.