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Article: REPORTED DOLLAR LOSS FROM INTERNET CRIME REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 3, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation issued the following press release:
According to the 2007 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 206,884 complaints of crimes perpetrated over the Internet during 2007. Of the complaints received, more than 90,000 were referred to law enforcement around the nation, amounting to nearly $240 million in reported losses. This represents a $40 million increase in reported losses from complaints referred to law enforcement in 2006. All complaints received by IC3 are accessible to federal, state, and local law enforcement to support active investigations, trend analysis, and public outreach and ...