Federal, State and Local Laws Related to ORC

U.S. Code that federal law enforcement uses to bring forth cases against ORC rings.

I. FEDERAL LAWS TO PROSECUTE ORC Examples of such provisions include:

1. 18 U.S.C. Section 1956, “Laundering of monetary instruments”;
2. 18 U.S.C. Section 1957, “Engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity”;
3. 18 U.S.C., Chapter 96, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) provisions;
4. 18 U.S.C. Section 2314, “Transportation of stolen goods, securities, money, fraudulent State tax stamps, or articles used in counterfeiting”; and
5. 18 U.S.C. Section 2315, “Sale or receipt of stolen goods, securities, money, or fraudulent State tax stamps.”

II. FEDERAL CRIMINAL CODE RELATED TO COMPUTER CRIME

1. 18 U.S.C. § 1029. Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Access Devices
2. 18 U.S.C. § 1030. Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers
3. 18 U.S.C. § 1362. Communication Lines, Stations, or Systems

III. FEDERAL COMPUTER CRIME LAWS

1. Computer trespassing in a government computer, 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(3);
2. Computer trespassing resulting in exposure to certain governmental, credit,
3. Financial, or computer-housed information, 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(2);
4. Damaging a government computer, a bank computer, or a computer used in, or
5. Affecting, interstate or foreign commerce, 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(5);
6. Committing fraud an integral part of which involves unauthorized access to a
7. Government computer, a bank computer, or a computer used in, or affecting,
8. Interstate or foreign commerce, 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(4);
9. Threatening to damage a government computer, a bank computer, or a computer
10. Used in, or affecting, interstate or foreign commerce, 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(7);
11. Trafficking in passwords for a government computer, or when the trafficking
12. Affects interstate or foreign commerce, 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(6); and
13. Accessing a computer to commit espionage, 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(1).

IV. SEARCHING AND SEIZING OF COMPUTERS

1. 18 U.S.C. § 2510. Definitions
2. 18 U.S.C. § 2511. Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited
3. 18 U.S.C. § 2701. Unlawful Access to Stored Communications
4. 18 U.S.C. § 2702. Disclosure of Contents
5. 18 U.S.C. § 2703. Requirements for Governmental Access
6. 18 U.S.C. § 2705. Delayed notice
7. 18 U.S.C. § 2711. Definitions

V. CIVIL LITIGATION

1. RICO Statutes
2. Civil Suites
3. Legislation partnerships
4. VERO Notices / Take Downs
5. Copyright Infringement
6. Civil Suites on Landlords