After reading this chapter you will be able to:

• Define fraud and identity theft and name several of their major forms.
• Identify the challenges associated with the investigation of identity theft and explain how it should be documented and investigated by police.
• Define check and credit/debit card fraud and prescription fraud and identify how these crimes can be investigated.
• Identify the most important sources of information and evidence in various fraud investigations.
• Define cyberattacks and discuss their various forms.
• Define cyberbullying, harassment, sextortion, and revenge porn and explain why these are important areas of concern for the police.
• Define the crimes that constitute child pornography and identify how those crimes are most often discovered andinvestigated.