Homework - Book: Forensic and Investigative Accounting Chapter 15

Please answer the questions listed below and submit in a word document.

Exercise 15

Discuss the problems that may be created for the forensic investigator if “unauthorized access” is legislatively viewed as a property crime.

Exercise 21 

Unauthorized Access. Ted Munice has recently been fired. He had been the payroll accountant at Texas Shipping in Galveston, Texas. The systems administrator had determined that someone had logged into the payroll system twice on December 25. A forensic investigator hired by Texas Shipping questioned Ted. Ted admitted that he had logged onto the network, but denied that he had done anything while on the network. The Company wants to take legal action against Ted and has asked a forensic accountant for advice. What should the forensic accountant tell Texas Shipping?

Exercise 23

Cybercrimes and Cybercrimes. The recommendations from the Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime contain some of the most recent descriptions of cybercrimes.

a. Review the Convention in  Appendix 1  and list the cybercrimes that the Council identified in its recommendations.

b. List and provide examples of the cybercrimes that are found in your answer to a that are not mentioned in the state statutes in Table 15.3.