The New Technology of Financial Crime

Financial crime is a trillion-dollar industry that is likely to continue to grow exponentially unless new strategies of prevention and control can be developed. This book covers a wide range of topics related to financial crime commission, victimization, prevention, and control.

Introduction 1. The Dynamics of Business, Cybersecurity and Cyber-Victimization: Foregrounding the Internal Guardian in Prevention 2. Phishing Evolves: Analyzing the Enduring Cybercrime 3. Online Fraud Victimization in China: A Case Study of Baidu Tieba 4. Interrelationship between Bitcoin, Ransomware, and Terrorist Activities: Criminal Opportunity Assessment via Cyber-Routine Activities Theoretical Framework 5. The Use of Military Profiles in Romance Fraud Schemes 6. The Distillation of National Crime Data into A Plan for Elderly Fraud Prevention: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of U.S. Postal Inspection Service Cases of Fraud against the Elderly 7. Organized Crime as Financial Crime: The Nature of Organized Crime as Reflected in Prosecutions and Research 8. Preventing Identity Theft: Perspectives on Technological Solutions from Industry Insiders 9. Forecasting Identity Theft Victims: Analyzing Characteristics and Preventive Actions through Machine Learning Approaches 10. The Identification of a Model Victim for Social Engineering: A Qualitative Analysis