E Commerce Fraud Pathfinder

3 Federal Agencies Involved in Ecommerce Fraud

4 Groups and Organizations Related to Ecommerce Fraud

5 Legislation Pertaining to Ecommerce Fraud

7 Journals, Webzines, Newsletters on Ecommerce Fraud

9 E-Commerce Fraud Resources on the Internet

As more consumers and businesses turn to the Internet and ecommerce to purchase and sell goods and services ecommerce revenues continue to grow. So too does the level of ecommerce fraud. The two biggest forms of ecommerce fraud are identity theft and auction fraud. Increasing complaints from businesses and consumers have led to increased law enforcement efforts and legislation aimed at preventing, minimizing, and prosecuting perpetrators of ecommerce fraud. While legislation, case law, and organizations devoted to attacking ecommerce fraud are still developing, the following information is provided as a means of providing valuable research links to all aspects of ecommerce fraud.

2 Basic Sources of General Information

The use of search engines Google.com, ProQuest.com, Elibrary.com yields an excellent return of a broad variety of general and specific information related to ecommerce fraud. Google.com is a free search engine, while ProQuest.com and Elibrary.com are fee-based search engines.

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e Court Information and Decisions U.S. Court of Appeals Information and Decisions U.S. District Court Information and Decisions State Court Information and Decisions The U.S. District Court Information and Decisions Web Site is a resource for those in the legal profession. All case opinions and decisions in the U.S. may be located by searchable databases, but this site charges a fee per search. The sample provided below demonstrates the kinds of options and fees available at LAWCOMMERCE.COM:   Federal Courts   U.S. District Courts (civil & criminal) Search initiation and up to 20 results Additional results over 20 Immediately view the docket Update the docket $5.00 per search $0.25 per result $4.00 $4.00 U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Search initiation and up to 20 results Additional results over 20 Immediately view a summary of the case Immediately view the full docket Update the full docket $5.00 per search $0.25 per result $1.00 $4.00 $5.00 U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals Name Search per circuit court Case Retrieval $5.00 per name   ($40.00 per name max across multiple courts) $5.00 per case   State Courts   Arizona (Maricopa and Pima Counties)
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