Internet & Computer Crimes Attorney in Royal Oak, Michigan
What advice do you have for a person charged with an internet crime?
What advice do you have for a person charged with an internet crime?
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if you are charged with internet crime
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most officers most agents will attempt
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to get you to cooperate
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just as they do in drug cases just as
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they do in any sort of child pornography
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case
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they want to know where you got the
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items from who sold you the social
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security numbers or
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who sent you the link to that gallery of
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child pornography
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the biggest thing to remember is you
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should have an attorney
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present when you make these statements
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and it could be after an evaluation by
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your attorney
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and a discussion with a prosecutor once
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you’re charged that these divulgence
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of information related to the higher up
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or the next guy or the next woman
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up might not help your case as much as
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they tell you
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it will at the beginning so getting
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someone involved when you’re under
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investigation
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uh is important but getting someone
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involved if you’ve been charged is even
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more important
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a lot of these sort of offenses result
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from
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a raid from a fbi or a state police raid
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of your house
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taking your electronics your computer
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your phone your tablet
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anything they can get their hands on
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that could transmit information
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the biggest piece of advice i can give
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for that is to not give up your passcode
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unless they have a warrant for your
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phone they’ll figure out a way to get
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into it
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and do not give any statements while the
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police are at your home
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when it comes to child pornography cases
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unfortunately these officers are very
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good at sourcing
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and noticing the vulnerabilities in the
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person they’re investigating
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so do not speak with them make sure that
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you understand
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what’s going on make sure you get ahead
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of it and hire an attorney
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months in advance of anything moving
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forward in court
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Royal Oak, MI criminal defense lawyer Samuel J. Bennett shares his most important advice to a person charged with an internet crime?
