Maryland Computer Crimes / Cyber Law

The Maryland internet crime defense attorneys at The Law Offices of Marc G. Snyder represent people who have been charged with or are under investigation for computer and Internet-related crimes.

With offices in Downtown Baltimore, Pikesville and Ocean City, Maryland, The Law Offices of Marc G. Snyder represent those charged with a variety of tech related crimes throughout Maryland.

Maryland Computer Crimes Defense Attorney

New technology inevitably requires changes to the law, but it takes time for an emerging area of law to fully develop.

However, what does not change are the constitutional rights and civil rights afforded every citizen: the right to privacy, the right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure, and the right to private property. Federal and state law enforcement officials often violate these rights when investigating a case, going so far as to entrap or harass citizens.

The Baltimore internet crime defense attorneys at The Law Offices of Marc G. Snyder defend people facing criminal charges for actions that allegedly used the internet as a tool, including:

• • Internet fraud and computer fraud, including e-mail campaigns to secure bank information such as Nigeria e-mails, ebay scams, and modeling scams
• • Credit card fraud and identity theft, phishing, pharming, and DNS hijacking
• • Internet gambling
• • Sale of counterfeit goods over the internet, including software piracy, computer game piracy, video game piracy, music piracy
• • Internet pornography, including possession of child pornography, dissemination of child pornography, and violation of local obscenity ordinances
• • Cyber stalking
• • Sexual solicitation, including online child sex solicitation, instant messaging sexually explicit material to children
• • Human trafficking - using the internet for illegal online trafficking in women or children for sex or servitude and child sexual exploitation

A specialized area of cyberlaw involves crimes against computers and the internet, such as:

• • Internet viruses
• • Hacking and computer sabotage
• • Invasion of privacy by planting crimeware and spyware