http://www.thestandard.com/article/0%2C1902%2C28896%2C00.html Comments for "N.Y. Federal Prosecutor Opens Unit to Fight Cybercrime" en http://www.thestandard.com/article/0%2C1902%2C28896%2C00.html <!--paging_filter--> <p> NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White announced the formation of a Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property unit, comprised of five prosecutors who will specialize in computer and intellectual property crimes.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The CHIPs unit will focus on computer intrusions; Internet and computer fraud; theft of trade secrets and economic espionage; and other forms of computer crimes, White said. </p> <p>The announcement follows Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision in July to create 10 CHIPs units across the country to combat Internet crime. </p> <p>In recent years, White's office has prosecuted a number of cybercrime and intellectual property cases, including the arrest of Kazakhstan nationals in London in connection with the attmepted extortion of Bloomberg L.P.; the prosecution of a law firm paralegal for the electronic theft of a litigation trial plan; and the theft of proprietary business plans belonging to MasterCard and the attempted sale of those plans to representatives of Visa.<br /> </p> Policy And Politics Wed, 05 Sep 2001 15:00:00 -0700 Baldwin Louie 88427 at http://www.thestandard.com