Bitcoin Scam Watch and Fraud Investigations: Legal Resources

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For Internet fraud in the US contact: The FBI Internet Fraud Division

International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN)
https://icpen.org/
The International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) – an organization composed of consumer protection authorities from over 50 countries, whose aim is to:

Protect consumers’ economic interests around the world,
Share information about cross-border commercial activities that may affect consumer welfare,
Encourage global cooperation among law enforcement agencies.

For Internet fraud in the UK contact: National Fraud Intelligence Bureau

For Internet fraud Russia contact: The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

For Internet fraud Internationally contact: econsumer.gov
A portal for you as a consumer to report complaints about online and related transactions with foreign companies.

More U.S. Contacts...

If you believe you are the victim of fraud or a money laundering scam, please contact your local law enforcement authorities. For more information on how specific types of fraud complaints or cases of suspected fraud can be submitted to Federal agencies, please see the Web site of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force at http://www.StopFraud.gov.

If you believe you have been the victim of an internet crime or scam, such as phishing, re-shipping, etc., please visit the Internet Crime Complaint Center at http://www.ic3.gov. This is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center. You can also find information on phishing scams, including how to report a suspected phishing attempt, at the Department of Justice's website at http://www.usdoj.gov. In addition, the Internal Revenue Service has issued several recent consumer warnings on the fraudulent use of the IRS name or logo by those trying to gain access to consumers' financial information in order to steal their identity and assets. For more information on this, please visit the IRS' website athttp://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=155682,00.html.

For more information on how specific types of fraud complaints or cases of suspected fraudcan be submitted to Federal agencies, please see the Web site of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force at http://www.StopFraud.gov.

If you have information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents, and other fraudulent activity, please contact the FDIC or visit the FDIC's website at http://www.fdic.gov.

U.K. Resources

CIFAS (UK's Fraud Prevention Service)
CIFAS is the world's first not-for-profit fraud prevention data sharing scheme. Following specification by the Home Office under the Serious Crime Act 2007, public authorities are able to join CIFAS and share information reciprocally to prevent fraud. It has 270 members across banking, credit cards, asset finance, retail credit, mail order, insurance, savings and investments, telecommunications, factoring, and share dealing. Members share information about identified frauds in the fight to prevent further fraud.http://www.cifas.org.uk/pr

Financial Fraud Action UK
Raises awareness about all types of financial fraud in the UK. The Financial Fraud Action UK website includes information about different types of payment fraud and useful downloads. http://www.financialfraudaction.org.uk/

National Crime Agency
The NCA is a new crime-fighting agency with national and international reach and the mandate and powers to work in partnership with other law enforcement organisations to bring the full weight of the law to bear in cutting serious and organised crime.http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/

Police Central E-Crime Unit
This specialist unit was set up to create a national centre of excellence to combat e-crime. It aims to improve the police response to victims of e-crime by developing the capability of the police service across the UK, co-ordinating the law enforcement approach to all types of e-crime, and by providing a national investigative capability for the most serious e-crime incidents.http://www.met.police.uk/pceu/

Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
The SFO is an independent government department that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud. It’s part of the UK criminal justice system.http://www.sfo.gov.uk/

Canada Resources

Canada Reporting Economic Crime Online (RECOL)

RECOL is an initiative involving an integrated partnership between international, federal and provincial law enforcement agencies in Canada.http://www.recol.ca/intro.aspx

Poland Resources

The regulatory authorities

Prosecutor General

W www.pg.gov.pl
Status. This is a government organisation.
Principal responsibilities. The Prosecutor General is responsible for combating all kinds of criminal activity.

Polish Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego)(KNF)

W www.knf.gov.pl
Status. This is a government organisation.
Principal responsibilities. The Financial Supervision Authority supervises capital markets and financial institutions.

Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA)

W www.cba.gov.pl
Status. This is a government organisation.
Principal responsibilities. The CBA is a special service, created as a government administration office to combat corruption in public and economic life.

Internal Security Agency (Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego)(ABW)

W www.abw.gov.pl
Status. This is a government organisation.
Principal responsibilities. The ABW investigates, prevents and detects crimes such as espionage, terrorism, corruption of public officials and so on.

General Inspector of Financial Information (GIIF)

W www.mf.gov.pl/ministerstwo-finansow
Status. The General Inspector of Financial Information is a government officer.
Principal responsibilities. The General Inspector of Financial Information is responsible for anti-money laundering activity and for the prevention of terrorist financing.

Online resources

International Money Laundering Information Network (IMoLIN)

W www.imolin.org/doc/amlid/Poland_Penal_Code1.pdf
Description. IMoLIN publishes an unofficial copy of the Criminal Code in English, which is not updated and is potentially out-of-date.

Legislation Online

W http://legislationline.org/documents/section/criminal-codes/country/10
Description. Legislation Online publishes unofficial copies of the Criminal Code (in Polish) and the Code of Criminal Procedure (in Polish and English), which are not updated and are potentially out-of-date.

Austria

Watchlist Internet
https://www.watchlist-internet.at/
The “Watchlist Internet” (www.watchlist-internet.at) of the Austrian Internet Ombudsmann offers independent and cost-free information on recent cases of internet-fraud, provides advice for effective prevention policies and shows how typical fraud-methods are working. Moreover, victims of online fraud are provided with initial help and advice for possible further legal steps. The Austrian Internet Ombudsmann is an independent organization for information, mediation and alternative dispute resolution for consumers and companies. In 2013, the Internet Ombudsmann has dealt with more than 5.000 consumer complaints, almost half of them about online fraud and fraud-like traps. These statistics have inspired the project “Watchlist Internet”.

Die "Watch Internet" (www.watchlist-internet.at) der Österreichischen Internet Ombudsmann bietet unabhängige und kostenlose Informationen über die jüngsten Fälle von Internet-Betrug, bietet Beratung für effektive Präventionspolitik und zeigt, wie typische Betrugsmethoden arbeiten. Darüber hinaus sind die Opfer von Online-Betrug mit Anfangs Hilfe und Beratung für mögliche weitere rechtliche Schritte zur Verfügung gestellt. Der österreichische Internet Ombudsmann ist eine unabhängige Organisation zur Information, Vermittlung und alternative Streitbeilegung für Verbraucher und Unternehmen. Im Jahr 2013 hat der Internet Ombudsmann mit mehr als 5.000 Verbraucherbeschwerden, fast die Hälfte davon über Online-Betrug und Betrugsartige Fallen behandelt. Diese Statistiken haben das Projekt "Beobachtungs Internet" inspiriert.

The Internet Ombudsman
http://www.ombudsmann.at/
The Internet Ombudsman helps you if you have a complaint about a company or a public inquiry concerning online shopping or other online fraud. You will usually receive a response within 48 hours with a confirmation to your specific case.

Der Internet Ombudsmann hilft Ihnen kostenlos, wenn Sie eine Beschwerde zu einem bestimmten Unternehmen oder eine allgemeine Anfrage rund um das Einkaufen im Internet haben.

Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection
http://www.sozialministerium.at/
Here you can find information on all the areas in which my Ministry works. Our core areas include social policy, social insurance, long-term care and initiatives for people with disabilities, senior citizens' policy, labour market policy, employment law, health and safety and consumer protection. In addition, we provide an extensive range of service facilities.

Hier finden Sie Informationen über alle Bereiche, in denen mein Ministerium und der Website. Unsere Kernbereiche sind Sozialpolitik, Sozialversicherung, Langzeitpflege und Initiativen für Menschen mit Behinderungen, Senioren Politik, Arbeitsmarktpolitik, Arbeitsrecht, Gesundheit und Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz. Darüber hinaus bieten wir eine umfangreiche Palette von Service-Einrichtungen.

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International Association of Police Chiefs
International Centre for International Crime Prevention
International Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
International Law
Interpol
Lexadin Worldlaw Guide
Privacy International
Terrorism Research Center
United Nations
United Nations Drug Control Bodies
United Nations International Drug Control Programme
U.S. National Central Bureau
Countries with a “*” have computer crime laws.
Information about Child Abuse, Child Pornography, a Child Predator, or a Computer Virus/Infector Author in a country without an agency specified may be given to Interpol.