Center for Cybercrime Studies, John Jay College

Today is the hour-long Digital Retail Fraud webinar. Looking for more? Register for the full-day online course taking place on March 31st: ?https://lnkd.in/ghz_shpv

On March 18 and 19, the Center for The Center for Cybercrime Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA) are offering in-person training courses on “Darknet Markets, Forums, and Investigations” and “Investigating crime and non-traditional spaces: Gaming consoles and underground illicit forums”. Please note that these free courses will take place at?2001 West Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 100, Phoenix, Arizona, 85027 from 10:00am to 4:00pm, with an hour lunch break. These courses are funded by the BJA and is open to open to U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges. To register, please refer to the registration links stored below and in the above advertisements. Darknet Markets, Forums, and Investigations: https:/https://lnkd.in/ectXQc-Z Investigating crime and non-traditional spaces: Gaming consoles and underground illicit forums: https://lnkd.in/eFEMRB9d

On March 31, the Center for Cybercrime Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is offering a training called Digital Retail Fraud Trends, Schemes, Victimology, and Scope. Online retail that originates in Clearnet and Darknet spaces has hit an all-time high with Mastercard estimating more than $48 billion in 2022 with the prediction to exceed $343 billion by 2027. While retail fraud may start in Clearnet and Darknet spaces, it often involves brick and mortar establishments being the victims of the fraud, shipping items directly, or having items picked up by customers that paid for them using fraudulent online means. This training will give SLIT criminal justice agents relevant knowledge and skills to investigate retail fraud that starts in Clearnet and Darknet spaces that effects establishments in their jurisdictions. Participants will leave the course with a greater understanding of how online retail fraud is committed, how these frauds target retail establishments of all sizes in their jurisdictions, and gain skills needed to investigate these crimes. This free course will be streamed over Zoom. It is funded by the BJA and is open to open to U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges. If you are interested in attending this training, please click this link to register: https://lnkd.in/ghz_shpv

John-Joel Ocfemia is this week’s Team Spotlight. Jon-Joel Ocfemia is a Graduate Student Researcher whose research interests include data-collection and analysis from household IoT devices. In May 2022, John-Joel earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Pace University. He additionally worked as a Document Care Specialist for CASO Document Management, where he built the foundation of his knowledge working with various scanners and IoT devices. In 2025, John-Joel hopes to develop his experience with digital forensic tools that recover and investigate data, such as Cellebrite, Magnet AXIOM, and FTK. Currently, John-Joel is the team captain of John Jay Esports’s Super Smash Bros Ultimate team. He led his team into the ECAC playoffs and is proud of his work honing his players’ skills, and he looks forward to finding out how his always-developing team will fare this semester. After having graduated with his bachelor’s, John-Joel remembers being a “jack-of-all trades” in the field of computer science until he found his passion for applying his technical skills to crime scene investigation through digital forensics. One of the most impactful pieces of advice John-Joel has received came from his dad, who emphasized that the best things in life are never handed to you. He learned from this advice to live in a mindset that he must be dedicated and effortful to truly appreciate what he has worked for.

On March 19, the Center for The Center for Cybercrime Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA) are offering an in-person training course on “Darknet Markets, Forums, and Investigations”. This introductory course familiarizes participants with illegal darknet markets and associated forums, particularly the illicit goods and services offered, as well as successful law enforcement operations targeting these sites. Participants will gain practical knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), including how to access the darknet, create anonymous accounts, enact operational security, and how to apply these KSAs to conduct darknet investigations. This free course will be held at Arizona Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) center, at 2001 West Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 100, Phoenix, Arizona, 85027. It is funded by the BJA and is open to open to U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges. If you are interested in attending this training, please use this link to register: https://lnkd.in/eZWB5fE5

On March 13, the Center for Cybercrime Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is offering a webinar on Digital Retail Fraud. This webinar will provide an overview of online (or digital) retail fraud, particularly the types of retail fraud committed, the clearnet and darknet spaces where retail fraud occurs, the ways online retail fraud is committed, the perpetrators and targets of retail fraud, and the ways to investigate and combat digital retail fraud. This webinar is free and will be streamed over Zoom. It is funded by the BJA and is open to open to U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges. If you are interested in attending this training, please use this link to register: https://lnkd.in/ej4y-RPp?

On March 13, the Center for Cybercrime Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is offering a webinar on Digital Retail Fraud. This webinar will provide an overview of online (or digital) retail fraud, particularly the types of retail fraud committed, the clearnet and darknet spaces where retail fraud occurs, the ways online retail fraud is committed, the perpetrators and targets of retail fraud, and the ways to investigate and combat digital retail fraud. This webinar is free and will be streamed over Zoom. It is funded by the BJA and is open to open to U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges. If you are interested in attending this training, please use this link to register: https://lnkd.in/ej4y-RPp?

On March 18, the Center for Cybercrime Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is offering an in-person training course called Investigating crime and non-traditional spaces: Gaming consoles and underground illicit forums. This training?identifies the types of data accessible from gaming consoles and how to leverage data extracted from the consoles to obtain attribution and for intelligence purposes. The course also provides information about how to navigate online gaming platforms and forums such as Discord and PC gaming launchers, which can provide player account information, show chats between users, and link them to additional sources of attributable data. This free course will be held at Arizona Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) center, at 2001 West Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 100, Phoenix, Arizona, 85027. It is funded by the BJA and is open to open to U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and judges. If you are interested in attending this training, please use this link to register: https://lnkd.in/ejy3wU9H

The Center for Cybercrime Studies’ Professor Adam Scott Wandt sat down with the Associated Press to discuss the police investigation of Luigi Mangione, who in December 2024 fatally shot Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. In this interview, Professor Wandt shares his expertise on the use of the technology and cybersecurity resources that were vital in the efforts of locating and apprehending Mangione in a five-day, interstate manhunt. Watch the interview here to learn more.

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