California law protects every person, business, and government agency from interference, tampering, unauthorized access, and damage. As a result, it’s possible to be charged with a cybercrime simply for accessing, copying, deleting, altering, or using any type of data without permission of the person, company, or agency that owned that data.
This includes locking users out of networks they’re authorized to use, sending computer viruses, and using a domain name owned by someone else to send a damaging email. Of course, there are a wide range of other cybercrimes too – essentially anything that has an online element to it can be considered a cybercrime. This includes stalking, stealing someone’s identity, possessing child pornography, or fraud. This is a complicated part of the legal field so you need a defense attorney who understands the world of cybercrime. You need Chambers Law Firm.
You could be facing a significant penalty
The penalty you’re facing will vary widely based on what the specific charge is and how much damage has been done. However, expect that you could be looking at years in prison and as much as $10,000 in fines for most cybercrimes. If the crime in question involves child pornography, then the penalty could be much, much more severe.
Do you deserve an alternate sentence?
The part of California law that details what a cybercrime is and what the penalties are also encourages the courts to find creative, alternative sentencing if the person being charged hasn’t offended before, shows genuine remorse, and know what they did wrong. For example, they may get community service hours in jail or prison time. These types of creative punishment often come along with a stipulation that the person charged must give up any equipment they used in their crime.
There are a number of defense options available to you
The best way to defend you against these allegations depends on a number of factors. In some cases, we’ll try to show that you didn’t knowingly access the system or data that you accessed, or we’ll argue that you had permission to access it. We may also work to find holes in the evidence against you and work to prove that you didn’t’ commit the crime at all.
In other cases, we may work to find the best plea bargain. This is usually only the case if there’s a wealth of information against you. In that case, we may work with the prosecutor and fight aggressively to get you the minimum charge possible. For example, we’d work to get any felonies reduced to misdemeanors.
You need an attorney who not only has experience defending clients, but has experience with cybercrime. The evidence in these cases can be complex but you can rest assured that Attorney Chambers knows what he’s doing. Call our offices today at 714-760-4088 for your free consultation.
