Federal Indictments: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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This FAQ was written by a criminal defense law firm. Note the part about aliases or nicknames – something that hackers typically use online (and, on a memorable occasion in 1998, in a congressional hearing). Defendants’ online aliases are often listed in cybercrime prosecutions, as in Riggs.

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