Reporting Computer, Internet-Related, or Intellectual Property Crime

• Computer intrusion (i.e. hacking) (Outside links)
  • FBI local office
  • U.S. Secret Service
  • Internet Crime Complaint Center
• Password trafficking
  • FBI local office
  • U.S. Secret Service
  • Internet Crime Complaint Center
• Counterfeiting of currency
  • U.S. Secret Service
• Child Pornography or Exploitation
  • FBI local office
  • if imported, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Internet Crime Complaint Center
• Child Exploitation and Internet Fraud matters that have a mail nexus
  • U.S. Postal Inspection Service
  • Internet Crime Complaint Center
• Internet fraud and SPAM
  • FBI local office
  • U.S. Secret Service
  • Federal Trade Commission (online complaint)
  • if securities fraud or investment-related SPAM e-mails, Securities and Exchange Commission (online complaint)
  • Internet Crime Complaint Center
• Internet harassment
  • FBI local office
• Internet bomb threats
  • FBI local office
  • ATF local office
• Trafficking in explosive or incendiary devices or firearms over the Internet
  • FBI local office
  • ATF local office
• Other Cybercrime Reporting Resources
• The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
• The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, and local level, IC3 provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related crimes.
  • Internet Crime Complaint Center
• Department of Homeland Security's National Infrastructure Coordinating Center: (202) 282-9201 (report incidents relating to national security and infrastructure issues)
• U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (U.S. CERT) (online reporting for technicians)
• National Association of Attorney General's Computer Crime Point of Contact List (all state-related cyber questions)

• This guide is contained in Appendix C of the Report of the Department of Justice's Intellectual Property Task Force (October 2004) (PDF). The guide also contains the following checklists for reporting intellectual property crime to law enforcement:

  The IPR Coordination Center's responsibilities include:

• Reporting Intellectual Property Crime
• Copyright piracy (e.g., software, movie, sound recordings)
  • FBI local office
  • if imported, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Internet Crime Complaint Center
• Trademark counterfeiting
  • FBI local office
  • if imported, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Internet Crime Complaint Center
• Theft of trade secrets
  • FBI local office
• "Reporting Intellectual Property Crime: A Guide for Victims of Counterfeiting, Copyright Infringement, and Theft of Trade Secrets" (PDF)
  • Checklist for Reporting a Copyright Infringement or Counterfeit Trademark Offense (PDF)
  • Checklist for Reporting a Theft of Trade Secrets Offense (PDF)
• Other Government Initiatives to Combat Cybercrime

  The stopfakes.gov website provides information to consumers and businesses on intellectual property, including information on how to report trade in fake goods.

  • The STOP Initiative (www.stopfakes.gov)
• National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
  • Coordinating U.S. government domestic and international law enforcement activities involving IPR issues.
  • Serving as a collection point for intelligence provided by private industry, as well as a channel for law enforcement to obtain cooperation from private industry (in specific law enforcement situations).
  • Integrating domestic and international law enforcement intelligence with private industry information relating to IPR crime, and disseminating IPR intelligence for appropriate investigative and tactical use.
  • Developing enhanced investigative, intelligence and interdiction capabilities.
  • Serving as a point of contact regarding IPR law enforcement related issues.