Policing Digital Fraudsters

Petter Gottschalk

Chapter 9 in Convenience Orientation in Corporate Crime:Corrective Recovery Responses for Compliance and Conformance, 2025, pp 197-213 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: A four-stage model for policing digital fraudsters is suggested in this chapter to distinguish maturity levels in law enforcement. While the offender-based perspective suggests that there seems to be little or no difference between terrestrial fraud and online fraud, the offense-based perspective suggests a significant difference when fraudsters operate in cyberspace. This chapter does not only argue that there is a gap in skills and competence in the police force when policing digital fraudsters. The chapter also argues that others cannot simply point to the police when digital fraud occurs. Rather, detectives should require from victims, banks, and others more solid homework before contacting the police. As exemplified at the fourth and final level in the maturity model, various parties have to contribute to solving crime cases. The fourth level of hypothesis-driven investigations suggests development of the initial crime hypothesis based on the theory of convenience. It is expected that the myths and conspiracy theories will lose ground as policing digital fraudsters becomes more successful in the future…

Keywords: Corporate Compliance; Corporate Conformance; Convenience Theory; Corporate Scandal; Crisis Management; Destructive Leadership; Recovery Strategy; Recovery Triggers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G34 K42 L21 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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