TITLE

We are going to see new high-tech crimes

AUTHOR(S)
CRAIN, KEITH
PUB. DATE
December 2010
SOURCE
Crain's Detroit Business;12/6/2010, Vol. 26 Issue 50, p8
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article reports on the increasing incidents of high-technology crimes in Detroit, Michigan.
ACCESSION #
56589589

Tags: COMPUTER crimes

 

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