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Committee hears bills giving prosecutors faster tools for cybercrime investigations
Summary
Senators considered measures to modernize cybercrime venue rules and to allow prosecutors administrative subpoenas in time-sensitive online theft and fraud cases. Prosecutors told the committee that current venue and records-access rules make it difficult to pursue complex, multi-jurisdictional cyber fraud affecting elderly victims and others.
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice examined two related measures aimed at modernizing prosecutors' investigative powers for online theft and cyber-enabled fraud: a committee substitute for House Bill 25,94 (updates to venue for cybercrime prosecutions) and House Bill 31,85 (allowing administrative subpoenas for non-content Internet records in cybercrime investigations). Senators and prosecutors said the changes would help local offices pursue cases where alleged criminal conduct crosses county and…
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