I found this document on a local BBS. It was called FBI magazine or
something like that. It had various articles by various FBI officials and law
enforcement personell. I found some interesting statistics. I will comment
with {Little French Brackets} when appropriate.

                        THE COMPUTER
                HIGH-TECH INSTRUMENT OF CRIME
                             By 
                     Michael G. Noblett
                            Chief
        Document Analysis, Research, and Training Unit
                       FBI Laboratory
                       Washington, DC

     The use of computers as criminal instruments or as devices
to collect information associated with criminal enterprises
increases yearly.  Criminals use computers to store data
relating to drug deals, money laundering, embezzlement, mail
fraud, extortion, and a myriad of other crimes.  In addition to
the simple storage of records, criminals also manipulate data,
infiltrate computers of financial institutions, and illegally
use telephone lines of unsuspecting businesses.

     Statistics suggest that the law enforcement community must
act quickly and decisively to meet the challenge presented by
the criminal use of computers.  For example:

     .  Over 4.7 million personal computers were sold in the
        United States in 1988, as compared with 386,500 in 1980

                   {4.7 million computers at let's
                    say 2500$ a computer= 11,750,000,000$ OK.}

     .  An estimated 60 percent of personal computers are now
        networked

     .  $500 million is lost annually through illegal use of
        telephone access codes
                    {Ok, I'll believe that}

     .  $1 trillion is moved electronically each week, and

                    {This is the good part!
                    1,000,000,000,000 a week
                    52 weeks a year.
                    52,000,000,000,000 a year

                    the federal deficit is about
                    4.5 trillion now.

                    If the FBI could catch 8% of this
                    1 Trillion a week crime and put it
                    towards the deficit then the deficit
                    would be eliminated in one year.

                    1 trillion is a lot of cash.
                    it could buy
                    400,000,000  computers 2,500$ each
                    <population of US about 275 million>

                    40,000,000  25,000$ cars.
                    4,000,000  250,000$ homes

                    remember that these hackers usually like
                    electronics and things they can sell.

                    4,000,000,000  250$ stereos

                    This is just for one week!

                    Yearly:
                    2,080,000,000  cars at 25000$ each.

                    If these computer hackers would buy American
                    cars instead of electronics we would destroy
                    Japanese auto market in a week.

                    OR

                    This figure is completely bogus and marked up
                    so this guys budget will pass and he won't be
                    out of a job. I just wanted to post this to show
                    how the government figures numbers. No wonder the
                    deficit is 4.? trillion dollars.


                    Joke: What is a gougleplex?

                    Punch: the goal of the deficit.


     .  Only 11 percent of computer crime is reported.

     While the law enforcement community, in general, often
thinks of computer crime as high-tech crime, a growing segment
of the population looks at computers and the data they store as
nothing more than electronic paper.  They feel very comfortable
keeping their records, whether legal or illegal, in this format.

     In order to address the legitimate need for access to
computers and the information they contain, law enforcement must
develop a structured approach to examine computer evidence.
^^^^^^^^{More money!!!!}
The examination of this evidence can provide investigative and
intelligence information, and at the same time, preserve the
information for subsequent admission in court.

    {this document made me laugh out loud for many an hour)

