Department of Justice - United States Attorneys' Office Northern District of California

Overview

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California has been in the forefront in confronting new types of crime, such as computer hacking, internet fraud and intellectual property theft; new spins on old crimes, such as accounting and securities fraud and computer chip theft; and traditional crimes like narcotics trafficking, bank robbery, guns, violence, environmental crime, civil rights violations and fraud. Since the events of September 11, 2001, the Office, along with other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, has redoubled its anti-terrorist efforts by increasing resources devoted to terrorist investigations.