Cybercrime, also called computer crime, the use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and intellectual property, stealing identities, or violating privacy.

Examples of embezzlement include the bank teller who pockets deposits, the bookkeeper who takes customer refunds for himself, the attorney who uses the funds in an escrow account for herself, and the payroll clerk who doesn't deposit the correct amount of employment tax, keeping the rest for himself.