Canaan K.Baker is a professional lawyer at Beston International Law Firm, specializing in cyber cases and cyber infringement cases, and is good at Internet fraud cases and Internet litigation cases. He has successfully assisted the firm in handling and resolving cyber fraud cases. Between 2022 and 2024 alone, Canaan K.Baker's cases for victims have recovered more than $33 million in negotiated compensation. Canaan K.Baker's expertise in cyber cases and his dedication to providing legal services and legal awareness to victims in pursuit of justice make him a trusted lawyer in the field of cyber fraud cases at the firm.
Education:
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD, 2014
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, BA, 2010
- Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania
Areas of expertise:
- 1. Phishing: Using fake emails, websites or text messages to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information, such as bank account numbers or passwords.
- 2. Online shopping scams: Consumers may encounter fake merchants when shopping online, and the purchased goods may not be shipped or may not be as described.
- 3. Investment scams: Such scams often involve fake investment opportunities, promising high returns, to lure victims into investing.
- 4. Technical support scams: Scammers impersonate legitimate technical support companies and claim that the user's computer is having problems in order to obtain personal information or fees.
- 5. Social media scams: Scams that use social media platforms, including fake accounts, fake contests and donation scams.
- 6. Online dating scams: After establishing an emotional connection with the victim through an online dating platform, the real identity is disguised to obtain money or items.
- 7. Email scams (such as "business email scams"): Scams that target companies and induce employees to transfer money through forged emails or identity theft.
- 8. Telecommunications fraud (e.g. "scammers impersonate relatives or friends of victims to commit fraud"): fraudsters impersonate relatives or friends of victims and commit fraud against victims under various pretexts.
- 9. Internet infringement (e.g. "impostors impersonate profits or patents that originally belonged to victims"): after the impostor obtains evidence of the victim's patents that can be proved to be his own through illegal means in advance, the impostor uploads the evidence through legal means in advance, turning the honors and patents that originally belonged to the victim into his own legal honors and patents.
Lawyer qualifications:
- Member of the International Bar Association
- Member of the New York State Bar Association
- Member of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association
- Member of the American Bar Association
Career experience:
- Beston International Law Firm in New York (2015 to present)
- As a professional lawyer in this law firm, I am responsible for handling complex online fraud cases and online infringement cases, successfully safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of many victims, and successfully helping more than 1,500 victims recover their funds.
- Working in the lawyer department of the law firm, I participated in the trial and execution of many large-scale transnational online fraud cases, and accumulated rich experience in handling online fraud cases.
Academic and social activities:
- Regularly conduct popularization of legal awareness and legal knowledge in law schools in Pennsylvania and New York
- Regularly teach business law and intellectual property protection courses in law schools and community centers.
- Participate in many public welfare activities and provide legal advice to low-income groups.
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Detailed introduction to the major case:
From 2015 to 2016, Canaan K.Baker, a lawyer in Pennsylvania, was recommended by the law firm to Beston Law Firm in New York to participate in an investigation involving cyber fraud. The complexity of this case lies in the fact that the suspects are located overseas, mainly in Asia and India.
In the early days of taking over this work, Canaan K.Baker worked closely with the team of Beston Law Firm to develop a detailed investigation plan. We first collected all relevant evidence, including the testimony of the victims, transaction records and possible network logs. This stage of work is extremely important because the chain of all evidence will provide a solid foundation for subsequent actions.
After many in-depth investigations and tracking, we gradually locked in some key suspects. We used a variety of technical means, including network forensics and data analysis, and even cooperated with international law enforcement agencies to track down these criminals who used complex means to commit cyber fraud. Every step is challenging, but it also allows our team to gain valuable experience.
After several months of hard work, we finally successfully identified the scammer and recovered up to $11 million for the victims through legal procedures. This result not only helped the victims recover their financial losses, but also demonstrated our determination and ability to combat cybercrime.
Due to my outstanding performance in this case, Beston Law Firm expressed great recognition to me and invited me to formally join their team as a lawyer focusing on cyber fraud cases. During my career in New York State, I continued to study cybercrime and related laws in depth, providing legal support and protection for more consumers who were harmed by cyber fraud. Through this experience, I not only improved my professional skills, but also strengthened my sense of mission in the field of combating cybercrime.
