Tag: Computer
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Cell Phone Forensics Illuminates Murder
When the nearly naked dead body of a 28-year-old male was discovered in a wooded area near a lake, the local sheriff’s department requested an autopsy, announced that a large amount of heroin was found in the young man’s blood stream and treated the death as a drug overdose. Quickly, the case was closed. Although…
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Traditional and Cutting Edge Investigative Techniques Required in Today’s Investigations
When you think about the various ways that some people lie, cheat and steal, certain activities make you immediately decide that a private investigator should be involved. Two examples … When one spouse sees signs of infidelity and suspects an extramarital affair, most of us think about a private investigator. We also think about hiring…
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Look to a Private Investigator and Digital Forensics for Professional Help
received a call from a business owner. He said his new office manager spends an excessive amount of time on the phone. In fact, since some of her job requires her to be away from the office, her phone is company-issued. When she runs work-related errands, she is gone a lot longer than what he…
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Computer Forensics Fights Back
It happens. A disgruntled employee or maybe an ex-spouse posts a pornographic photograph on the web and claims that you are the person in that photo. Immediately, you begin to suffer the consequences of this vicious action. Something of this nature will of course negatively affect your professional life as well as your personal relationships.…
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Private Investigators Step Up For Investigation
As the use of the Internet evolves, more great ways to educate, entertain and inform the world are constantly being developed and implemented. Unfortunately, there is a downside to all the great ways that computers connect the globe, and that means that more and more criminals seek ways to participate in illegal, untraceable crime through…
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Do You Need a Handwriting Analyst or a Computer Forensics Analyst?
Forgery isn’t always a signature. Generally speaking, forgery is creating a false copy in an effort to defraud someone or something. Through the years, has seen that something to be valuable; money, land, custody or control. A New York man was charged with felonies in two states for allegedly forging checks. But it wasn’t the…
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Think Computer Forensic Services if you are Concerned about Employee Theft
Employee theft can take many forms, not just stealing cash from the register or lifting product out the backdoor to an associate. In fact, in a recent article on American Express Open Forum, Barry Moltz lists several you might not have even considered, although he says they are common. Set up fake vendor accounts. Steal…
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Computer Forensics Investigation Uncovers Facts to Support Ruffled Feathers
Generally when employers find an ambitious employee who really wants to get ahead they jump to give him all the resources they need to do so. And employers know that other employees can get their feathers ruffled. When an employer contacted asking for help, that’s all he thought he had on his hands – ruffled…
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Cell Phone Forensic Investigation Finds Evidence to Support Gut Feeling
The owner of an aerospace company that manufactured parts for the government called with some concerns. Recently two of his key sales people had left the company under a cloud of suspicion. The company owner had no tangible proof of wrong-doing, but he had a feeling something wasn’t right. Both of the employees had been…
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Computer Forensics Investigations Reveal Truths – Wanted or Not
Computer forensics is not only used for criminal cases, but for civil cases as well. One illustrative case involved a worker who was placed on unpaid leave and then terminated. He filed a lawsuit against his employer alleging violations of the anti-retaliation provision of the False Claims Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act as…