Recent Cases : Most recent assignments for Computer Forensics and Forensic Accounting:

Pending:

Combination Computer and Accounting: Shareholder embezzlement of company funds.

Combination Computer and Accounting: Dissolution of Marriage. Inspect computer records and trace assets for spouse.

Accounting: Dissolution of Marriage. For husband attempt to determine available full time income for under-employed spouse.

Internet Investigation: Attempt to determine true identity of blogger in foreign country.

Computer: Criminal Defense, Federal. Review procedures and access of arresting agency to database. Review case for Chain of Custody of Evidence for client’s Appeal.

Computer: Image and investigate trusted employee’s hard drive for accounting records in embezzlement of company funds. Investigate other computer based documents for evidence of intent.

Computer: Criminal Defense, State. Review prosecution alleged evidence from client hard drive.

Computer: Civil, State. Assist plaintiff to establish negligence by respendent.

Final:

Computer: Criminal Defense, Federal. Review client records for exculpatory evidence in import of counterfeit parts.

Internet Investigation: January 2009: Professional Organization hired ACTF to identify, for purposes of issuing a desist order, dissident group member’s website administrator.

Computer: March 2008: Wrongful termination. Analyze Plaintiff's computer for artifacts of deleted email files. Also hard drive image made by other examiners. On going

Computer: December 2008: Travel to Palm Springs, CA to image hard drive of a decedent’s computer to investigate for documents relating to a Will Contest. Settled.

Computer: October 2008: Travel to Los Angeles County to retrieve client’s computer from contracted work site. We imaged hard drive to investigate unauthorized key logger installed by client employee.
Combination Computer and Accounting: Beginning August 2008. Case involves alleged theft of funds by employee, unauthorized transactions by employee claiming to be an officer of the company, image entire company computer system, analyze data files, repair and secure company compute system, and put company on computer security/maintenance contract. On going. Client has now become a regular IT support customer for ACFTF.

eDiscovery: July 2008: Consult with client on data acquisition and document request matters.

eDiscovery: May 2008: Meet with law firm for eDiscovery consulting engagement regarding Class Action Law Suit. Case Settled for $42,000,000.

Computer: April 2008: Pending Family Law matter. Imaged computer hard drives for later analysis from business and family computers to preserve current evidence . Evidence sealed and given to Plaintiff's attorney. Plaintiff has legal access. Image not to be examined until all parties approve.

Computer: July 2007. Examined computer of third party, unrelated to this assignment who voluntarily allowed us access to their computer, to determine credibility of witness in a case related to another person. Witness had unrestricted access to the computer. Found items requested.

Computer: June-July 2007. Our assignment was for a Family Law Case to find business records and indicia of unacceptable pictures on home and business computers. We found all requested items on the home computer, even thought it appeared files on the home computer had been deleted. Business computers contained items requested.

Accounting and Computer: June 2006: A dispute between members of a church and the national body as to who owns the church property. Also were any expenses paid in contravention of a Court Order.
Computer: Settled May 2007: Business Dispute: Our client, Company A leases mailing lists. Company B, also a mailing list company, leased Company A’s list for a one-time, special purpose mailing. Company A “seeded” the list leased to Company B. Company A received a solicitation from Company C whose business was totally unrelated to the purpose Company B leased the list from Company A. Our assignment was to examine the integrated list from Company B which contained Company A’s and look for the “seeds” in the combined list. We did not find the “seeds”; however, the case settled in favor of our client, Company A.

Accounting: November 2005 to January 2006: Business dispute between two shareholders (A & B) who owned a Real Estate Sales Franchise and an Escrow Company. Shareholder A engaged my services to try and determine why the seemingly successful company was losing money. During the period of this examination A & B came to a buy-out agreement and stopped my work prior to its completion. My preliminary report determined B and B’s spouse was taking funds for “managing” the firm which were not in the written agreements. It also appeared B was funneling escrows and sales to another company outside of the firm—this was supported by an independent audit preformed by the franchisor.

Accounting: October 2004 to January 2005: I was hired by the plaintiff/acquiring company (A) in a completed merger to investigate a business dispute between them and the acquired company (B) and its officers (B-O). A alleged B and B-O presented fraudulent and false financial projections which A relied upon to its detriment. This case involved a detailed analysis of agreements between A, B, and B-O. I examined the records of B. I prepared work papers, spreadsheets, and charts to show the failure of B and B-O to adequately disclose and possibly to conceal the true results of B’s operations (losses) before, during, and after the acquisition of B by A. I was deposed by B and B-O’s attorneys for over 4 hours. This case settled just prior to the scheduled court date.

Accounting and Computer: Prior assignments have included analysis of financial and tax records for business disputes, marital disputes, and lost income in a workmen's compensation claim.