"Digital Detectives"

By Selena Chavis: Consider the case of People vs. Superior Court. It developed from a fraud and grand theft investigation following the defendant’s alleged creation of false evidence in response to a federal subpoena for information. The false documents included an inaccurate billing statement and a series of letters that referenced “future” meetings.

It’s certainly not the first case involving falsified documents, but it does bring to light a rapidly growing specialty in the world of accounting and criminal investigations: Computer forensics.

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Source: Insight Magazine, August 2007. Copyright © 2007, Illinois CPA Society. All rights reserved.