Podcast: Digital Forensics and Investigative Services

In this episode of Weaver: Beyond the Numbers, Nathaniel Francis, managing director in Forensics and Litigation Services, talked with Morgan Page, partner in Digital Transformation and Automation Services, to explore the evolution of fraud in a digital ecosystem. The two discussed innovative ways that digital professionals support investigations and litigation, revealing the hidden mechanisms behind data recovery, fraud detection and modern investigative methods.

Key Points:

• Modern fraud is now digital, which necessitates newer investigative methods to uncover fraudulent activities.
• Hidden or deleted digital data can often be recovered with advanced tools and a deep understanding of application and computer architectures.
• Digital forensics plays a crucial role in identifying behavior patterns, including uncovering fraudulent activity in virtual workplaces.

Digital forensics is at the forefront of modern investigations, where fraud and illicit activity have moved from the physical to the digital realm. With cases like bitcoin Ponzi schemes and labor fraud in virtual workplaces, professionals rely on everything from IP tracking to deep dives into codebases and hardware analysis to uncover vital evidence.

Morgan emphasizes that erased data is never truly lost but can be found and restored with a careful understanding of hardware/software interaction. “Fraudsters always leave a trail, whether it’s a line of code, a GPS ping or a forgotten backup file — we just need the right tools to find it,” said Morgan.

With the shifting paradigm of work in the digital era, cases of labor theft are on the rise. Morgan discusses how pattern recognition and activity monitoring can validate the authenticity of digital work, creating an interesting insight into the application of digital forensics in a modern workforce.

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