The case involved an employment tribunal of an employee of a British based manufacturer who claimed that they had been unfairly dismissed. The case centered on whether an e-mail had been sent by the employee to his manager. An examination of the computer failed to identify the presence of the e-mail using standard techniques. However, […]
Data Theft – Confidential and Client Information
An investigation was requested by an International recruitment agency to conduct an examination of a senior employee who had left the company and was suspected of taking confidential customer information to a competitor. The company suspected that the employee had forwarded contact client information and confidential data to his personal e-mail address shortly before his […]
Data Theft Investigation at a Recruitment Firm
Athena Forensics were contacted and instructed by a specialist recruitment firm to examine a computer system used by a recently departed employee who had left to work for a competitor for evidence to suggest that they had copied or sent company data, including customer details prior to leaving. A computer forensic expert at Athena Forensics […]
Corporate Fraud Investigation – Managing Director of a Health Club Chain
Athena Forensics were contacted and instructed by the Chairman, through their in house legal department, to carry out the examination of the company computers of two Directors and the computer server of a well known UK chain of health clubs. An Athena Forensics computer expert attended the headquarters of the company and acquired forensics copies […]
Corporate Fraud Investigation – Company Director of a Supermarket Supplier
Athena Forensics were instructed by the Chairman of a company who supplied products to a chain of UK based supermarkets due to suspicions that a Director of the firm may have been committing fraud within the company. Initially an examination of a laptop computer and a desktop computer were conducted that resulted in the identification […]