Category Archives: Computer Forensics

22-year-old Files Federal Lawsuit Alleging School District Failed to Stop Abuse by Band Teacher

A 22-year-old young woman named Robyn Lynn Ruiz filed a federal lawsuit against the Rio Hondo Independent School District in Rio Hondo, Texas on March 19, 2015. [A copy of the Complaint can be viewed at the bottom of this post.] In her Complaint, Ruiz alleges that the school district failed to protect her from…

Indiana University Student Ethics Official Fired Over Child Porn Charges

An Indiana University staff person was fired from his job as the assistant director for student conduct in the Office of Student Ethics (insert irony-laced joke here). The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) alerted the Bloomington Police Department (BPD) that it had received a tip from Gmail that a possible image of…

Former Tulane U. Adjunct Professor Faces Trial on 51 Counts of Child Porn

Brad Robbert, a former adjunct assistant rofessor of Theater at Tulane University, will go on trial August 3 in Orleans Parish Criminal District on 50 counts that he possessed child pornography and 1 count of possession with intent to distribute. According to his online biography, Robbert also served as operations director for the Tulane University…

Selfie-Ish Teens Contribute to Global Child Porn Problem

As I discussed in detail in Cybertraps for the Young, one of the most disturbing aspects of the digital revolution is that it has empowered children to commit crimes that once were exclusively the domain of adults. There is no better example than the fact that every single day, thousands of children around the globe…

Demand for Computer Forensics Strains Michigan Law Enforcement

Reporter Alyssa Gambla (@AlyssaGambla) had an interesting report on Fox 32’s 9 & 10 News in northern Michigan last night. Entitled “Catching a Sex Offender,” Gambla presented a behind-the-scenes look at the resources deployed by the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Department. One of the people she interviewed was Deputy Bill Church, who reminded people that when…

Australian Teacher Pleads Guilty to Taking “Upskirt” Videos of Students

An arrest nearly two years ago of a man in New South Wales for allegedly using his cellphone to record so-called “upskirt” videos of women on a train platform wound up rocking the halls of one of Sydney’s oldest schools. After the arrest was made, police identified the suspect as Robert Emmett, a 36-year-old teacher…

Canadian Teacher Faces 21 Counts of Voyeurism

A 37-year-old Ontario teacher of special needs students at the Ashley Oakes public school is facing 21 charges of voyeurism after a hidden camera was discovered in a backpack in a staff changing room. Charges were levied against Jamie Gardiner after London, Ontario police examined the discovered video equipment and found videos of two female…

Hidden Camera Leads to Multiple Charges against PA Man

Last month, a young woman in Limerick, PA discovered a digital camera hidden in the bathroom of her home. Suspicion quickly focused on a family acquaintance named Kevin Martin Rebbie, 56. When he was interviewed by investigators, Rebbie allegedly confessed that he had purchased the camera to make video recordings of the girl showering and…

AAA* Approach to Financial Forensics: Anticipation, Acquisition, Analysis [Lecture]

2014-08-28 AAA* Approach to Financial Forensics: Anticipation, Acquisition, Analysis from Frederick Lane A breakout sessin delivered to the 2014 International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators in Phoenix, Arizona on August 28, 2014. If you are interested in discussing a presentation or professional development program for your organization on this topic, please contact me for information…