Forensic Investigation of Computers in Mayfair
The assumption that deleting a computer file will erase the information has been many people's downfall - people will tell their computers secrets they wouldn't tell their best friend! - a mistaken assumption of which we can help you to take advantage. Computers hold many secrets - we will recover deleted files, content with times and dates of web sites visited, email and instant message transcripts, images, videos, potentially anything held on a computer
Methodology will vary from case to case, however the basics of an examination are likely to comprise:
Try not to touch! If at all possible don't move anything; leave equipment on that is switched on and equipment off that is switched off. It is a good idea to take some digital photographs of where equipment lies which can match the photographs we take, demonstrating that equipment has not been altered in any way - possibly important in an evidential process later on. Disconnect telephone lines, but from the wall rather than the machine
Fingerprints may be on peripherals such as the computer mouse or CD's. We have an in-house fingerprinting department that works in conjunction with IT forensics. A scene examination may be appropriate, for example in demonstrating that a particular person has used the machine through lifting of prints from a mouse on-scene. Chemicals used in the processing of prints may damage equipment or date therefore the manner in which equipment is handled is important
Documentation and Chronology - Maintaining a chain of evidence and documenting activity is an ongoing process starting with recording the location and condition of all units, whether subsequently forensically examined or not. Simple issues may have relevance - such as a mouse being on the left hand side rather than right, indicating a left handed user. The condition of the CPU, disturbance of dust and whether it is on or off, or on and warm, are all recorded. We will take locus photographs of the front of the machine, screen, environment and other processes
Contact us by telephoning 020 7158 0332 or by email to info@private-detectives.co.uk. Working throughout Mayfair, London and the UK
Award winning Private Investigators with a professional yet understanding and sensitive approach. Talk to us about any problem, whether a business or personal issue - in confidence
We thrive on finding out the secrets of computers using Computer Forensics - an in-house facility handled by us, and not contracted out like so many 'wannabe' Investigators Computers hold the secrets and the key to establishing the truth of an employees, or of a partner's actions. Rebuilding from source will rebuild anything held on a computer
Surveillance for a business issue involving an employee or for establishing the truth of a spouses absences; regardless of the transport a subject uses, we will monitor their movements and report them to you, establishing whom someone is meeting and what they are up to.
GPS vehicle tracking is an efficent and cost effective method of monitoring a subject's movement 24 hours a day. Regularly monitored with movement alerts, you will know where the subject is at any time. Combined with physical surveillance the whole truth will become known to you
We have worked and operate where we need to - with Investigators fluent in different languages and experienced in different countries from Europe to North Africa and beyond. We frequently serve legal papers in European countries, a cheaper exercise than having documents served locally
Finding your birth parents is a matter in which we have years of experience, working as far afield as Romania, Europe, New Zealand, Australia or simply in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Adoption Tracing is an art, requiring much more than ancestry research, and is handled carefully and sensitively
Drug and alcohol misuse causes problems both in work and in domestic environments. Establishing the extent of a problem, whether with a spouse, a child or an employee, is a matter in which we excel, often involving undercover and surveillance work
