Computer Forensic Services - Hi-tech brings no easy solutions

"Some of the biggest headaches for fraud investigators and prosecutors stem from modern technology. June Philips of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Brisbane, Australia, said computer technology and software allowed the cheap, large scale production of forged documents.

'The quality of forged items from passports, driver's licenses to electricity bills is astounding. Identity fraud is one of the biggest growth areas,' she said at 12th annual Prosecution Conference yesterday. Ms Philips said large sums of money scammed from gullible investors could be transferred with breathtaking speed to offshore accounts from where they were difficult to recover. "In many cases they do involve the necessity for computer forensic skills and the obtaining of overseas evidence."

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