Virtual Self-Paced Class - Advanced Financial Crimes Investigations

Students will be introduced to the class material and outline for the two days of instruction. Students will be provided with federal and local resources to help their investigations. Students will be introduced to paid intelligence companies that can provide useful records.

Please download the student files using the download link in this lesson.

To contact the instructor, email training@hi-techinvestigations.com

Students will be introduced to the crime of Identity Theft. Examples of different types of Identity Theft will be discussed. Different state criminal statutes will be discussed covering the elements needed for this crime. Resources for Law Enforcement and victims of Identity Theft will be discussed. Hi-Tech tips and resources will be discussed on how to identify offenders and collect evidence to prosecute offenders.

Organized Retail Crime will be discussed along with state criminal statutes from different states. Card Cracking will then be discussed on what the crime entails and how offenders recruit cooperators with bank accounts. Ways to get the cooperators to identify the masterminds will be discussed along with investigative resources and techniques to identify the offenders. Two card cracking cases will be discussed.

Students will be introduced to check cracking and tips on how to investigate those crimes. Reseller scams will then be discussed where offenders use reselling platforms to defraud people. Card skimmers will then be discussed on how to quickly identify and prosecutor these offenders who typically travel around the country. Real world case examples will be shown for all types of crimes on how to identify offenders and use Hi-Tech techniques to solve these cases.

Learn about Spoke for Law Enforcement from Stephen Henderson. An investigative search tool for law enforcement officials that brings together public records and social media data. Spokeo connects investigators to over 12 billion records linking traditional public records with social media data.

Home Repair Fraud will be discussed along with different state criminal statutes. Reshipment fraud will be discussed on how many of these offenders are in foreign countries. IRS fraud and other impersonation fraud will be discussed. Proper investigation techniques will be discussed on how to potentially identify the offenders. Real world case examples will be provided to students on investigation techniques.

IRS fraud and other impersonation fraud will be discussed. SIM Swapping will be discussed on how offenders try to get control of the victim’s phone account to get access to finances. Phishing and Ransomware crimes will be discussed. Proper investigation techniques will be discussed on how to potentially identify the offenders. Real world case examples will be provided to students on investigation techniques.

Financial Exploitation of Elderly crimes will be discussed on how to identify these crimes and prove the elements of the crimes based on the position of trust of the offender. Resources for victims and families will be discussed. Unemployment fraud and Covid-19 fraud will also be discussed. Other financial crimes will be discussed. Investigative techniques will be discussed on how to identify offenders and gather evidence. Real world case studies will be discussed.

The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) will be discussed with a focus on different types of reporting that is available. Different resellers will be discussed such as eBay, PayPal, Craigslist, LetGo, and OfferUp. LeadsOnline and EcoATM will also be discussed.

Different financial institutions will be discussed along with companies like GreenDot, MoneyGram, and Western Union that is commonly used by criminals. Subpoena language will be discussed for financial institutions along with identifying the bank from a credit card number. Students will then be introduced to cryptocurrency and how tracing of crypto funds can help identify the offender and can possibly lead to seizures. Kodex and Deconflict will be discussed.

Students will be instructed on mobile phone forensic tools that are available. Proper seizure of phones will be discussed along with data that can be stored on mobile devices. Apple iCloud will be discussed on how user data can be obtained from Apple.

Students will be trained on how to properly review phone data from a Cellebrite reader report. Filtering, tagging, and searching will be discussed. Students will be then given time to work on the Cellebrite practical exercise and to answer 18 questions.

A review of the Cellebrite practical will be performed and the answers will be discussed.

Kipp Loving presents Hi-Tech tips and tricks. Kipp covers the KLoving site and LeadsOnline Toolbox. Connected vehicles will be discussed in length.

Students will be introduced to LeadsOnline Nighthawk and its capabilities. Tower Dumps and Area Searches will be discussed along with search warrant language. Cellular records will be explained and proper procedures will be discussed. A real world case study on solving a crime using Tower Dumps & Area Searches will be discussed.

Students will be instructed on Internet Protocol. IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses will be discussed. Websites to identify the Internet Service Provider (ISP) will be discussed. Email headers will be discussed on how to identify the IP address from an email. Contact information for different ISPs will be provided.

The dark web will be discussed along with different darknet sites. The Tor browser will be discussed along with how to access this site. Various darknet sites will be shown where many financial crime cases start from.

Students will be introduced different forensic video and image clarification tools available. Tools like Axon Investigate, Amped Five, and DVR Examiner will be discussed. Facial Recognition and ALPR systems will also be discussed.

Students will be introduced to what type of digital data can be obtained for vehicles. Vehicle cellular data will be discussed on how some vehicles are connected vehicles. Tools like Leads Toolbox will be shown that can help identify connected vehicles. Berla and Carfax for Police will also be discussed.

Students will be instructed on Open-Source Intelligence Techniques (OSINT). Students will be shown numerous free OSINT websites that can be used to search for anything using the internet. Username searches, EXIF media, video downloaders, geolocation websites, and reverse image searches will be discussed. Students will be provided with ways to conduct searches of themselves to identify personal information on the internet and how to remove their data.

This concludes class. Email the instructor to notify that you have completed watching all videos and have completed the hands-on exercises. A training certificate will be provided along with a 10% off discount code to use for 1 future in-person or virtual Hi-Tech class. Not transferrable to anyone else.