Mobile Forensics
Law Enforcement
Timeline: 3 Days
Confidential
Summary
Matrix Cyforce assisted a cybercrime unit in performing forensic extraction and analysis on a mobile
device from a financial fraud suspect. The goal was to retrieve deleted chats, map communications,
and extract data relevant for legal proceedings.
Challenges
- Several chat apps had auto-delete enabled
- Encrypted local storage and hidden user vault
- Suspect attempted factory reset
What We Did
- Performed logical + physical extraction using Cellebrite
- Recovered deleted conversations and media files
- Extracted timeline logs to reconstruct events
- Identified communications related to fraudulent activity
- Prepared chain-of-custody compliant report
Outcome
Evidence extracted from the device strengthened the ongoing investigation.
Law enforcement included the forensic report in the official charge sheet.
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