This presentation will focus on the collaborative efforts from the Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Secret Service, local partners, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for North Texas to identify and seize the servers hosting the website CXG and the assets derived through forfeiture from the website. The presenters will discuss the methods used to identify the operator and his server location. They will also discuss the subsequent prosecution, financial investigation and seizure, the forensic examination of the servers, the financial analysis, involved restitution issues, and discovery-related matters and issues to consider when seizing volumes of data. See this link for more information.
Learning Objectives:
Assess ways to locate, identify, and access websites and the servers that operate illicit websites.
Identify financial assets, including cryptocurrency, and overcome barriers to the seizure of the asset when significant time has elapsed.
How to work with NCMEC to identify minor victims of trafficking and exploitation, and calculate realistic victim restitution numbers.
