Tales from the Lab

Client:        National Insurance Carrier -SI Unit, Theft of Property Event:        An insurance claim was filed reporting that rare baseball cards were stolen from the insured's residence. The insured's claim was based on digital photos of the cards, submitted as proof of ownership. Fraud was suspected. Solution:        LWG CFS made an exact image of the insured's computer hard drive and searched the media for evidence, namely the presence of the supplied card images and other reported proof of ownership.  No proof of ownership was found and no record of the original card photos was found.  The findings resulted in additional investigation and dismissal of the claim.