David has also been hired to act as a special advisor to the court, providing assistance in the understanding of technical concepts. In his experience as a Special Agent, David executed federal search warrants to perform seizures of numerous computer systems and worked with local police departments in need of electronic evidence assistance.
Prior to his employment with the U. David has testified in State court in numerous criminal and civil cases, and has testified in Federal court as an expert witness in computer-generated evidence. Smith, deputy assistant director of investigations for the federal agency.
In fact, the Secret Service was first formed specifically to provide a form of financial protection, Smith pointed out during the 19th Annual Information Security Conference at the United Nations in New York City earlier this year.
The Secret Service was founded in as a branch of the U. Treasury Department with an original mission to stop the counterfeiting of U. These include computer and telecommunications crimes along with other types of fraud related to banks, credit and debit cards, identification, electronic funds transfer EFT and government and commercial securities.
One suspect, Virginia Tech student Benjamin W. Pinkston, stood accused of a variety of criminal infractions involving online identity theft, including conspiracy and the illegal possession of ID documents. Although the Secret Service is now part of the U. Homeland Security Department DHS , its work in fending off counterfeiters and potential assassins continues unabated.
According to the deputy director, the past two decades have seen increasing encroachment of ID theft and other monetary scams on the Internet, where criminals find it easier to hide. Many of the perpetrators belong to organized crime rings, and many of them are based overseas, according to Smith. The Secret Service now offers special agent training in electronic crime investigation at three levels of expertise: basic electronics investigator, network intrusion investigator and forensic examiner.
The agency has also added more undercover agents who specialize in electronic crime, along with officers based in other countries.
To help nab online interlopers lurking overseas, the agency collaborates closely with a number of foreign police organizations, including Interpol and Europol. On the home front, the Secret Service has set up a nationwide network of Electronic Crimes Task Forces ECTF , meant to bring together federal, state and local law enforcement with prosecutors, private industry and academia to battle computer crime. The agency is currently engaged in other investigations similar to Operation Rolling Stone, Smith says.
Log in with your American City and County account. Register Don't have an account? Secret Service. Edit source History Talk 0. Secret Service has two distinct areas of responsibility: Treasury roles, covering missions such as prevention and investigation of counterfeiting of U. Investigates transnational cybercrimes using electronic crimes special agents assigned both domestically and internationally, including through the European Electronic Crimes Task Force.
Sexual exploitation of children [ ] The USSS provides forensic and technical assistance in matters involving missing and sexually exploited children through its Office of Investigations.
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