Computer Forensics Ares
CFA Consulting Limited
C F A
Testified in The Court of Law as an Expert Witness. We Keen on Rendering Digital Data into Admissible Evidence and Provides Comprehensive Investigation & Litigation Support to End Clients.
Successful Cases
We have engaged over 50 Criminal & Civil Litigation cases in the past. Our efforts and concrete results were affirmed by our clients.
Below are some successful cases carried out by us:-
1
Engaged by the HK Securities & Futures Commission
Engaged by the HK Securities and Futures Commission in a landmark market manipulation case concluded in the High Court in July. 2024. Three were jailed between 52 and 80 months. Through a tailor-made methodology that had linked up a huge amount of vital evidence found from 3 mobiles. Proximity of the inter-relationship and ownership of the data were affirmed. The counterparties finally withdrew their initial intention of putting up a rebuttal challenge against the phone evidence ties. (HCCC 115/2021)
2
Unique & Sophisticated Mobile Data Extraction (Legal-Aided Case)
Probably the only mobile forensic expert in Hong Kong mastering the unique technique to perform “Low-Level-File-System Data Extraction” on all Huawei mobile phones with Kirin chipset. When the C&ED confirmed no way to extract data on the legal-aided defendant’s Huawei Mate 20 Pro. Frances successfully helped the legal-aided defendant to perform Low-Level data extraction from the phone and use the data therein for defence. (STCC 533/2021 Shum Pak Ue D1)
3
Unlocking a Bricked Mobile Phone
In May-2022, the defendant’s Samsung Galaxy C7 that was seized by the HK Police. But the phone was stuck and locked during data extraction by the police. Frances was hired by the DLA to assist the aided defendant. The phone was finally reinstated and data extraction had been successfully performed without losing any data. (DCCC 238 of 2021 HKSAR v Wong Wan Sze)
4
Overturn High Court Judgement Through Reconstructed Video Clips and Photos
Through advanced mobile forensic skill, successfully reconstructed a large amount of photos, video clips, phone numbers and call logs that had never been exposed in the previous trial on a High Court Criminal Case. By these favorable findings, the defendant was finally acquitted. (CACC 154/2017)
5
Unauthorized Access & Taking Data into Unfound USB Drive
By favorable findings, over 4800 files were established to have been transferred to a third party computer from a Network Attached Storage Server via Virtual Private Network and eventually stored into an unfound USB thumb drive. Court injunction was granted to prohibit the defendant from using those took away materials. (HCA 2767/2018)
6
High Court Case Acquittal
Recovered a large quantity of deleted photos and videos from a mobile phone and memory card of a digital camera that had never been seen in the previous trial. During the fifth trial, these materials helped the defendant to prove the existence of a black-skin person and convinced the jury to acquit her in the High Court in 2016. (HCCC 131/2015)