Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Version
Case Owner
Cpcc
Case Name
Case Reference
#001
Case Description
Report Created
Agency/Company
Investigator's Name
Timothy Wells
Address
Phone
704-867-5309
Twells00@email.cpcc.edu
Email evidence of conspiracies involving credit card fraud, check washing and pharmaceutical fraud,
as well as blatant emails about methamphetamine production.
Instant messages online with individuals in other similar criminal enterprises.
Documents detailing debts owed, ostensibly for previous drug purchases.
A patterned search history of information gathering on how to best commit the above crimes.
Multiple pictures of monkeys, possibly associates of his.
It is the conclusion of Wells Digital Investigation that there is a preponderance of evidence contained within
the suspects PC that he has engaged in multiple illegal acts. Furthermore, there is enough evidence contained within
his correspondence with non-criminals to tie him to the email and internet accounts that he used to procure illegal
drugs, fraudulent checks, hardware to commit credit card fraud, and false titles for automobiles.
Acquiring Mr. Mantooths Data
The image of Mr. Mantooths hard drive was acquired by forensic investigators at Charlotte Mecklenburg
Police Department. The chain of custody was maintained from the investigator, to the evidence locker, being
surrendered to WDIs chief investigator, Timothy Wells, for processing. Mr. Wells verified that the MD5 Hash value (a
digital signature) of the resulting image matched that of the original drive.
(An image of the digital signature, which matches that of the original drive)
Executable Files
A search of local executables found little substantial information, but it did reveal evidence that he may have
been planning to conceal both his files and communication. Trout.exe is used to trace the path packets of data take
when travelling across the internet, and could be used to ensure a Virtual Private Network is acting properly. It could
also be used to assist in discovering the location of his cohorts as he transferred one of many files to them.
Evidence Found
Listed at the end of this report is a full set of files that contain valuable evidence of Mr. Mantooth's illegal
actions. Throughout this evidence, a preponderance of information leading to illegal acts is available, including
photographic evidence of drugs, stolen checks, and credit cards. A live search using expressions (common patterns
of numbers and letters creating standards for data) revealed a list of credit card numbers the suspect had generated.
This was found in the margins of the code of an otherwise normal file. WDI suspects the suspect has some
knowledge of editing hex code to include these hidden messages.
Indexed Searches
Below is a selection of indexed searches (searches of prerecorded listings of words at the time of case
processing), along with the hits they produced. A search of the term meth revealed calendar reminders to process
methamphetamine. Credit card lead us to not only documents in which stealing credit card numbers was detailed,
but actual pictures of stolen credit cards. Washing, and Check revealed plans to trade dirty checks for clean ones, so
the suspect and his partners could defraud people they had stolen from. Continuous evidence produced by the
searches revealed the suspect not only performed these actions, but liked to brag about them with his coconspirators.
Conclusions
It is clear from the evidence that the suspect did not only commit multiple crimes, but that he did so
concurrently and with funds obtained from fraudulent activities. Additionally, information from emails to his mother
and about his girlfriend tie him to the accounts used to converse about these activities. This investigator believes
digital evidence, corroborated with any amount of physicial evidence found in the raid of the suspect's home would
be more than enough to build a very strong case against him.
Chain of Custody
Description: 40 GB Hard Drive, Wes Mantooth Case #001
Model: 6E040L0
Date/Time
From:
To:
Reason:
10/27/2014 2:43 PM
Detective/Chef Bobby
Flay
CMPD
NC SBI
11/2/2014 11:11 AM
11/12/2014 6:00 PM
WDI
Timothy Wells
Jason Lands
WDI
CPCC
Case Information
11/12/2014
File Overview
11/12/2014
Evidence Groups
Ungrouped: 3159
File Items
Evidence Items: 1
Checked Items: 60
Unchecked Items: 3099
File Category
Archives: 76
Databases: 19
Documents: 317
Email: 169
Executable: 6
Folders: 687
Graphics: 655
Internet/Chat Files: 533
Mobile Phone Data: 0
Multimedia: 44
File Status
Bad Extensions: 128
Data Carved Files: 0
Decrypted Files: 1
Deleted Files: 30
Duplicate Items: 231
Email Attachments: 136
Email Related Items (From Email): 347
Encrypted Files: 13
Flagged Ignore: 0
Flagged Privileged: 0
From Recycle Bin: 46
KFF Alert Files: 0
KFF Ignorable: 0
OCR Graphics: 0
OLE Subitems: 178
User-Decrypted Files: 0
Labels
Email Status
Email Attachments: 136
Email Related Items (From Email): 347
Email Reply: 20
Forwarded Email: 0
Evidence List
11/12/2014
Description:
Time Zone: America/New_York
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11/12/2014
cpcc
Bookmark: Evidentiary Files
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Comments:
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