A leading financial services firm engaged CurbyMcLintock after concerns arose that a senior employee had resigned to establish a competing business in a highly lucrative market. It was alleged that, prior to departing, the former employee had taken confidential client information, trading-related intellectual property and other commercially sensitive financial material.
CurbyMcLintock’s digital forensic specialists undertook a comprehensive review of electronically stored information across multiple sources, including work-issued devices, company server logs and network records. Using forensic acquisition and analysis methodologies, the team examined email activity, file-movement patterns, external device usage, cloud-storage interactions and system access logs to identify potential exfiltration pathways.
The investigation uncovered evidence consistent with the alleged unauthorised removal of company data. Findings were documented in a detailed report that set out the forensic artefacts, timelines and behaviours indicative of data exfiltration.
The evidence formed a key component of the organisation’s legal strategy, supporting the commencement of proceedings against the former employee, including applications seeking the return and destruction of all company material in their possession.
