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Scammers, fraudsters, hackers, and just plain mean people create fake social media accounts by the thousands every day. Anyone can be a target – celebrities, influencers, businesses, and even regular people. In fact, in the first quarter of 2022, Facebook took action on 1.6 billion fake accounts. And that is just one social media network. […]
(Story shared with permission, but names have been changed to protect privacy) Recently a teenage girl went missing overnight, law enforcement couldn’t help and the only lead was an Instagram message from an unknown account. Jane, the mother of the missing teen Kylie, remembers the morning that she made the frightening discovery that her daughter […]
If you’re a business owner or freelancer, you’ve probably had a client or two that refused to pay for goods and services rendered. Normally, when this happens, you’d try to contact them about their missing payment. The problem starts when you try (and fail) multiple times to reach the client, and it seems that they’ve […]
In today’s digital age, more and more people are spending time on the internet. They spend an average of 2 hours and 27 minutes on social media alone, with the younger population driving numbers even higher. Nigeria, the Philippines, India, the United States, and China are the five countries that spend the longest time across multiple social […]
The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) reports that healthcare fraud costs the United States about $68 billion every year. In fact, 21% of bodily injury claims and 18% of personal injury protection claims involved some sort of fraud or buildup. When a person claims to have sustained an injury and wants compensation, it can […]
If social media activity is crucial to your argument in court, how will you make sure that you’re putting forth the strongest case possible? Before handing over the reins to your legal team, take a moment to verify how they’ll be gathering and processing critical evidence. Will they be using a software service or engaging […]
To use social media photos as evidence in a court case, they must be properly obtained, preserved, and verified as presenting authentic and truthful information. One question that can stump many legal teams is how to verify the date of photos posted on social media. Dating a photo doesn’t just mean identifying when it was […]
Transcript: 0:03 Social Media Discovery can be complex, time-consuming, and a major burden even to the most competent legal professionals. 0:10 Although traditional eDiscovery companies can offer assistance with some of these issues, their processes often leave much of the burden on the law firms. Bosco Legal’s main focus is taking the Social Media Discovery […]
In today’s world, anyone with internet access can find out where someone was, who they were with, and what they were doing after a 5-second social media search. With this in mind, you’d think every modern court case would rely heavily on the minute-by-minute record of activity that many folks willingly post on their accounts. […]
If you’re involved in a court case that requires a social media investigation to obtain evidence, you may be tempted to use social media intelligence (SMI) tools advertised so frequently on the web. These tools are designed to gather certain types of data from social media websites quickly, but that information means nothing for your […]
