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C-FAX 1070, Victoria's News Authority
December 29, 2009
Michael G. Kessler, President & CEO of Kessler International, a world renowned computer forensics, forensic accounting and corporate investigative firm was featured in a radio interview December 29 regarding fraud on C-FAX 1070, Radio Victoria with host Dave Dickson. |
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WRJN 1400, News Talk Racine/Kenosha
December 29, 2009
Michael G. Kessler, President & CEO of Kessler International, a world renowned computer forensics, forensic accounting and corporate investigative firm was featured in a radio interview December 29 regarding fraud on WRJN 1400, Radio Racine and Kenosha with host Pete Ferrand. |
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Key Cape Coral council decisions impacted by Grill's arrest
December 16, 2009
5:35 P.M. — Cape Coral City Councilman Eric Grill’s arrest Tuesday promises to impact key decisions on a new city manager, government spending and future development in the downtown. |
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Ossining man accused of selling stolen Warhol ‘Heinz 57’
LoHud - November 23, 2009
An Ossining man has been accused of stealing a Heinz 57 box created by artist Andy Warhol and selling it for $220,000, according to court papers unsealed today. |
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KDKA Newsradio 1020, Radio Pittsburgh
November 14, 2009
Michael G. Kessler, President & CEO of Kessler International, a world renowned computer forensics, forensic accounting and corporate investigative firm was featured in a radio interview November 14 regarding computer and cell phone forensics on KDKA, Radio Pittsburgh with host Michael Romigh. |
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Editorial: Upcoming audit should bring controls to housing program
A comprehensive audit of the city of Fort Pierce Community Services Department in the wake of allegations of nepotism and mismanagement is expected to be completed by the end of the year. |
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Fort Pierce
city manager considers hiring international firm, noted
for uncovering corruption, to audit Community Services
Dept. FORT PIERCE — City
Manager David Recor said Friday he’s looking into hiring
New York City-based Kessler International to conduct a
forensic audit into the city’s Community Services
Department after a one-day audit by the state turned up
questionable practices in how the department administers
its state housing programs. |
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Reinstatement of
Inspector Detailed
Using state law on
public records as leverage, the Las Vegas Review-Journal
obtained from Clark County the 46-page arbitration
document that reinstated Rick Maddox, the building
inspection supervisor who had failed to detect extensive
unauthorized remodeling at the Rio hotel.
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Sometimes the irresistible force of the
press slams into an immovable object -- public employee
job security.
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Interview with
Michael Kessler, FACFEI, DABFA, DABFE, Cr.FA, CICA
Michael Kessler is a Certified Forensic
Accountant, Fellow of ACFEI, Diplomate of the American
Board of Forensic Examiners, and the Chair of the American
Board of Forensic Accounting. |
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Kessler
Uncovers Ponzi Scheme
The work of a New York investigator on
behalf of private clients has led to the prosecution of
Nicholas Cosmo, age 37, and his company, Agape World, Inc.
for a $370 million Ponzi Scheme. |
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Used Hard
Drives are Treasure for Bad Guys
A study conducted by computer forensics
firm
Kessler International found four in ten used hard
drives for sale on eBay contain sensitive information. |
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Drives sold on eBay hold private data
February 16, 2009
Computerworld - A New York computer forensics firm said that 40 of 100 hard disk drives it recently purchased in bulk orders on eBay contained personal information, including corporate financial data, DNS server information, and personal e-mail and photos. |
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Properly Erase Your Physical Media
February 15, 2009
A whopping 40% of the used hard drives on eBay contain easily recoverable personal data. |
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He never wears a fedora and there’s no
bourbon in his drawer, but that’s because Michael Kessler
isn’t your father’s private eye.
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According to a study recently conducted
by Kessler International, company that specializes in
computer forensic and investigative services, most hard
drives sold on eBay contained confidential and sensitive
information on the previous owner. A staggering 40% of
people selling their HDD via the aforementioned site
believed their private data had been erased, when it fact
it hadn’t.
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February 12, 2009:
Thieves apparently used a Nigerian-based
scam to steal $2.5 million from the Utah treasury,
covering their tracks by using intermediaries and a
church address.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Feb 13, 2009 (UPI via
COMTEX) -- The theft of $2.5 million from the Utah state
treasury involved a scam that was based out of Nigeria,
the head of a forensic accounting company say.
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Vendre un disque dur sur eBay c'est bien,
le formater avant de s'en séparer, c'est mieux. Selon une
étude menée aux Etats-Unis, 40% de ces périphériques mis
en vente contiennent des données personnelles ou
professionnelles, des données financières, des historiques
de navigation, des fichiers téléchargés, bref, moult
données critiques...
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Una firma
estadounidense de análisis forense informático asegura que
el 40% de los discos duros que ha adquirido recientemente
en grandes volúmenes a través de eBay contenían
información sensible, privada y personal. El tipo de
información todavía disponible en las unidades incluía
desde datos financieros corporativos hasta historiales de
navegación Web.
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Nothing can match
that feeling of relief you get after recovering data from
a disk you thought was destroyed.
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When consumers buy over-the-counter
medication or get a prescription filled, they may not
realize what extraordinary measures have been taken to
ensure product safety.
That wasn't always the case. The Tylenol scare of 1982 in
which seven people in Chicago and its suburbs died from
cyanide-laced Tylenol prompted new laws.
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LI investment firm halts payouts, under investigation
January 23, 2009
New York and federal officials are investigating a Hauppauge investment firm that has indefinitely halted payouts to clients, citing setbacks on commercial real estate loans. |
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