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Minnesota High
Tech Company Helps Detectives and Prosecutors Fight
Crime and Terrorism
The VOOM Shadow II is instrumental in investigating and
convicting criminals and terrorists worldwide, including
the recent high-profile conviction of wife-murderer Mark
Jensen seen on 20/20 & CourtTV.
Voom Technologies, Inc., a high tech company residing
along the St. Croix River just outside of St. Paul, MN
is gaining worldwide recognition for its Shadow II
(Shadow) computer investigation device. Cited by the
prosecutors in the Mark Jensen murder trial as critical
and powerful, the Shadow enables the direct
investigation of a suspect's computer without elaborate
computer forensic software or the extensive and
expensive forensic software training required. And as
demonstrated in the Mark Jensen murder trial, held in
Kenosha County Court in Wisconsin, the Shadow enables
the prosecution to show the actual suspect PC in
operation, without required elaborate explanations to
the judge and jury when forensic software is used to
produce evidentiary reports. With the Shadow,
detectives, private investigators, and computer forensic
labs are obtaining computer evidence faster, and using
that evidence more effectively than ever before.
Prosecutors are getting more plea agreements because
defendants must otherwise face the live presentation of
their computer in court. And in court, no computer
forensic tool is as effective at quickly and intuitively
presenting digital evidence in a form that is easy for
judge and jury to understand.
Will Docken, a retired U.S. Customs Special Agent, who
now is a licensed private investigator who works all
across the country and on cases in Europe as well,
states, “I use the Shadow on every case. I’ve been using
the Shadow since 2002 when it was first released, and
there is nothing like it. I remember David (Voom
Technologies, Inc. founder and CEO David Biessener)
calling me up every couple of months, asking if the
Shadow was being used in court yet, but because the
Shadow is so powerful, every case ended up in a plea
bargain for years. When you show the defendant (and
defense attorney) the evidence directly from his own
computer, he knows his goose is cooked because there is
no way to confuse the judge or jury. Without the Shadow
(i.e. with computer forensic software), first it takes
months or years to get the evidence because all of the
crime labs are backed up. Second, if the case does go to
court, the defense has plenty of opportunity to pick
apart the reports and how exactly they were produced.
Third, the jury knows and is comfortable with seeing as
evidence a PC that is operated normally, whereas they
are never quite sure if an evidentiary report reasonably
demonstrates what the defendant was up to. The Shadow
eliminates the burden on the prosecution that they
otherwise have when presenting computer evidence in
court, plus, the prosecution gets to see the evidence at
the outset of the investigation rather than waiting. Not
only that, but I have frequently encountered program
data that none of the computer forensic software handles
because it is created by an obscure or unique computer
program, but with the Shadow, I can easily determine
what the data is because I am operating the suspect
computer itself, and to see what that data means I
simply need to operate the obscure software program in
question. Every professional investigator I know that
uses the Shadow absolutely loves it! I know some
prosecutors who say they won’t go to court without the
Shadow. The Shadow is THAT good!”
According to David Biessener, VOOM’s CEO, the Shadow is
a sophisticated, but very easy to use device. “The
Shadow, like all of our products, is engineered to
accomplish very sophisticated tasks, yet requires only
minutes of training to become an accomplished user. We
developed the Shadow because we saw a real need in law
enforcement and the courts. Traditionally, investigating
a suspect’s computer has required a certified computer
forensic expert utilizing complex computer forensic
software, which is very time consuming. Once digital
evidence is found using such software, the task has just
begun. A report has to be generated, and then explained
to the prosecutor, then explained to the defense
attorney and the defendant, and if the case goes to
court, the acquisition and presentation of the evidence
must be explained again to the judge and jury, while the
defense is busy challenging and probing for any
weaknesses in the chain of evidence. To make matters
worse, the crime labs are backed up, which delays the
whole process, and the more time that passes, the more
difficult it is to prosecute because of witness
memories. The Shadow not only presents the evidence in a
natural and intuitive form, it speeds the investigation
and catalyzes quick plea bargains, which clears court
dockets and frees up the overwhelmed crime labs. And if
the case goes to court, the prosecution is immediately
presenting the evidentiary content (with the Shadow)
instead of devoting a lot of court time and expensive
expert witness time explaining how the complex computer
forensic software works and how it was utilized to
produce the report and what the report really means.”
Voom Technologies, Inc. is a high technology company
founded in 1999 and based in Lakeland, MN, that patents,
designs and develops computer technology devices for
computer forensics, computer system assurance, and
computer data storage. The company’s products, designed
for unparalleled performance, affordability, and
remarkable ease of use, are sold and deployed worldwide.
Contact:
Maureen Aro, Marketing
maureenta@voomtech.com Voom Technologies, Inc.
910-270-6248 : direct, 910-297-8622 : mobile
www.voomtech.com
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