Evidence Spoliation

During an internal investigation, two executives were ordered to turn their laptops over to the company's outside counsel. However, neither the executives, nor their laptops, appeared at the designated time and place. Once the laptops finally materialized, forensic analysis was performed and remnants of evidence spoliation, more specifically data scrubbing, were found on both. Findings from the forensic analysis of both laptops were provided via testimony to a foreign law-enforcement agency which allowed them to secure a conviction related to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations.