CNN.TELEVISION
JANUARY 29, 2002
Could high-tech footprints help find Daniel Pearl?
Live interview with Bill Hemmer about tracing email evidence.
ADVANCED FORENSIC INVESTIGATIVE SOLUTIONS
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AFIS is a boutique professional services firm that provides digital forensics, cyber investigations, deep and dark web intelligence, threat hunting, electronic discovery, and expert witness services to law firms, corporations, and government agencies.
Big 4 experience without the overhead.
We take the work seriously. Ourselves, not so much.
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Media Inquiries
Everyone loves a good mystery. Lawyers get the expensive ones. And Sergio has seen some things.
Sergio Kopelev is the Operating Partner of Advanced Forensic Investigative Solutions and serves as the firm's media contact. He is a digital forensics, eDiscovery, and cybercrime expert with more than 30 years of investigative experience in both law enforcement and the private sector, including senior management positions with companies such as Stroz Friedberg / AON, KPMG, Deloitte, Consilio, Huron, and Control Risks.
Sergio has led complex investigations, incident response teams, and forensic efforts for Fortune 10 companies, global law firms, and government agencies in the U.S. and abroad. He has a proven track record of success in employee misconduct, breach response, IP theft, FCPA, Second Request, and other regulatory investigations.
Sergio has published articles in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, Nevada Lawyer and Law Enforcement Technology Magazine. He has also appeared on CNN and National Public Radio and been interviewed by the Los Angeles Times as an industry expert in computer forensics. He is a highly qualified expert witness with extensive experience testifying in various jurisdictions. Before transitioning to consulting, Sergio served in law enforcement and founded one of the nation's first Internet Crimes Against Children task forces for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Selected Coverage
In the News.
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NPRRADIO
JANUARY 28, 2015
Officers ask map app to remove police tracking
Morning Edition interview about Waze, law enforcement, and public safety.
LA/TIMESPRINT
FEBRUARY 6, 2002
Cutting Edge of Secrecy
Quoted on recovering electronic evidence during coverage of the Enron investigation.
Archive note: CNN's original 2002 transcript misspells Kopelev's surname as “Kepelev.”
Selected Publications
From the archives. We were talking cybercrime long before ChatGPT or Claude joined the conversation.
Cracking Computer Codes
Digital evidence and computer forensic investigations.
Corrections Technology Today and Tomorrow
Technology and management in correctional facilities.
Cyber Sex Offenders
Early investigative approaches to online crimes against children.
Media Inquiries
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skopelev@afisexperts.com