Digital Forensics Case Study | Perpetrator Who Produced Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Material Sentenced to Imprisonment on Digital Forensics Evidence

The client who came to Daeryun to request digital forensics was the father of a high school girl.

The client had learned that his daughter, while dating a male college student, had sent explicit photos and videos.

The client wanted to clearly confirm whether the other man held any photos or videos, and whether those files had been leaked.

Daeryun's digital forensics center carried out the investigation through the collaboration of relevant specialists.

■ Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sexual Abuse

▶ Article 11 (Production, Distribution, and Similar Acts Involving Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Material)

① A person who produces, imports, or exports child or youth sexual exploitation material shall be punished by life imprisonment or imprisonment for not less than 5 years.

② A person who, for profit, sells, lends, distributes, or provides child or youth sexual exploitation material, or who possesses, transports, advertises, introduces, or publicly exhibits or screens it for such purpose, shall be punished by imprisonment for a definite term of not less than 5 years.

③ A person who distributes or provides child or youth sexual exploitation material, or who advertises, introduces, or publicly exhibits or screens it for such purpose, shall be punished by imprisonment for a definite term of not less than 3 years.

④ A person who, knowing the circumstances indicating that child or youth sexual exploitation material will be produced, arranges for a child or youth to be provided to the producer of such material shall be punished by imprisonment for a definite term of not less than 3 years.

⑤ A person who purchases child or youth sexual exploitation material, or who, knowing that it is such material, possesses or views it shall be punished by imprisonment for a definite term of not less than 1 year.

⑥ An attempt to commit the offense under paragraph 1 shall be punished

⑦ A person who habitually commits the offense under paragraph 1 shall have the punishment prescribed for that offense increased by up to one half.

Through digital forensics, the usage records of all the applications installed on the other man's phone were analyzed.

In the conversation records of the applications, several photos and videos exploited from the client's daughter could be confirmed.

Daeryun's digital forensics center found that the other man had also saved on his own phone the explicit photos and videos he had exploited from the client's daughter.

The firm's specialists carried out digital forensics and analyzed all of the data on the other man's phone.

They secured all photo and video materials on the mobile device, including not only the full data but also data that had been deleted.

Daeryun's digital forensics team also analyzed the possibility that sexual exploitation material had been leaked through the installed applications.

As a result of the digital forensics, it was uncovered that the other man possessed the explicit photos and videos he had exploited from the client's daughter.

Fortunately, it was confirmed that there had been no leakage, and the photos and videos in his possession were compiled into a list through digital forensics and permanently deleted.

The client submitted Daeryun's digital forensics results to the investigative agency as evidence and filed a complaint against the other man for violation of the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sexual Abuse.

The client who came to Daeryun for digital forensics wished to file a complaint against the other man who possessed sexual exploitation material involving the client's minor daughter.

Daeryun's digital forensics team provided its utmost assistance and proved the other man's charge of possessing sexual exploitation material.

Based on the digital forensics results, the criminal specialist attorney supported the client, who filed a complaint against the other man for violation of the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth against Sexual Abuse, and the court, treating the matter seriously, sentenced the man to imprisonment.

If, like the case above, you are considering digital forensics to collect evidence of a digital sex crime, you may come to Daeryun Law Firm and request assistance.