Everest Technologies: Democratizing E-discovery and Digital Forensics

Recently, in the Greater Philadelphia region, a case of alleged spousal abuse involving digital evidence took a very interesting turn. The initial story was disturbing; a woman told local police that her husband of over 15 years had brutally beaten her and she had digital photos on her phone proving that it happened. Based on the photos she showed to the police, the husband was arrested, and he was fired from his job as a local teacher. The community was shocked. Well over a year later, however, this case made a complete 180-degree turn. Digital forensics experts from Everest Technologies, a digital forensics and e-discovery service provider, performed analysis on the cell phone of the alleged victim and discovered that she had digitally altered the photos that she had shown police, and her injuries had actually occurred days earlier in a well-documented fall. Adding to the tragedy of the false accusations was the fact that the police had preserved the phone of the alleged abuse victim, but that had never performed any analysis on it whatsoever! If not for the work Everest’s team the true victim in this matter, the husband, may have been wrongly convicted. As of today the husband is a free man, and again employed, and his wife is facing charges for her crimes. Cases like these are what drive the team at Everest and keep them motivated in their work.

Everest Technologies has built systems that bring order to chaos for their clientele, and help them both predict and control costs. Knowing that litigation can burden both civil and corporate entities with high costs they offer a full range of digital evidence and e-discovery management services. “We have a team with dozens and dozens of years of experience in the arena. We have developed innovative economic and technological options for clients to help them navigate their litigation burdens and we do it with a human touch, which is rare in this industry,” says Brian Wolfinger, CTO of Everest Technologies.