You Went To The Police Or Your Lawyer & They Can’t Help

In interacting with many people that have been victims of internet defamation, the conversations frequently start out with “I went to my local police department” or “I consulted with my attorney” and they can’t help me.  I don’t understand.

Can anybody help me?

The answers is possibly but let’s first understand why you may have heard this.

When Law Enforcement Cannot Help

In its normal role of protecting citizens and enforcing laws, most people understand when it is appropriate to ask for their services.  However in the internet age, our law enforcement groups are also getting asked to police issues related to the internet.  When the internet activity is criminal in nature, then they can (and should) absolutely play a role.  When the activity is not criminal in nature, such as when a business gets seriously defamed online and loses many of its customers, then this is typically not the role of law enforcement.  Unfortunately, if you are that business owner and and have no idea of where to turn, then you become desperate and see if they can help.

Another issue also arises on the internet, even when the activity is criminal in nature.  Finding someone who is committing the crime on the internet anonymously and behind fake IP addresses and usernames becomes very difficult.  Most local law enforcement groups simply do not have the tools or manpower to staff.  We have heard numerous time of “if we could proof who was doing this, we would arrest them”.

Can You Do Anything To Help?

If you have gotten this kind of response, there is something that can be done.  There
are  private cyber investigation groups for hire that will help track down the person involved.  If the activity is criminal in nature and you take it upon yourself to hire professionals to put together the case, then it is possible to bring resolution to a problem.

When Your Attorney Cannot Help

Imagine sitting in the board room of a $100 Million company who was being brought to its knees by one lone antagonist with a laptop.  This person was very professionally destroying the online reputation of their company which, in turn, was seriously impacting their business.

Unfortunately, tools exist out there for a few hundred dollars where a person could literally send out 10,000 detrimental articles and other damaging information about a company in about 0.5 Hours.  Can you imagine the impact of such an assault?

Now, for this company who retained excellent legal counsel, they were ready to take action of suing the attacker, getting negative information removed, and were prepared to spare no expense to do so.

ONE BIG PROBLEM: Who Are They Going After?

As you might imagine, this caused total frustration for the company.

Can You Do Anything In This Case?

Like in the answer above for law enforcement, it is quite possible to find the person on the internet with the help of a professional cyber investigation group.  Unfortunately, there is only about 2 of these groups worldwide that make their services available.

If you have run into these issues, then we suggest you visit Cyber Investigation Services, LLC.  They deal with tons of these kinds of cases and can pretty quickly assess your needs and solutions.  You can visit them at http://www.cyberinvestigationservices.com