Jared Stern

About Jared Stern

COURT-QUALIFIED DIGITAL FORENSICS EXPERT, CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATOR, AND SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CONSULTANTAccomplished digital forensics examiner and expert witness with 38+ years of success providing attorneys and organizations with clear, defensible analysis across civil, criminal, and federal proceedings. Trusted by law firms, corporate counsel, and government entities for high-risk, high-complexity matters requiring rigorous forensic methodology and litigation-grade evidence handling. Qualified and accepted as an expert in county, state, federal, and military courts, with experience that includes digital forensic examinations, fact-witness testimony in more than 500 proceedings, expert opinions admitted in 14 cases, and hundreds of additional expert engagements concluded prior to testimony. Regularly investigates cybercrime and cryptocurrency-enabled fraud schemes, including pig-butchering investment scams and ransomware incidents, in dozens of matters involving digital asset tracing, extortion communications, and structured ransom negotiations and payments on behalf of corporate, professional practice, and individual victims, as well as domestic litigation involving asset concealment, conversion, and dissipation through cryptocurrency.Serves as a trusted provider of litigation-grade digital forensics, cyber investigations, and expert testimony for law firms, corporate counsel, and government agencies, leading a multidisciplinary investigative and technology consulting firm that delivers digital forensics, cyber investigations, expert testimony, operational security, and executive protection for private-sector, legal, corporate, and government clients, with particular emphasis on complex cybercrime matters, cryptocurrency-enabled fraud, digital asset tracing, and ransomware.Geographies in which operations have been managed, and services provided, include, though are not limited to: The United States (nationwide), Iraq (multiple deployments), Kurdistan, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, France, New Zealand, Thailand, the Malacca Straits, London, Germany, West Africa, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the Suez Canal.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Prudential Associates

   Jun 1991 — Present

   Company PresidentLicensed Private InvestigatorLicensed Armed Protection/Security ProviderCertified Computer Forensic Examiner and Expert WitnessAnti-Piracy OperationsCOURT-QUALIFIED DIGITAL FORENSICS EXPERT, CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATOR, AND SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CONSULTANTTrusted provider of litigation-grade digital forensics, cyber investigations, and expert testimony for law firms, corporate counsel, and government agencies. Leads a multidisciplinary investigative and technology consulting firm delivering digital forensics, cyber investigations, expert testimony, operational security, and executive protection for private-sector, legal, corporate, and government clients. Special emphasis on cybercrime matters involving cryptocurrency-enabled fraud, digital asset tracing, and ransomware Geographies in which operations have been managed and services provided include, though are not limited to: The United States (nationwide), Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, Egypt, Turkey, France, New Zealand, Thailand, the Malacca Straits, London, Germany, West Africa, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the Suez Canal.LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:Certified Cyber Crime Examiner (3CE) Jan. 2019National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)(Fairmont, WV)AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE) for Computer Forensics (May 2012)AccessData Group, Inc.(Lindon, UT)(Recertified April 2020)Maryland Private Detective Agency Licensee (License #10•••45)(Valid Since Jan. through the Maryland State Police licensing division (Recertified Jan 2019)Maryland Private Detective Registration (Private Detective License #10•••45)(Valid Since Jan. Licensed through the Maryland State Police Licensing DivisionMaryland Security Guard Agency Licensee (Valid Since Jan. through the Maryland State Police Licensing Division

Education

• AccessData Group, Inc. (Lindon, UT)

  AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE) (Computer Forensics)

• Information Assurance Certification Review Board (Chicago, IL)

  Certified Mobile Forensics Examiner (CMFE)

  2020 — 2020

• Information Assurance Certification Review Board (Chicago, IL)

  Certified Computer Forensic Examiner (CCFE)

• Thomas Wootton High School Potomac Maryland

  High School

  1984 — 1985