Illegal Activity
none
Blackmail
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Date
2020-06-23
Document Type
email
Model
gemini-2.0-flash-001
Processed
2026-02-07T18:44
Summary
Thomas Brown from Berkeley Research Group provides a budget estimate for computer forensics services, including processing approximately 57 devices, extracting data, and briefing the investigative team. The estimated cost ranges from $85,000 to $135,000, with additional charges for hard drives, thumb drives, and device images.
Metadata
- Subject
- Computer Forensics - Budget Estimate
- Sender
- Thomas Brown
- Recipients
- —
- Document ID
- —
- Date
- 2020-06-23
Relationships 2
| Entity 1 | Relationship | Entity 2 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Brown | Employment | Berkeley Research Group, LLC | Thomas Brown is a Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group, LLC |
| Berkeley Research Group, LLC | Business | SDNY | BRG would coordinate with SDNY on the project. |
Notable Quotes 2
Specific deliverables known at this time include receiving, inventorying and forensically processing approximately 57 devices (a mix of computer hard drives, mobile devices, and portable media); extracting and parsing relevant data from those devices (parsing may involve, for example, review of backups, compressed files or other data that is not initially categorized by forensic tools); creating Relativity load files; preparing summaries and analyses of the data; and briefing the investigative team on the contractor's findings.
As to a budget, I would estimate between $85,000 to $135,000 as follows:
Financial Information
Amounts:85,000135,000603.0030,150.0045,225.00356.0053,400.0089,000.0083,550.00134,225.0020045500
Transactions:
- Estimate for computer forensics services
- Hourly fees for Director and Staff
- Charges for blank hard drives and thumb drives
- Fixed fee per device image
Raw Analysis JSON
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Themes
Financial transactions/money flowLegal matters/litigationBusiness dealings
People 2
Organizations 4
Berkeley Research Group, LLCBRGFBISDNY
Locations 1
New York, NY
Text Analysis
- Tone
- Professional
- Purpose
- To provide a budget estimate for computer forensics services.
- Significance
- Provides a detailed breakdown of costs associated with a computer forensics engagement, including staffing, equipment, and services.
File Info
- File Name
- EFTA00032026.txt
- Dataset
- dataset_8
- Type
- Text
- Model
- gemini-2.0-flash-001
- Processed
- 2026-02-07T18:44:43.094134
- DOJ Source
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