Privacy Is Dead - Get Over It

Presented at HOPE Number Six (2006), July 22, 2006, 5 p.m. (120 minutes)

This will be a wide-ranging lecture covering databases, privacy, and "computer-aided investigation." Steven is the owner of PallTech, the largest privately held online investigative support service in the U.S. This talk will include numerous examples of actual data and secret databases as well as a demonstration of an actual online investigation done on a volunteer subject. During the second hour, Steven will be joined by a four member panel of investigators and intelligence experts.

(The focus of this panel was changed a bit when Steven Rambam was arrested prior to the presentation.)


Presenters:

  • Steven Rambam
    Steven Rambam is the founder and CEO of Pallorium, Inc. (http://www.pallorium.com), a licensed investigative agency with offices and affiliates worldwide, including Texas, Louisiana, California, and New York. Since 1980, Pallorium's investigators have successfully closed more than 8000 cases, ranging from homicide investigations to missing persons cases to the investigation of various types of sophisticated financial and insurance frauds. Steven was one of the first investigators to expose "prime bank note" and "trading program" frauds, and his investigations in conjunction with U.S. federal law enforcement agencies resulted in some of the first convictions and imprisonment of PBN fraudsters. He is perhaps best publicly known for his pro bono activities, which have included the investigation of nearly 200 Nazi collaborators and war criminals in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. Steven has also coordinated efforts to expose terrorist groups' fundraising activities in the United States and has conducted investigations which resulted in the tightening of airport security in eight U.S. cities.
  • Kelly Riddle
    Kelly Riddle is one of the premier experts on surveillance and investigative "field craft" and he has trained hundreds of investigative professionals. He has more than 23 years of uninterrupted investigative experience and earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice from the University of North Alabama. Kelly was chosen as the "P.I. of the Year" by the National Association of Investigative Specialists and PI Magazine named him as the "Number One P.I. in the United States." He has been designated an expert in surveillance, insurance investigations, nursing home abuse, and computer investigations. Kelly is the founder and president of the P.I. Institute of Education as well as the Association of Christian Investigators with more than 400 members in 43 states and six countries. He is a member of NAIS, GIN, TALI, LAPI, FAPI, ASIS, and ACI.
  • Kevin Noppinger
    Kevin Noppinger serves as lab director for DNA Labs International. His real world law enforcement experience and his encyclopedic knowledge of DNA related topics make him the perfect lecturer on the use of DNA as an investigative tool. Kevin has over 25 years in forensic serology and DNA science as both a testifying DNA analyst and laboratory technical leader, and has had extensive courtroom experience as an expert witness in circuit, federal, and international courts. He consults for the National Forensic Science Training Center (NFSTC) and conducts DNA audits in labs throughout the United States as required to become and maintain accreditation as established by the FBI. Kevin is currently the only DNA scientist conducting casework in the state of Florida and one of only 45 scientists worldwide who are certified by the American Board of Criminalistics (ABC) as a fellow in molecular biology.
  • Reginald "Reggie" Montgomery
  • Gerard P. "Jerry" Keenan

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