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About Commander Chris Wagoner
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Expertise
I can answer questions concerning Computer Crime Investigations and Internet investigations including Computer Crime Laws both at the State level and Federal level. I can answer questions on almost any crime in which a computer is used. In addition I can answer questions concerning copywrite infringement (peer to peer, and copying). I am a police Commander that conducts Computer Crime Investigations at the Local, State and Federal level. I have investigated all most any kind of crime with which or which involved a computer and the internet, from murders, kidnappings, extortion, drug dealing and more. I can answer questions concerning Computer Forensics (the art of recovering information from a suspects computer), Computer Crime Investigations and Internet Investigations. I can answer questions on almost any crime in which a computer is used. I am a Federally Court Certified Expert in Computer Crime and Computer Forensics. I have worked in both Facebook and MySPace, also in Peer to Peer investigations. In addition I can answer questions concerning child predators and how to make your children safer on-line. I teach Computer Forensics, Internet Investigations, Peer to Peer Investigations and other computer crime related subjects for several colleges and the Institute of Police Technology and Management.

Experience
I conduct computer crime investigations in conjunction with the F.B.I., Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, Gainesville Police Department, and University of Florida Police Department, Levi County Sheriff’s Office, Starke Police Department and other agencies in the North Florida Court District. I provide the forensic data recovery services for those agencies as well as internet tracing and information gathering. I am a Federal Court Certified Expert in Computer Crime Investigations and Forensics. I teach Computer Forensics for the University of North Florida, Institute of Police Technology and Management. I also teach Computer Crime courses for Tallahassee Community College, Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Training Center. Associate Instructor; teach Computer Crime courses thorough out the world for IPTM. Presently Teach Cyber Crime Investigations, Computer Crime Investigations and Computer Forensic Data Recovery Course.

Organizations
HTCIA-High Technology Crime Investigation Association

Education/Credentials
Santa Fe Community College Gainesville, Florida 32606 Degree 2001: Associate of Arts and Science (with Honors) Degree 2007: Associate of Arts (with Honors)

Awards and Honors
Awarded the FBI Directors Award for assisting the FBI in a National Computer Crime Investigation. Awarded Dec 2002

   

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Email accessing11/19/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: My ex-wife recently accessed my emails through using an FTP username and password. I have the logs ...
  A: Here is the IL state law on this: http://nsi.org/Library/Compsec/computerlaw/Illinois.txt I would ...
email privacy11/19/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: My old employer must have my email password. He entered my email account and had my emails ...
  A: Here is the Minnesota State law on computer crimes: Code Section 609.87, et seq. Mental State ...
Former employer11/18/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I was terminated from my employer on a Friday. On Sunday evening, I noticed when I logged into ...
  A: Well I have to admit this is the first time in all the thousands of questions that I was not able to ...
MY EX;S GF HACKED MY PC AND TOOK PRIVATE DOCUMENTS, IS THIS A CRIME I CAN PURSUE11/18/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I have been living apart from my ex for 3 years. He has not been in the house for over 2.We do not ...
  A: How do you know she has done this other than her saying see did? Did she offer you any information ...
Soon To Be Ex Husband and my emails11/17/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: My soon-to-be ex husband I believe has gained access to my emails. I had sent private information ...
  A: I hope you remove the virus using the program, and secure it from now on as I mentioned above. That ...
Soon To Be Ex Husband and my emails11/17/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: My soon-to-be ex husband I believe has gained access to my emails. I had sent private information ...
  A: Yes it is a crime but like you said you have to be able to prove it in some fashion. If you have ...
Unauthorized use of computer11/16/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I recently moved into a townhouse in Brunswick Ohio and when i came home from work one day I went to ...
  A: It is a crime in Ohio (and everywhere else that I know of) to access someone else's computer like ...
Cyber11/16/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: In 2006, a person hacked into all my email accounts. I reported this crime to the sheriff's ...
  A: You always have the right to ask to speak to a supervisor at the Sheriff's Office and tell them you ...
Cyber11/16/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: In 2006, a person hacked into all my email accounts. I reported this crime to the sheriff's ...
  A: It may be because they do not have anyone on staff that does computer crime investigations. Court ...
Cyber "crime" ..... I need help!11/14/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: In 2006, a person hacked into all my email accounts. I reported this crime to the sheriff's ...
  A: 1) Is it a crime what this person has and continues to do? Making fake profile accounts with my ...
how to prove harrassment11/12/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I have been married to an abusive personality for 22 years, now I am in the process of a nasty ...
  A: I am very sorry your having all this trouble. The only thing I can say is try to stay strong for ...
Soon to be ex husband monitoring Facebook and email accounts11/11/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I live in the state of PA. My soon to be ex husband informed me that he has copies of Facebook ...
  A: I am very sorry for all your problems you are having, but what he has done is a crime. Here are the ...
data recovery ethics11/4/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I've discovered evidence on a hard drive while doing a recovery. This evidence shows pictures of ...
  A: If you believe that you have evidence of a possible Murder, and do not notify the athorities you ...
email hacking10/26/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I have an ex friend who was able to get into my e-mail by resetting my password. I have since added ...
  A: You think its her is what your telling me. You need to report it to the police and let them find out ...
Hacked into my wife's email10/20/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: What happens (in the state of VA) if i get caught that i hacked into my wife's e-mail account to ...
  A: I would not do it. It will not only ruin anything you might find because it would not be admissible ...
Possible email harassment10/18/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Not sure if this is going to be a dumb question or not. Recently I have seperated from my husband ...
  A: Your fine, do not worry. In fact it would be better if you kept the e-mails to show what you did. Do ...
Myspace10/14/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: My friend is about to go through a divorce and she wanted to know if it was illegal for her husband ...
  A: No it is not legal for them to do that. There are no exceptions for spouses to illegally gain access ...
hacking person address and sending to company email10/11/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: What are the statue of limitations in Pennsylvania for computer fraud. I received an e-mail from a ...
  A: You don't need to worry about a statue of limitations. What you need to do is report this to your ...
illegall site or not10/5/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Hey commander, I'm really freaked a few weeks ago I visited what I thought was a questionable porn ...
  A: Your fine, do not worry. An accidental visit will not get you in trouble. You would be very ...
hacked by ex10/2/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: While legally separated and living apart my husband hacked into my AOL account and read my personal ...
  A: CT computer crime laws do not exclude spouses, but you may wish to check with a family lawyer just ...
Email account hacked - civil remedies?9/30/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I live in Florida and have email accounts with some of the larger email providers (Hotmail, Yahoo, ...
  A: You would have to show some type of loss to recover any civil amount. Just the act of hacking your ...
Computer laws9/29/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: What are the computer laws in Ohio regarding hacking?
  A: OK I have researched for days, and cannot find any Ohio laws on computers or hacking. You would have ...
Do websites have to encrypt passwords9/28/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I am just wondering when you create a password for a website who is able to see it? Is someone who ...
  A: There is no law that they can not see your password. In fact that is a very good reason that your ...
email hacking / theft9/27/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Like so many of the posts I’ve seen on your form, I to have been a victim of email hacking / theft. ...
  A: Try: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2701.html Thats for stored communications at the Federal ...
email hacking / theft9/24/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Like so many of the posts I’ve seen on your form, I to have been a victim of email hacking / theft. ...
  A: First do not do anything to the computer. If you have it forensically looked at it will ruin it for ...
harrasing email new jersey from husband girl freind9/17/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Still married, husband has restraining order. His girl friend sends me harassing e-mail calls me ...
  A: This actually is not under computer law, but under the harassment and stalking laws in NJ. Here is ...
nasty email9/15/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: i recently quit my job because all my complaints about former boss went unanswered. now she has sent ...
  A: Well I am sorry you lost your job over all this. Thats can't be any fun. As for the e-mail, if it ...
Do I own the copyright to an e-mail that I compose?9/14/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: My question is a multiple-parter, and may take too much of your time to cover thoroughly. If so, ...
  A: , Lets look at all your questions: Q: I would like to know if I own the copyright to a personal ...
HACKING A PERSONEL COMPUTER9/14/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: My friend is seperated from her husband. They live about 2 hours drive apart. He wanted to come to ...
  A: Thats actually what I was talking about, the email account. I am not sure how they view the account ...
HACKING A PERSONEL COMPUTER9/13/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: My friend is seperated from her husband. They live about 2 hours drive apart. He wanted to come to ...
  A: This one is hard to call. If they were divorced I would say yes. I am not that up on Ga. family law, ...
Telephone Porn9/13/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Is it illegal for someone to send pornography to your cell phone? When i say "pornography" I'm ...
  A: I did answer your question actually, I gave you several ways of stopping it. I also told you that it ...
Telephone Porn9/13/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Is it illegal for someone to send pornography to your cell phone? When i say "pornography" I'm ...
  A: Well you can do a few things. You can put the number on ignore. Many cell phone services have this ...
Repeated Email Password Change9/11/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Over the years I suspect I've had my password changed on a few of my personal email addresses. This ...
  A: Hey again Blair, You said you were not sure it was being hacked. And you said it was happening only ...
Divorcee and Cybernet Bullying in Virginia9/10/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: I went through a 4 year contested divorce (no children); which ended last month. Since inception I ...
  A: I am very sorry you went through all of that. I can see where it would cause a person to have a bad ...
Repeated Email Password Change9/10/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Over the years I suspect I've had my password changed on a few of my personal email addresses. This ...
  A: There are three ways to hack a e-mail password. Guess it (hard but do-able if you know the person ...
Harrassment and perhaps Cyberstalking in Pennsylvania9/7/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: My daughter became involved with a person on myspace that was not the person she thought he was. It ...
  A: If the Trooper is hitting a wall, he/she needs to get assistance from someone to help them then. ...
what to do with internet crime and report it9/6/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: Commander Wagoner, I posted a house for rent ad on criagslist on September 3rd and I did NOT list ...
  A: WOW I am very sorry your having so much trouble with these issues. There is an internet site where ...
Cyber Law9/5/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: There is a profile of mine on www.world-english .org and i have asked them to delete my profile and ...
  A: There is no law that you can use to make them take down your profile. They can agree to do it and ...
email password prank9/5/2009Dan Pepper
  Q: I think my step brother recently changed my yahoo email password. I know the password was changed, ...
  A: This sort of action would be based upon your particular state's laws in this area, however my sense ...
email security9/1/2009Commander Chris Wagoner
  Q: i am in a divorce, at the deposition i was shown an email about a dating site i had joined for a ...
  A: Yes it is. Florida State State 815 covers this. 815.06 Offenses against computer users.-- (1) ...

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