INVESTIGATOR'S ACTIONS DURING THE DETECTION OF THE MOBILE TERMINALS (CELLULAR RADIO PHONES) AT THE SCENE

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to highlight the theoretical and applied approaches to the legal support of the actions
of investigators during the investigation of criminal offenses for obtaining information from mobile terminals (cellular
radio phones) found at the scene, using the technical capabilities of the Cellebrite UFED hardware and software complex.
Methodology. Given the specifics of the object and subject of the study, the methodological toolkit was chosen. The
methodological basis is a dialectical approach to the analysis of the problems of documenting and recording evidence
at the scene, taking into account the capabilities of the Cellebrite UFED hardware and software complex. During the
research, a system of methods of scientific knowledge was used: formal logic (abstraction, logic, induction, deduction,
synthesis) – to clarify the content of the issues under consideration; theoretical – in the process of researching scientific
and educational and methodological literature; modeling – for the development and implementation in practice of
the sequence of actions of investigators during the investigation of criminal offenses. Scientific novelty. The sequence
of actions of the investigator, if a mobile terminal (cellular radio telephone) is found at the scene and the procedure
for extracting information content (computer data) from this device, using the technical capabilities of the Cellebrite
UFED hardware and software complex, are proposed. Conclusions. The actions of the investigator were considered if
a mobile terminal (cellular radio telephone) was found at the scene, the peculiarity of which is the need to use special
knowledge. The profile and qualification of a specialist who must be involved in the examination of a mobile terminal
(cellular radio telephone) is determined depending on the purpose and tasks of the investigative (search) action,
taking into account the established primary data on the nature of the criminal offense. A procedural procedure for
obtaining information (computer data) from a mobile terminal (cellular radio telephone) is proposed, during which
an "image"/electronic report of the available information is created, which is recorded on a digital medium in the form
of a file, and secured with an electronic tag in the form of a checksum. The provided scientific and methodological
recommendations in the process of presenting the main material can form a methodological basis for the effective
detection and investigation of criminal offenses of the specified orientation, taking into account the fact that in today’s
realities, practitioners, as well as the scientific community, are fruitfully working on new software solutions, developing
innovative methodologies for conducting individual forensic researches, initiate the latest technologies