Greater Houston RCFL

News Articles/Press Releases

7/26/11: Texas Man Allegedly Blackmailed Teen for Sex — Greater Houston RCFL is On the Case — A 19-year old Deer Park, Texas man faces one change of sexual abuse of a child for allegedly persuading a 14-year old girl to send photos of herself to him, then threatening to post them on the Internet if she didn’t have sex with him. The Greater Houston RCFL (GHRCFL) is providing digital forensics expertise to the Pasadena Police Department, a participating agency in the GHRCFL, who is leading the investigation. Get the full story.
4/27/11: Houston Sex Offender Convicted — The Greater Houston RCFL supported the successful prosecution of a Houston man who had more than 560 videos of child pornography on his home computer.
1/28/11: Nation's Largest PVC Manufacturer Under Investigation — The Greater Houston RCFL joined other Texas law enforcement agencies and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in serving a search warrant on the Shintech chemical plants.
3/30/10— Federal Grand Jury Convicts Houston Man of Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Coercing and Enticing an Adult to Commit Prostitution – The Greater Houston RCFL (GHRCFL) supported the investigation, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood. GHRCFL Deputy Director Larry Hovey testified at trial—click here for the full story.
07/13/09: Press Release Newly Accredited Houston Lab Expands Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory Network - Washington, D.C. - The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) accredited the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (GHRCFL) in digital and multi media evidence. According to ASCLD/LAB, 45 laboratories in the nation are currently accredited in this discipline—the GHRCFL being the 11th RCFL in the program to earn this distinction...
07/16/08: New FBI digital forensics lab partners with local law enforcement Andrew R. Bland, III, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Houston office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the opening of a new state-of-the art digital forensics laboratory which will better serve the region’s law enforcement community. This one-stop, full service forensics laboratory is the new home of the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (GHRCFL). The GHRCFL is devoted entirely to the examination of digital evidence in support of local, state, and federal criminal investigations...
07/15/08: Press Release NEW DIGITAL FORENSICS LABORATORY OPENS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS - Andrew R. Bland, III, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Houston office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the opening of a new state of the art digital forensics laboratory which will better serve the region’s law enforcement community. This one-stop, full service forensics laboratory is the new home of the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (GHRCFL). The GHRCFL is devoted entirely to the examination of digital evidence in support of local, state, and federal criminal investigations. ...
07/15/08: Houston FBI opens new digital crime lab Video: The opening of the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (GHRCFL) was held Tuesday...
05/02/08: Enron's Highest Officials Go On Trial
Five years after Enron's announced bankruptcy, founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO began their criminal trials. Click here to learn about the Greater Houston RCFL's support of the investigation into the largest corporate collapse in U.S. history...

02/16/06: Today's FBI: Computer forensics, digital fingerprints
When you think of crime scenes and gathering evidence, perhaps DNA and fingerprints come to mind. But there's another science which is helping law enforcement agencies like HPD find and convict criminals. It is the growing field of forensic computing...

10/08/03: FBI Director Mueller Announces Five New Computer Forensic Laboratories
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III today announced that five additional Regional Computer Forensic Laboratories (RCFLs) in Buffalo, NY, Houston, TX, Newark (Trenton), NJ, Portland, OR and Salt Lake City, UT will join the program, more than doubling the number of these facilities nationwide. RCFLs are highly specialized laboratories that provide forensic examinations of digital media, such as computers, in support of an investigation and/or prosecution of a federal, state or local crime ...