Seasus provided digital forensic investigation services to the Investigations and Compliance Directorate within the Office of the Commissioner for Revenue (CfR), Ministry for Finance, supporting the detection of malpractice and under-declaration of sales across Malta's retail and point-of-sale sector.
Over a year-long engagement of 1,850 hours, our computer forensic investigator handled the full cycle of digital evidence work: identifying, preserving and capturing electronic evidence from workstations, servers, mobile devices and removable media; analysing point-of-sale and electronic cash register systems for hidden processes and functions used to under-report takings; and compiling findings into reports admissible in court, with expert testimony provided when required.
What set the engagement apart was how that evidence got triaged. Rather than working through point-of-sale logs and transaction records case by case, Seasus applied automated, AI-assisted pattern and anomaly detection to flag the transactions and system behaviours most likely to indicate tampering, letting investigators focus their time on the leads worth pursuing rather than the full haystack of data.
Alongside the casework, Seasus developed and delivered training modules for CfR's Investigations and Compliance officials, covering the same forensic and analytical techniques on the job, on-site and in the classroom, so the Directorate could build this capability in-house over time.
The result was a faster, more consistent investigation process: AI-assisted triage did the heavy lifting on data volume, so experienced investigators could spend their time where it mattered most, building cases that stand up in court.
