FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF DUPLICATE IMEI’S-A CASE STUDY

Mobile forensics is a sub-set of digital forensics which includes the investigation and acquisition of artifacts of mobile phones. With the advancement of technology threats to mobile phones made forensic science a challenging Endeavour. Number of mobile users is increasing worldwide and creates tremendous problems and challenges. As the technology is advancing the criminals are also getting advanced day by day. Investigation agencies come across various crimes committed through different modes, forgery of IMEI number(s) of mobile device being one of them. This paper presents a case study in which mobile phones of duplicate IMEI’s, hardware tools capable of duplicating IMEI along with other evidences have been received and examined in the laboratory.