My Story

Crux Intel was born from a moment that permanently changed how I see the justice system.

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​During my years at the FBI, I worked on hundreds of digital forensic cases. A few still stay with me. In one, I was on the search warrant team, collecting and analyzing the digital evidence as part of the government’s investigation. As I worked through the data, it became clear to me that the evidence did not match the story being told in court. I was asked to testify beyond what I could honestly stand behind. I declined.

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The defendant had no qualified forensic expert to challenge the prosecution’s interpretation of the data. The case moved forward with only one side’s technical narrative in the courtroom. You can guess what the verdict was.

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When I later chose to jump sides and help the defense, even close friends still inside the FBI questioned me — “How can you do this, after everything we’ve seen?” I understood the reaction. I once felt the same way. But working inside the evidence taught me how easily conclusions harden before facts are fully tested.

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I have enormous respect for the FBI’s investigative work. But trials are not investigations — they are adversarial proceedings. And without experts on both sides, the truth never gets fully tested.

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The truth is simple: when only one side has expert access, justice tilts. Digital evidence is complex, and without independent forensic scrutiny, assumptions harden into facts and outcomes turn on who has the stronger expert, not the stronger evidence.

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Every person is more than the allegation placed before a jury. We are all one decision, one moment, or one misinterpreted data point away from a completely different life. When freedom depends on digital evidence, independent forensic analysis is not optional — it is the safeguard of justice.

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Crux Intel exists to restore that balance — to ensure verdicts are driven by evidence, not by which side had more resources.