Fill and Sign the Affidavit Search Warrant Form

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI IN THE MATTER OF THE SEARCH OF xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx HARD DRIVE MODEL xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, SERIAL NUMBER xxxxxxxxxxxx AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF SEARCH WARRANT I, xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx, being duly sworn, state the following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief: INTRODUCTION I am a Special Agent of the United States Secret Service have reason to believe that on a xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx- xxxxxx, serial number xxxxxxxxxxxx, manufacturer date of xx July 200x, which was seized by the Emporia Kansas Police Department and shipped to the United States Secret Service Kansas City Ofce, 1150 Grand, Kansas City, Missouri, for Forensic Analysis, contains data to include but not limited to electronic data, records, images of counterfeit documents to include but not limited to; Western Union Money Orders, personal checks, travel’s checks, documents of identifcation such as driver’s licenses, Social Security Cards, birth certifcates, vehicle titles, and registrations, which are evidence and instrumentalities of crime, concerning violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371,2, and 513(a) counterfeiting the Western Union Money Order; 18 U.S.C. § 513(a) possessing a forged security Western Union Money Order; 18 U.S.C. § 1029(1) manufacture of fctitious identifcation documents. 1 The facts to support a fnding of probable cause are as follows: 1. I have been a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service since xxxxxxxxx xx, xxxx. I am currently assigned to the United States Secret Service Kansas City Field Ofce. Prior to my appointment to the Secret Service, I was a police ofcer for the Topeka, Kansas Police Department from xxxxxx of xxxx until xxxxxxxxx, xxxx. Prior to the Topeka Police Department, I was a police ofcer for the Kansas Highway Patrol from xxxx of xxxx until xxxxxx of xxxx. I also served in the Kansas Army National Guard as a military policeman from xxxxx xxxx to xxxxx xxxx. In my ofcial capacity, I have investigated federal, state, and local fnancial crimes violations for the past six years. During the course of my employment, I have received training in investigations at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) as well as over 200 hours of advance ofcer training. I have participated in the execution several search warrants that have resulted in felony arrests and the confscation of fnancial records, documents, computer equipment and other equipment used to facilitate fnancial and other crimes. 2. This afdavit contains information necessary to support probable cause for this application. It is not intended to include every fact or matter observed by me or known by law enforcement. The information provided is based on my personal knowledge and observations during the course of this investigation, information conveyed to me by other law enforcement 2 ofcials, and my review of records, documents, and other physical evidence obtained during this investigation. 3. I have reason to believe that the xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx-xxxxxx, serial number xxxxxxxxxxxxx, manufacturer date of xx July 200x, which was seized by the Emporia Kansas Police Department and shipped to the United States Secret Service Kansas City Ofce, 1150 Grand, Kansas City, Missouri, for Forensic Analysis, contains data to include but not limited to electronic data, records, images of counterfeit documents to include but not limited to; Western Union Money Orders, personal checks, traveler’s checks, documents of identifcation such as driver’s licenses, Social Security Cards, birth certifcates, vehicle titles, and registrations, which are evidence and instrumentalities of crime, concerning violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371,2, and 513(a) counterfeiting the Western Union Money Order; 18 U.S.C. § 513(a) possessing a forged security Western Union Money Order; 18 U.S.C. § 1029(1) manufacture of fctitious identifcation documents. FACTUAL BACKGROUND THE SEARCH AND SEIZURE 12. Based on the foregoing facts, and the training and experience of myself and others involved in this investigation with whom I have conferred, 3 there is probable cause that the xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx, serial number xxxxxxxxxxxxx contains data concerning the counterfeiting of Western Union Money Orders and identifcation documents previously mentioned. As such, the data is considered as both an instrumentality and evidence of the violations designated. 13. The term “data concerning the counterfeiting of Western Union Money Orders” includes all of the foregoing items of evidence in whatever form and by whatever means such as records, documents, or materials, their drafts, or their modifcations may have been created or stored, included any photographic form; any electrical, electronic, or magnetic form. 14. Data analysts may use several diferent techniques to search electronic data for evidence or instrumentalities of crime. These include, but are not limited to the following: examining fle directories and subdirectories for the lists of fles they contain; “opening” or reading the frst few “pages” of selected fles to determine their contents; scanning for deleted or hidden data; searching for key words or phrases (“string searches”). 15. Therefore, based on the facts as recited above, the afant requests the issuance of a search warrant to search the xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx-xxxxxx, serial number xxxxxxxxxxxx 4 and data stored on the device concerning the counterfeiting of Western Union Money Orders and identifcation documents to include but not limited to social security cards, birth certifcates, and state issued driver’s licenses, which are instrumentalities and evidence of the violations described herein. FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NOT. ____________________________ xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx U.S. Secret Service Subscribed and sworn before me this day of xxx 2005. xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 5