United States vs. Roger Duronio: A Criminal Investigation in Securities Fraud

Description:

In this uncertain economic time, employers are being forced to terminate employees at record paces. Some employees will go to great lengths in expressing their aggravation over their termination. Keith Jones and Michael Buchanan discuss, based on first-hand experience, the case of Roger Duronio who set off a logic bomb that crippled his employers file system and cost them over $3 million in repairs. This is a unique course with a great perspective from those who were involved with the case.


I. Overview
II. The Logic Bomb
III. Initial Incident Response
IV. Official Criminal Investigation
V. Indictment
VI. Trial
VII. The Verdict
VIII. Sentencing

Lecturers:

• Michael F. Buchanan & Keith Jones

Michael F. Buchanan & Keith Jones

Michael F. Buchanan is a partner in Jenner & Block’s New York Office and a member of the Firm’s Intellectual Property, White Collar Criminal Defense and Counseling, and Securities Litigation Practices.  Mr. Buchanan, a former federal prosecutor and engineer, concentrates in complex litigation focusing on intellectual property, corporate internal investigations, and representing corporate and individual clients in connection with criminal and civil investigations, including representation before the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and state and local authorities.
Mr. Buchanan tried several complex cases to verdict, including two high-profile public corruption cases, and twice argued before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.  Notably, Mr. Buchanan was involved in the successful prosecution of an FBI analyst and his co-conspirator for espionage.  For his efforts, Mr. Buchanan received the FBI Directors Award for Outstanding Counterintelligence Investigation.

Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Buchanan was an associate at Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, one of the nation’s premier white collar criminal defense boutiques, where he represented clients in numerous criminal and enforcement actions and assisted with all aspects of the firm's pre-trial, trial and appellate practice, including the representation of clients before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange.

Mr. Buchanan received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Columbia University in 1984.  After graduation, he worked for four years as a structural design engineer at Grumman Aerospace.  He then worked full time as a law clerk at the intellectual property law firm of Pennie & Edmonds in New York, drafting and prosecuting patents, while attending Brooklyn Law School at night.  While at Pennie & Edmonds, he passed the patent bar and became a registered patent agent.

Mr. Buchanan received his J.D. degree cum laude in 1992 and clerked for U.S. District Judge Franklin S. Van Antwerpen in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  Mr. Buchanan is admitted to the Bars of the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey.

 

Keith J. Jones is an owner and Senior Partner with Jones Dykstra & Associates, a specialized services company which provides Computer Forensics, Electronic Evidence Discovery, Litigation Support and training to commercial and government clients.    Mr. Jones is the Senior Partner responsible for the electronic evidence discovery and litigation support practices.

Mr. Jones is an industry-recognized expert in computer security with over ten years experience in computer forensics and incident response.  His expertise also includes information security consulting, application security, software analysis and design.  Mr. Jones has been an expert witness on several high-profile cases such as US v Duronio. 

Before partnering with Brian Dykstra, Mr. Jones was the Director of Computer Forensics, Incident Response and Litigation Support and a founding member of MANDIANT where he managed and directed technical teams which conducted computer intrusion investigations, forensic examinations, litigation support and e-discovery efforts.  

Prior to becoming a co-founder of MANDIANT (formerly known as Red Cliff Consulting, LLC), Mr. Jones was the Director of Incident Response and Computer Forensics at Foundstone, where he led the service line’s engagements and was a developer and lead instructor of several technical education courses.  Earlier in his distinguished career, Mr. Jones served as a Senior Security Administrator at a biotechnology company, responsible for the corporation’s entire information security model, where he developed a security and network infrastructure from conception to completion; and managed a team of developers at SYTEX, Inc, a Department of Defense contractor, on several software development projected projects, where he was in charge of building specialized tools for log analysis, attack and penetration, defensive measures and vulnerability assessments.

Mr. Jones is an accomplished author, and his works include Real Digital Forensics: Computer Security and Incident Response, Addison-Wesley, published in March 2005 and The Anti-Hacker Toolkit, McGraw-Hill, copyright 2002, recognized in the security industry as a definitive reference on critical applications for security practitioners.

Mr. Jones holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.  He also earned a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University.  Mr. Jones earned and maintains the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification, is a Certified Computer Examiner (CCE), and is an associate member of the American Bar Association (ABA).  He also holds several lifetime memberships in the engineering, electrical engineering, and mathematical honor societies.

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United States vs. Roger Duronio: A Criminal Investigation in Securities Fraud