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Digital Forensics Corporation Reviews, Complaints & Contacts

Digital Forensics Corporation, LLC is an Ohio company in Warrensville Heights that sells digital forensics, cyber security and sextortion assistance services through digitalforensics.com. In October 2026 the FTC sued it and its owner, alleging deceptive sextortion assistance services and fake reviews; the allegations are unproven and the case is pending. This page covers what the FTC and the docket show, BBB and Trustpilot figures as displayed on 2026-10-20, the company's refund policy and where to report a problem.

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WEBSITEdigitalforensics.com
HEADQUARTERSWarrensville Heights, OH
PROFILE CHECKED2026-10-20
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  • Headquarters4400 Renaissance Pkwy, Suite 1 Warrensville Heights OH 44128
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Is Digital Forensics Corporation Legitimate?

BBB, Trustpilot

Legal name
Digital Forensics Corporation, LLC
Founded
2009
Business type
Ohio digital forensics and cyber-incident services company (Warrensville Heights, Ohio) that also markets paid sextortion assistance services; defendant in a pending Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed October 2026
Website
digitalforensics.comSource: checked 2026-10-20
Headquarters
Warrensville Heights, OHSource: FTC complaint paragraph 18, checked 2026-10-20

As of 2026-10-20 the company is a registered Ohio LLC at 4400 Renaissance Parkway, Warrensville Heights per the FTC complaint, has a BBB profile (not accredited, rated D+, opened 2016) and a claimed Trustpilot profile, and operates digitalforensics.com offering digital forensics, cyber security and sextortion assistance services. It is the defendant in a pending FTC lawsuit alleging deceptive claims about sextortion assistance services, deceptive reviews and unfair refund practices, in which the FTC reports a temporary restraining order and the docket lists a court-appointed receiver. The company and Mr. Belkin oppose a preliminary injunction and the receiver in court filings. The allegations are unproven and the case is pending.

Readers deciding whether to hire any paid sextortion or forensics service can compare the FTC's published guidance with the company's own terms, refund policy and contract before paying.

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BBBDigital Forensics Corp., Warrensville Heights, OH
117 reviews · 89 complaints · BBB business grade D+ · average customer rating 3.8 / 5
Trustpilot
322 reviews · TrustScore 4.3 / 5
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Reviews and complaints as displayed on 2026-10-20

BBB. On the BBB profile for Digital Forensics Corp., Warrensville Heights, OH, BBB shows "NOT a BBB Accredited Business", a rating of D+, the reasons "Business has failed to resolve underlying cause(s) of a pattern of complaints" and "4 complaint(s) filed against business that were not resolved", 89 complaints in the last 3 years and 8 in the last 12 months. The reviews tab shows 3.8 out of 5 from an average of 117 customer reviews. BBB's file was opened 2016-08-05 (raw page data). BBB shows three alerts. One records that BBB wrote to the company on April 30, 2018 about complaints alleging misrepresentation of Phase 1 and Phase 2 reporting, that the company responded on May 16, 2018 (BBB reports that it acknowledged mismanaged and poorly trained employees in its sales and customer service departments and said it had removed or reassigned those staff), and that BBB staff reviewing complaints in April 2021 and again in December 2024 (at the company's request) found that many still raised Phase 1 and Phase 2 concerns. A second says that in June 2024 BBB learned the company was asking people to remove reviews as a condition of resolving concerns, and that BBB removed reviews from the periods it believes were affected and reviews it could not confirm as authentic. A third reports the pending FTC case.

Trustpilot. Trustpilot shows 4.3 from 322 reviews, a claimed profile (since Nov 2016) with a paid Trustpilot subscription, 12 reviews in the last 12 months, and 76 percent of reviews at 5 stars and 6 percent at 1 star. It carries the notice "This company hasn't invited customers recently, so reviews may not be representative" and states that Trustpilot does not fact-check reviews; Trustpilot shows the company replied to 75 percent of negative reviews and typically takes over 1 month to reply. The FTC's review allegations in the cited complaint passages concern Google, BBB and ResellerRatings; Trustpilot is not named in them.

Company's own display. The footer of digitalforensics.com shows "5.00 / 5 based on 6917 user reviews", linked to ResellerRatings. That is the company's own display, not independently checked, and is not combined with the BBB or Trustpilot figures.

These are separate snapshots from separate platforms, are not added together and are not our own rating of the company. Customer accounts on these sites are unverified allegations. The FTC complaint alleges that hundreds of consumers complained, including to BBB and the FTC. No published complaint reports are currently linked to this profile.

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Digital Forensics Corporation complaints: what to do first

This page was checked on 2026-10-20. The company is a defendant in a pending Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit, which is described in the sections on this page as allegations; the court has not decided the case.

If you are being blackmailed (sextortion). The FTC consumer alert published with its lawsuit says to ignore and block the blackmailer, not to pay them or give them access to devices or financial accounts, to talk to someone you trust, and to report the crime to local police and to the FBI (fbi.gov, 1-800-225-5324).

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If a minor is involved, it points to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline. For free counseling and support it lists the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (1-800-843-5678) for minors and the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233) for adults. It also says the Take It Down Act requires platforms to remove intimate images within 48 hours of a request and that a platform that does not can be reported at TakeItDown.ftc.gov. The same alert advises researching any paid service before paying, for example by searching the company name with words like review or complaint.

If you already paid Digital Forensics.

  • Keep your contract or authorization form, receipts, emails, texts and any report you were sent. The company's refund policy page (last updated 23 July 2020) says refund eligibility depends on timing, so note the date you signed or paid.
  • Contact the company: the refund policy page directs questions to [email protected], and the site footer lists 800-849-6515 and [email protected].
  • Report to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. The FTC press release names ReportFraud.ftc.gov as the place to report fraud and bad business practices.
  • File a complaint with BBB Serving Greater Cleveland through the company's BBB profile (the BBB complaints tab shows a Submit a Complaint button).

This page does not give legal advice and the FTC case has not established what any individual customer is owed.

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FTC lawsuit and court-appointed receiver (October 2026)

On October 13, 2026 the FTC announced that it had sued Digital Forensics Corporation, LLC, its owner Dmitry Belkin and eleven affiliated companies in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and that "a federal court has granted the Federal Trade Commission's request to temporarily halt the activities of Digital Forensics Corporation LLC and its CEO." The complaint is dated October 6, 2026 (case 1:26-cv-02615). The Commission vote authorizing the complaint was 2-0, and the FTC notes that it files a complaint when it has "reason to believe" the law is being violated and that "the case will be decided by the court."

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  • Customers who found the company through search and social media ads were sold a "Phase 1" package costing between $1,499 and $20,000 that was supposed to include tracking the sextortionist, communicating with them, an investigative report and reporting to law enforcement; the FTC alleges the promised services were in numerous instances not performed, and that the company instead blocked the sextortionist on the victim's accounts, produced fabricated chat transcripts and reused pre-saved location coordinates in reports.
  • Customers were then pressured to buy a "Phase 2" monitoring service that the FTC alleges was not delivered.
  • Telemarketers allegedly used scripts built on a victim's circumstances (for example, warning servicemembers of a dishonorable discharge) and told victims not to block the sextortionist, which the FTC says is contrary to FBI advice.
  • The company allegedly did not honor its own refund policy and conditioned some refunds on removing negative reviews.
  • The FTC alleges the company sent dissatisfied customers to fake Better Business Bureau websites it operated, used India-based employees to write fake reviews, and paid Uber drivers who had never used its services to post positive reviews. The press release says the company generated "thousands of fake positive online reviews".
  • The FTC says victims paid at least $60 million between February 2023 and July 2026 (complaint paragraph 13).

The claims are brought under the FTC Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, the Reviews and Testimonials Rule and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. The FTC asks for a permanent injunction, monetary relief and other relief, including an asset freeze and a receiver. The FTC thanked BBB Serving Greater Cleveland and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for assistance. The company and its owner are contesting the requests for a preliminary injunction and the receiver (see the litigation section). No finding that the allegations are true has been made.

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Court record: FTC v. Digital Forensics Corporation, LLC

Court records

The public docket (CourtListener, last updated October 19, 2026) shows Judge Patricia A. Gaughan assigned, and the following steps:

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  • October 6, 2026: complaint filed, together with an ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order with asset freeze and an order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue; the FTC's notice of a candidate for temporary receiver names Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.
  • October 9, 2026: defense counsel appeared for the corporate defendants and for Dmitry Belkin; the receiver's firm appeared as receiver, and the court granted the receiver's motion to retain counsel as of October 7, 2026. An order of that date notes that, absent agreement of the parties to extend the expiration date of the Temporary Restraining Order, defendants' response time could be extended only to October 14, 2026, and set the FTC reply for October 16.
  • October 14, 2026: all defendants filed a brief opposing the preliminary injunction and the receiver's appointment or, in the alternative, asking to amend the order appointing the receiver, with declarations from Dmitry Belkin and others.
  • October 16, 2026: the FTC filed its reply with supporting declarations.
  • October 19, 2026: the FTC filed an opposition to the defendants' motion for leave to file a supplemental brief, and the court granted the motion, with an FTC response due that day and any defense reply due October 20, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.; the receiver moved to retain a financial consultant. A further order entered October 19, 2026 (Doc. 26) has no public description on CourtListener and its content was not read.

No described docket entry ruling on the preliminary injunction appears as of the docket last updated October 19, 2026. The court has not decided whether the FTC's allegations are true.

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Court & Public Records

Federal Trade Commission v. Digital Forensics Corporation, LLC, et al.

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of OhioDocket 1:26-cv-02615Source ↗

Filed — no final outcome recorded

FTC complaint against the company, Dmitry Belkin and eleven affiliated companies under the FTC Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, the Reviews and Testimonials Rule and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, seeking a permanent injunction, monetary relief and other relief. The FTC announced on October 13, 2026 that the court had granted its request to temporarily halt the defendants' activities; a receiver appears on the docket. Defendants filed a brief on October 14, 2026 opposing a preliminary injunction and the receiver. Pending; no described entry ruling on the preliminary injunction or finally deciding the case as of the docket last updated October 19, 2026 (the Doc. 26 order has no public description and was not read).

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Who operates Digital Forensics Corporation

The FTC complaint describes Digital Forensics Corporation, LLC ("DFC") as an Ohio limited liability company with its principal place of business at 4400 Renaissance Parkway, Suite 1, Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and Dmitry Belkin as its founder and registered agent. BBB lists the business as "Digital Forensics Corp.", a limited liability company at the same address, with Dmitry Belkin as business management; BBB's raw page data gives a business start and incorporation date of 2009-08-31 for that listing.

Services on the company's own site. The digitalforensics.com menu lists Forensics Services (computer, cell phone and audio/video forensics, e-discovery and similar), Cyber Security (incident response, data breach response, penetration testing), IP Theft and Cyber Blackmail. The homepage shows a main line of 800-849-6515 with "24/7/365 support service open" and the label "GSA Approved Forensics Specialist". On 2026-10-20 the homepage text did not mention the FTC case.

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Related companies. The FTC complaint names eleven other companies as defendants that it alleges operated together with DFC as a "common enterprise", several under similar "Digital Forensics" trade names, and lists websites it attributes to the defendants: BlackmailHelpline.com, DigitalForensics.com, CyberBlackmail911.com and SecurityBreach911.com. BBB lists Security Breach 911, Cyber Security Corp, I & D Belkin, All File Recovery USA Inc and 1st All File Recovery USA Inc. as alternate names on the DFC profile. Whether these entities form a common enterprise is an allegation for the court to decide.

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Company Relationships

  • Affiliated with1st All Data Recovery LLC
  • Affiliated with1st All File Recovery USA, Inc.
  • Affiliated withI & D Belkin LLC
  • Affiliated withRemote Backup Corp, LLC
  • Affiliated withDigital Cyber Forensics Investigations LLC
  • Affiliated withCyber Digital Forensics Response LLC
  • Affiliated with1st All Investments, LLC
  • Affiliated withSalon Place LLC
  • Affiliated withVPR Academy LLC
  • Affiliated with21111 Chagrin Investments LLC
  • Affiliated with4350 Renaissance LLC
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Digital Forensics Corporation?

Digital Forensics Corporation, LLC is an Ohio limited liability company with its principal place of business at 4400 Renaissance Parkway, Suite 1, Warrensville Heights, Ohio, according to the FTC complaint. Its website, digitalforensics.com, lists forensics, cyber security, IP theft and cyber blackmail services. BBB lists it as Digital Forensics Corp. with Dmitry Belkin as business management.

What has the FTC alleged against Digital Forensics Corporation?

The FTC filed a complaint on October 6, 2026 in the Northern District of Ohio (case 1:26-cv-02615) alleging that the company and affiliated defendants misled sextortion victims into paying at least $60 million for "Phase 1" and "Phase 2" services that were not performed as promised, used deceptive telemarketing, failed to honor a refund policy, and used fake or suppressed reviews. The FTC announced a temporary restraining order on October 13, 2026. These are allegations; the court decides the case.

Has the court decided the FTC case against Digital Forensics?

No described entry on the CourtListener docket, last updated October 19, 2026, decides the case or rules on the preliminary injunction; one order of October 19 (Doc. 26) has no public description. Briefing on the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction and on the receiver was still in progress, with a defense reply due October 20, 2026. The defendants oppose the preliminary injunction and the receiver.

What is the Digital Forensics refund policy?

The refund policy page (last updated 23 July 2020) says that without a signed authorization form a customer cancelling within three days may be entitled to a refund of up to 90 percent if an agreement has not been signed and work has not begun, and up to 80 percent if work has begun (for example, emergency service where work begins immediately). With a signed form it states up to 75 percent within one day, up to 50 percent within two days, up to 25 percent within three days, and no refund after three days. The FTC complaint quotes the same 75/50/25 schedule from the company's contracts and alleges the company often did not honor it. The page directs questions to [email protected]; the site footer lists 800-849-6515 and [email protected].

What does the FTC advise if I am being blackmailed online?

The FTC consumer alert says to ignore and block the blackmailer, not to pay them or give them access to devices or accounts, to tell someone you trust, and to report to local police and the FBI (fbi.gov, 1-800-225-5324). Reports involving minors go to the NCMEC CyberTipline. For free counseling and support the alert lists NCMEC (1-800-843-5678) for minors and the National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233) for adults. Platforms must remove intimate images within 48 hours of a request under the Take It Down Act.

What does BBB show for Digital Forensics Corp.?

As displayed on 2026-10-20, the BBB profile for Digital Forensics Corp., Warrensville Heights, OH shows a D+ rating, no BBB accreditation, 89 complaints in the last 3 years, 8 in the last 12 months, and 3.8 out of 5 from an average of 117 customer reviews. BBB also shows alerts about complaints and review practices; see the complaint record section.

What does Trustpilot show for Digital Forensics?

As displayed on 2026-10-20, Trustpilot shows 4.3 from 322 reviews for www.digitalforensics.com, a claimed profile with a paid subscription, and a notice that the company has not invited customers recently so reviews may not be representative. Trustpilot says it does not fact-check reviews.

Where can I report a problem with Digital Forensics?

The FTC points consumers to ReportFraud.ftc.gov to report fraud and bad business practices. You can also file a complaint with BBB Serving Greater Cleveland through the company's BBB profile, and contact the company at 800-849-6515.