Evidence in dozens of criminal cases before the courts is under a cloud after the arrest and suspension of a digital forensics officer with Victoria Police.

Police say they have identified 77 ongoing court cases that might be affected by the officer’s work, and at least 46 of these require “data re-extraction and analysis”.

Bendigo Court. Credit: James Davies

The Age understands that the staff member worked as a digital forensic officer in Bendigo between June 2016 and August 2025.

A letter police sent to Victorian defence lawyers obtained by this masthead says the officer’s role was “providing specialist digital forensic expertise to investigators in the search, seizure, and preservation of digital evidence, primarily through the extraction and examination of devices”.

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