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From the Naked Eye to
DNA, Part One
Documents Contain
More Evidence Than You Think
FEBRUARY 2003:
Evidence is everywhere in any investigation but much of it is
hidden from view. The key first step to finding critical evidence
is to be aware of the possibilities of today's forensic technology.
Documentary evidence
is a critical component of virtually every fraud investigation.
Fraud examiners are conditioned by our education and experience to
look at the numbers, words, and notations on a document to try to
fathom their meaning. We also try to figure out how they relate, if
at all, to the case we are investigating. What we are looking for
is the intellectual content of the document. We are also looking
for patent evidence - evidence we can see with the naked eye. (Read
more...)
From the Naked Eye to
DNA, Part Two
Document Examination
Beyond Handwriting
MARCH 2003: In the
January/February issue, we discussed traditional questioned
document examinations including methods of handling documentary
evidence and selecting a qualified document examiner. Modern
document examiners have broad abilities beyond the traditional
authorship and authenticity determinations. They can, for example:
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detect alterations,
erasures, and obliterations;
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resurrect evidence
deteriorated by fading or decomposition; and
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recover entire
documents, or portions of documents, from underlying pages, which
were present when the original document was written.
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more...)
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