Detecting Forgery in Fraud Investigations: The Insider's Guide [Paperback]

Ruth Brayer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

American businesses lose billions of dollars annually to forgery and fraud. Statistics indicate that most fraud occurs internally. This book will help you learn how to recognize forgery, prepare for a forensic handwriting examination, and work with a document examiner. Security directors, investigators, and attorneys will find this a valuable reference tool.

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About the Author

Ruth Brayer is qualified as an Expert Witness by the Supreme Court of the State of New York and specializes in handwriting examination and authentication of disputed documents. Ms. Brayer successfully applies current research to help solve complex forensic problems such as disputed signatures, financial and medical records, as well as threatening letters and contested wills. She has testified in criminal and civil cases on behalf of the prosecution and the defense in local, state, and federal courts in the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 81 pages
• Publisher: ASIS International (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887056092
• ISBN-13: 978-1887056090
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,626,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Detecting Forgery, February 25, 2001

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Katharine Koppenhaver (Joppa, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Detecting Forgery in Fraud Investigations: The Insider's Guide (Paperback)

Fraud is Big Business. Americans lose billions of dollars annually from internal and external fraud. Ruth Brayer has written Detecting Forgery in Fraud Invesigation as a guide to assist investigators and security officers in preventing and detecting fraud.

Ruth tells us that her guide consists of practical advice to save the investigator time and money. This book is packed with tips and ideas to assist the investigation of white collar crime. In fact, she gives 99 tips throughout the book.

The book is well-illustrated with examples of various types of signatures. She introduces the investigator to the basic method of examining handwriting in order to identify similarities and differences in handwriting.

This guide is valuable to document examiners and attorneys because Ruth covers suitable methods of handling a questioned document case from start to finish. Chapter 5 is titled How To Obtain Optimum Results and talks about obtaining the best exemplars. In Chapter 8, Ruth emphasizes teamwork as the best technique for bringing the case to a successful conclusion. Ruth covers evidence and legalities in Chapter 9. Ruth has an extensive appendix that includes methods of obtaining request and non-request writing, samples of reports and fee agreements.

Deteching Forgery in Fraud Investigations is an excellent book, well-organized, well-written and well-illustrated.

4.0 out of 5 stars Detecting Forgeries, May 5, 2003

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Jim Rechel (Cincinnati, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Detecting Forgery in Fraud Investigations: The Insider's Guide (Paperback)

Detecting Forgery in Fraud Investigations is an effective guide for those requiring a basic understanding of the fundamentals involved in handwriting analysis. The book is organized to provide investigators, and others involved in determining the authenticity of handwriting, a practical approach to the issues involved in examining handwriting, including sample exercises.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in developing and using the knowledge they would gain by applying the principles of detecting forgeries Ms. Brayer provides in her book.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 1 star is generous, July 17, 2002

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JPScott (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Detecting Forgery in Fraud Investigations: The Insider's Guide (Paperback)

Needs to be taken back to the drawing board. Ideas would work, in a utopian sadistic society!