The Lowdown On Document Forgery: It's An Epidemic

Presented by Dana Turner


Forgery is one of the most feared (and underrated) financial crimes -- and it's a crime that nearly every kind of offender commits. Most financial institutions don't train their employees to spot the distinct kinds of forgeries and document alterations -- crimes that are often coupled with identity theft and embezzlement. There are actually several methods for forging and altering documents -- and each method has its own mechanical characteristics and leaves tell-tale clues. Most institutions also don't train their employees how to prevent forgeries and related crimes. Most institutions don't conduct an appropriate risk assessment exercise to determine any vulnerability to forgeries and document alterations.

The primary purpose for learning about fraudulent documents is to obtain the information necessary that allows and encourages staff and supervisory personnel to make intelligent and informed decisions about accepting a negotiable item. Both front line staff and their supervisors should receive extensive training regarding the detection of fraudulent documents -- because between 80% - 90% of these documents are presented to tellers and customer service representatives by offenders. Line staff then presents many of these documents to their supervisors for approval and -- if both staff and supervisors are untrained -- the offender just might be able to escape detection.

This presentation provides a logical and strategic model that's designed to help any institution employee understand the true scope of the processes used to forge, alter and counterfeit many kinds of documents. By understanding the cause and effect relationships between the forger's strategy and the observable result, the Security Officer may use this model to design and implement a standardized, institution-wide document examination and comparison process.

Presentation Topics

Introduction

Forgery

Documents Most Commonly Forged & Altered

Forgery Methods

Signature Verification Process

Forgery & Alteration Clues

Altered Documents

Document Alteration Tools

Document Alteration Techniques

Forgery Suspects

Common Forgery Schemes

Summary


Presentation Objectives
This presentation is designed to help you:

Conduct an initial and continuing forgery and document alteration risk assessment

Identify policies and procedures -- and controls -- that should be retained, modified or eliminated

Determine if your forgery and document alteration training program is appropriate and effective

Make recommendations that will likely enhance the institution's ability to prevent these crimes -- or to assist in the identification, apprehension and prosecution of offenders

Presentation Audience

Security Officers

Auditors

Training Managers

Retail Operations Managers

Staff personnel

Presentation Tools

Workbook text



About the Speaker:
Dana Turner is a security practitioner with Security Education Systems -- a research, consulting and training firm located near San Antonio, Texas.

Combining the knowledge gained in a successful law enforcement career with tactical business operations procedures, Dana has created unique security and loss prevention programs for governmental agencies, and the retail, service and financial industries. These programs consist of loss prevention techniques, security policy and procedures, and disaster recovery and business resumption strategies designed for use as training tools, planning mechanisms and reference guides.

 

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Dana has served as a law enforcement officer in several capacities, including the investigation of business and banking crimes; as a community college instructor and administrator in both the law enforcement and business management fields; and as a program development specialist and trainer for private businesses, governmental agencies and professional associations. Dana is celebrating his 32nd year in crime prevention.

As a speaker, Dana has delivered more than 3,000 presentations and has acquired an outstanding reputation as a dynamic, knowledgeable and entertaining instructor. He is a Bankersonline Guru.

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