http://graphowrite.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:10:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A recent case involved forged documents which contained both artificially placed and electronically produced signatures. The perpetrator went to great lengths to create the falsified documents. In fact, the forger was quite creative in their attempts. So much so, that this document examiner had to appreciate the ... http://graphowrite.com/blog/2008/10/29/electronically-produced-signatures/ I attended the National Association of Document Examiners Annual Conference in Austin, TX last week. It was very informative and an overall enjoyable conference. In my opinion, document examiners and/or handwriting experts are a great group of people. One lecturer commended our group's diverse talents. Perhaps ... http://graphowrite.com/blog/2008/04/29/integrity/ An exemplar is a handwriting sample. An adequate number of relevant exemplars is necessary to conduct a document examination. Just as no two people write alike and each case is different, the number of exemplars needed to perform an examination may vary. Exemplars provided should be comparable ... http://graphowrite.com/blog/2008/02/27/adequate-exemplars/ Yesterday, I went to the bank to make a withdrawal from my business account. The young teller took my request, gave me a withdrawal form to sign and asked for my DL. She proceeded to line up the documents she had received and kept clicking back and forth ... http://graphowrite.com/blog/2007/11/16/the-irony-of-a-document-examiner/ A mother's Will was forged. A family member attempted to disguise his handwriting to simulate that of his mother's tremulous handwriting. In the letter, the mother supposedly bequeathed everything to that family member, thus leaving nothing for the remaining children of the deceased. This case took several ... http://graphowrite.com/blog/2007/10/22/all-in-the-family/ Identity theft is on the rise... You work with employees whom you consider friends, however, that is not always the case. Identity theft took a twisted turn in a case where someone took countless insert cards that are inserted between the pages of magazines, maliciously filled them out with a ... http://graphowrite.com/blog/2007/05/27/do-you-know-who-your-friends-are/ Someone wrote a letter using disguised writing in an attempt to defraud other family members out of an inheritance. This case was very interesting to work on, as the author of the letter used tremor in the handwriting, which is often found in the feeble and infirm. Once ... http://graphowrite.com/blog/2007/04/29/disguised-writing/ Another article about being a handwriting expert and forensic document examiner was published in the "Michigan Daily" on 1/31/07. This article was written by Anne Vandermey, Daily News Editor. In this article, I feel that Anne used "poetic license." I learned alot about doing interviews through this ... http://graphowrite.com/blog/2007/03/08/my-michigan-daily-article/ Officer XYZ was fired from his job.  Reason:  Accused of forging another officer's name to a police form.  GraphoWrite document examiner hired.  Outcome:  Officer XYZ did NOT forge the signature, and guilty party was identified. http://graphowrite.com/blog/2007/02/27/fired-from-job/ http://graphowrite.com/blog/2006/11/19/3/