Catching Forgeries and Aiding Justice
- 6 years ago
Catching Forgeries and Aiding Justice
After comparing the handwriting in those letters with others he had written to loved ones,
I testified at a pretrial hearing that the boyfriend had not written the first set.
For an item that someone may have doctored, we have tools, such the video spectral comparator,
that uses ultraviolet light to verify whether someone has used a different pen to falsify a document.
The majority of what I do is handwriting comparison, to ascertain the identity
of the person whose signature appears or whether a document has been forged.
I sat side by side with an experienced colleague while he worked, read articles about handwriting and pored over old proficiency tests.
Everything from bank robbery notes, bomb threat letters and other threatening letters to driver’s licenses and birth certificates.
After comparing the handwriting in those letters with others he had written to loved ones,
I testified at a pretrial hearing that the boyfriend had not written the first set.
For an item that someone may have doctored, we have tools, such the video spectral comparator,
that uses ultraviolet light to verify whether someone has used a different pen to falsify a document.
The majority of what I do is handwriting comparison, to ascertain the identity
of the person whose signature appears or whether a document has been forged.
I sat side by side with an experienced colleague while he worked, read articles about handwriting and pored over old proficiency tests.
Everything from bank robbery notes, bomb threat letters and other threatening letters to driver’s licenses and birth certificates.