2. INTRODUCTION
Forgery is the process of making, adapting, or
imitating objects, statistics, or documents with the
intent to deceive for the sake of altering the public
perception, or to earn profit by selling the forged
item.
Copies, studio replicas, and reproductions are not
considered forgeries, though they may later become
forgeries through knowing and
wilful misrepresentations.
3. Cont.
Sec. 32.21. FORGERY.
Sec. 32.22. CRIMINAL SIMULATION.
Sec. 32.23. TRADEMARK COUNTERFEITING.
Sec. 32.24. STEALING OR RECEIVING STOLEN
CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER.
4. HANDWRITING SAMPLES
The subject should not be shown the questioned
document.
The subject is not told how to spell words or use
punctuation.
The subject should use materials similar to those
of the document.
The dictated text should match some parts of the
document.
The subject should be asked to sign the text.
Always have a witness.
5. METHODS OF FORGERY
1. Simulated forgery—one made by copying a
genuine signature
2. Traced forgery—one made by tracing a genuine
signature
3. Blind forgery—one made without a model of the
signature
6. TYPES OF FORGERY
1. Check fraud
Forgery
Counterfeit
Alterations
2. Paper money
Counterfeit
3. Identity
Social Security
Driver’s license
7. Document Alterations
1. Obliterations—removal of writing by physical or chemical means
can be detected by:
Microscopic examination
UV or infrared (IR) light
Digital image processing
2. Indentations can be detected by:
Oblique lighting
Electrostatic detection apparatus (ESDA)
