Tag: handwriting analysis
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When Creepy Stalker Notes Turn Out to be Something Else
Marti found the first anonymous note lying on top of paperwork on her desk when she came back from lunch break. It was hand printed on common lined paper that was folded in half. The printing was bold and slanted slightly to the left. To Marti, it looked like a man’s writing. The note said,…
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I Didn’t Sign That! Handwriting Analysis May be the Answer
Forged signatures are not limited to the bottom of checks. Forged signatures on documents can have a much greater impact on the lives of people. In a recent medical liability case, a device manufacturer is under scrutiny because an official of the company said she did not sign the application and documents submitted to the…
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Using Handwriting Analysis to Prove a Forged Will
While a forged or fraudulent will may seem like a plot twist in a novel or movie, it’s a crime that happens more often than people think. For example, a home care aide who takes care of an elderly shut-in decides she deserves more money once the family patriarch has died since she’s cared for…
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Handwriting Analyst Vindicates Parents’ Beliefs
Investigators are sought out during some of the more tumultuous and trying times in people’s lives. For instance, here at , we see… People who have lost touch with loved ones or want to find their birth parents Families in the midst of hostile divorces and contentious child custody cases People whose lives have been…
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Today’s Investigative Skills
Unfortunately, some people continue to hold onto old stereotypes. Uninformed members of the general public still envision a private investigator as a trench coat-wearing figure, hiding behind a newspaper in a motel lobby. Of course, more informed members of the community, those who actually stay in touch with the times, know better. They not only…
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Missing Person Investigation is Search for Identity Thief
Until Maria was denied a marriage license, she had no idea that someone had stolen her identity. For sure she never imagined a need for a private investigator like . According to Maria, detectives from the local police department moved too slowly when she reported the alleged crime. Identity theft is often put at the…
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Do You Need a Handwriting Analyst or a Computer Forensics Analyst?
Forgery isn’t always a signature. Generally speaking, forgery is creating a false copy in an effort to defraud someone or something. Through the years, has seen that something to be valuable; money, land, custody or control. A New York man was charged with felonies in two states for allegedly forging checks. But it wasn’t the…
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Handwriting Analyst Can Reveal Forged Signatures
The recent case of two inmates convicted of murder walking out of a Florida prison easily with forged release papers brings to light how common forgery is today. No one questioned the documents and out they walked. I read that the forgery accounts for 1.7% of the crime in America during the last decade. That…
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Forensic Examiner Resolves Case with Handwriting Analyst Investigation
We could hear someone sobbing in the background. The attorney on the phone said he was with a very distraught client and wondered if we thought could help. The client had fathered a child with a woman and she had died. They were engaged to be married and the little girl was the center of…
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Handwriting Analyst Can Reveal Forgery
Forgeries of paintings may be the stuff of movies, but forgery of signature on documents happens more often than the public realizes. For example, recently had an inquiry about a home that was being sold on a lease-to-rent agreement. The original tenant/buyer died during the term of the sales agreement. His sister and her husband,…