WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1985
DISCUSSIONS WERE BEING INCLUDED ON METHODS OF
INVESTIGATIONS AND DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED IN CERTAIN LINES OF ENQUIRIES.
OFFICERS WERE ALSO BEING INSTRUCTED ON THE PLANNING OF A MAJOR FRAUD ENQUIRY, THE SEIZURE OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE AND COMPUTER CRIME.
''THERE IS SOME CONCERN OVER COMPUTER FRAUD,'* SAID MR MASON, ''BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLÉM.**
COURSE CO-ORDINATOR DETECTIVE INSPECTOR MIKE RAWLINSON SAIDI "'WE PLAN TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON REAL CASES AND THEIR PARTICULAR PROBLEMS AND PITFALLS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN ACTUAL INVESTIGATIONS.
**THIS INCLUDES SCENE OF CRIME PROBLEMS. FOR EXAMPLE IN A COMMERCIAL CRIME CASE DOCUMENTS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FINGER- PRINTS. OFFICERS MUST KNOW HOW TO RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE.
**ONE CASE INVESTIGATED BY THE BUREAU HAD 300 000 EXHIBITS OF WHICH 1 800 WENT TO COURT. THAT WAS A FILING SYSTEM IN ITSELF.
''INVESTIGATIONS OF COMMERCIAL CRIME IS TIME CONSUMING AND DETAILED. A CASE CAN TAKE YEARS TO SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDE.
''YOU COULD DESCRIBE COMMERCIAL CRIME AS BLOODLESS CRIME, BUT IT NEVERTHELESS CAUSES CONSIDERABLE INTERNAL BLEEDING RESULTING
IN HEARTACHE AND RUIN, '
CCB COMPUTER SPECIALIST SENIOR INSPECTOR NIGEL PATTERSON- FALKNER IS INSTRUCTING ON PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF COMPUTER FRAUD AND THE VULNERABILITY OF COMPANIES TO FRAUD BY COMPUTER.
COMPUTER TRAINING IS INVOLVING OFFICERS ON HOW TO OPERATE
COMPUTERS.
SAID MR PATTERSON-FALKNER **WE ARE GIVING OFFICERS A START ON THE USE OF COMPUTERS. MANY PEOPLE TEND TO SHY AWAY FROM THEM BUT A LOT OF IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND BY THE LAYMAN AND QUITE SIMPLE TO USE...
ANOTHER COURSE INSTRUCTOR, INSPECTOR MALCOLM MACKAY, SAID. ** AM SEEKING TO SHOW HOW A FRAUD DOES NOT HAVE TO INVOLVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT, THIS INCLUDES INSTRUCTION ON INTELLIGENCE GATHER ING AND THE STUDY OF LETTER OF CREDIT FRAUDS AND MULTI-COMPANY FRAUDS.
MR MACKAY DREW A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE IN CID AND CCB.
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