ABSTRACT
Photocopied, faxed, and computer-generated documents are particularly susceptible to text insertion, page substitution, cut-and-paste manipulation, and the use of multiple genuine documents to form fraudulent new composites. This is due in part to the ease with which such alterations can be made using the above technologies. Equally enticing to the would-be fraudster is the fact that reproductions of this type often conceal many of the common indicia of alterations. It is not at all uncommon to receive documents in which the distorting effect of the copying process and loss of detail have been increased through multi-generation reproduction (i.e., providing a copy of a copy of a copy …). Therefore, it is wise to consider all aspects of a document in order to discover indications of alteration.
