
Cheating and Fraud i-ii.A
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A master forger created a flawless fake document, but ruined it by accidentally referring to 'his late majesty' two years before the emperor died.
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Dates, stamps, and spelling can expose a forgery.
This chapter draws a sharp line between civil and criminal fraud, and it keeps returning to the same practical point: the investigator has to understand the technical side as well as the facts.
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You can lose a fraud to a date, a stamp, or one embarrassing typo.
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