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Signals of Crime in Progress (From Criminal and Civil Investigation Handbook, P 6-135 to 6-145, 1981, Joseph J Grau and Ben Jacobson, ed. - See NCJ-84274)

NCJ Number
84316
Date Published
1981
Length
11 pages
Annotation
Typical signs that the following crimes are being committed are listed: corruption in government contracting, business fraud, credit card schemes, check fraud, embezzlement and pilferage, insurance fraud, securities theft and fraud, fencing, and computer-related fraud.
Abstract
Crime tip-offs are listed for both payoffs in business-government dealings and transactions among private-sector parties. Signals are also described for advance-fee fraud, a pyramid sales scheme, franchise fraud, land sales fraud, and the counterfeiting of a company's product. Danger signals for credit card schemes are listed as they apply for the user, the acceptor, and the issuer, and symptoms of both check and traveler's check fraud are discussed. In addition to providing early warning signals of embezzlement and pilferage, various techniques of pilferage and embezzling are described. Tip-offs of false insurance claims are also indicated, as well as indications that a business is selling stolen goods or is selling goods bought from a dealer in stolen goods. The discussion of the danger signs of computer-related fraud is restricted to those tip-offs that could conceivably be observed by executives who have little or no technical background.