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ASSESSMENT 2
SEMESTER 2 – 2022
, Question 1
Non-public records that can assist an investigator with information about a
person or business.
• Banking records
- Perhaps the single most important external source of financial information available
to the fraud examiner.
- Typically require consent or a legal order to obtain.
- Might provide leads on a subject’s sources of funds, expenditures and personal
affairs.
• Tax records
- Might provide indirect evidence of illicit payments.
- Could lead to previously unknown funds or assets.
• Credit records of individuals
- Can provide credit information on individuals and businesses.
• Phone records
Might provide contacts and other leads to assets and expenditures.
• Credit card account records
- Credit card receipts will track the subject’s travels and expenditures.
- A high balance on a credit card might indicate a motive for the crime or
circumstantial evidence of hidden income.
• Personal health care records
These records are valuable in several types of fraud cases, especially those involving
insurance or false claims regarding medical goods and services.
ASSESSMENT 2
SEMESTER 2 – 2022
, Question 1
Non-public records that can assist an investigator with information about a
person or business.
• Banking records
- Perhaps the single most important external source of financial information available
to the fraud examiner.
- Typically require consent or a legal order to obtain.
- Might provide leads on a subject’s sources of funds, expenditures and personal
affairs.
• Tax records
- Might provide indirect evidence of illicit payments.
- Could lead to previously unknown funds or assets.
• Credit records of individuals
- Can provide credit information on individuals and businesses.
• Phone records
Might provide contacts and other leads to assets and expenditures.
• Credit card account records
- Credit card receipts will track the subject’s travels and expenditures.
- A high balance on a credit card might indicate a motive for the crime or
circumstantial evidence of hidden income.
• Personal health care records
These records are valuable in several types of fraud cases, especially those involving
insurance or false claims regarding medical goods and services.
