Dubious documents

In the December/January issue of Fraud Intelligence Edwin Cheyney of Middleton Potts, Solicitors offered some practical advice on how to detect document fraud. Here he joins forces with David Browne, head of the Forensic Department of BSB Forensic Limited, in order to inspect the legal and practical concerns more closely.

David Browne is head of the Forensic Document Department of BSB Forensic Limited. Edwin Cheyney is a partner in Middleton Potts, Solicitors.

I. The emperor’s new clothes

One of the best known frauds in literature is the emperor’s new suit of clothes. Fanciful as it may be, it is a story which is not so very far removed from modern commercial fraud.