Ink Analysis—A Weapon Against Crime by Detection of Fraud
Richard L Brunelle, AA Cantu · ACS symposium series · 1975
For decades, document examiners have searched for ways to detect fraudulent documents other than by traditional methods such as handwriting analysis, typewriting identification, obliterated and indented writing, deciphering and determination of the sequence of writings. New methods for detecting fraudulent documents developed slowly for several reasons: (a) analysis of ink and paper causes slight destruction to the document; (b) document examiners considered the preservation of the original condition of the documents very important; and (c) document examiners with few exceptions were trained in the areas of handwriting and typewriting analysis but lacked the scientific training to explore chemical and physical methods for use in detecting fraudulent documents. The need for new and better methods to detect fraud has continuously been expressed by various agencies primarily within the Treasury Department and the Criminal Tax Division of the Justice Department. For example, agents of the Intelligence Division of the Internal