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Dealing with Deception in Writing 333

RECOMMENDED STEPS

Two heads and brainstorming

The analysis can be conducted in a number of steps, but we always recommend that two people
should analyse every important story separately and brainstorm to produce an end result.

Work on the deception theory

Write down a fraud or deception theory:

• what you believe happened (and not just what the subject is currently suspected of
doing);

• how you would explain it if you were in his position;
• what emotions and thoughts might be involved;
• how an innocent person could react under the circumstances.

This will give you a good idea of what adverse information the subject might try to conceal
or falsify.

Import the text into word

Import the file into MS Word and select ‘Text to Tables’ from the Table menu. For example,

Text (in practice this could be a very large number of pages)
On 11th May 1983, three telexes purporting to have been sent by machine 45407 in the
Banco de la Republica were received by Chase Manhattan Bank in London. These instructions
which were not authenticated by a test key, appeared to authorize the transfer of US$13.5
million from an account maintained by Chase for the Ministry de Hacienda to the account of
the Republic of Colombia with Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York. Prior to this,
all instructions from Banco de la Republica to Chase had been authenticated and test key
arrangements between the two banks had been in force since 1952.

Convert the text into a table

Reduce the font to 9 point, narrow the column width or alter the page setup to landscape.

On 11th May 1983, three telexes purporting to have been sent
by machine 45407 in the Banco de la Republica were received by
Chase Manhattan Bank in London. These instructions which were
not authenticated by a test key, appeared to authorise the transfer
of US$13.5 million from an account maintained by Chase for the
Ministry de Hacienda to the account of the Republic of Colombia
with Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York.
Prior to this, all instructions from Banco de la Republica to Chase
had been authenticated and test key arrangements between the
two banks had been in force since 1952.