Bank Frauds and Prevention and Detection

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Book Description
Including Computers, Internet, Smart Phones, ATMs & Credit Cards Crimes
Bank Frauds are on the increase and effective defence against this scourge is knowledge about them. If the information is available, it is easier to fight back : detect the crime, collect evidence against the perpetrator and provide against recurrence. The first Edition of this book is more than a decade old. Much water had flowed through the banking industry since. The banking business is now being handled by Computers, ATMs, AFTs, Credit Cards, etc. The changes in the old order of handling money are also bringing changes in the modus oprande of the defrauder. The new Edition caters to the needs as per the changes that have taken place upto the date of publication. Except for the initial titbits there is complete overhaul of the book. New chapters on computer Frauds, Credit Cards, Protection of Bank Documents, Information Technology, Handling of Bank Frauds including Investigation, Inquiry, Punitive Action, and upto date Case Laws, etc., and exhaustive revision of the old chapters have brought the book to the current state of knowledge to meet the present day and the future problems and challenges of the defrauder. The supplement containing the new law on dishonoured cheques makes it more informative for readers. The book is a multi-professional monograph, written in non-technical language, addressed to all those who are concerned with and have to deal with bank frauds : Administrators, Bankers, Investigators, Experts, Counsels, Judges and even the public who suffer from the initial blues.
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Contents
1.    Bank Frauds
2.    Classification
3.    Reporting Bank Frauds
4.    Bank Fraud Spectrum
5.    Bank Fraud prevention
6.    Bank Fraud prevention: Perceptions and Policies
7.    Fraud Prevention Stratigies
8.    Bank Customer
9.    The Bunco Banker
10.   Bank Documents frauds
11.   Material Alteration in Bank Frauds
12.   Cheque Frauds
13.   Signature in Bank Frauds
14.   Fingerprints
15.   Paper Currency frauds
16.   Computer Printers
17.   Typewriters and Cheque- Writers
18.   Sales and Stamps
19.   Computer in E-Banking
20.   Electronic Banking
21.   Payments
22.   Secure E-Banking
23.   Credit Cards and Releated Frauds
24.   Handling E-Bamking Frauds
25.   Mobile Banking and thier Frauds
26.   Money Laundering
27.   Dishonoured Cheques
28.   Counterfeit Coins
29.   Bank Robberies
30.  Prima Faice Case
31.  Departmental Processing
32.  Police Investigation
33.  Departmental Inquires
34.  Punitive Action
35.  Relevant Law
36.  Case-Law Ready Referencer
Table of Cases
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Author Details
Dr. B.R. Sharma had his basic education in Chemistry, he worked for M.Sc. (Hons.) and Ph.D. in Delhi University Laboratories after obtaining his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree from Punjab University. Dr. Sharma, just before completion of his Ph.D. degree, was selected as Director, C.I.D., Scientific Laboratory, Punjab at the age of 26. Dr. Sharma has been heading, since then, various Forensic Science Institutions, (State F.S.L. in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Union Territories; CFSL, (GOL, MHA), Chandigarh, etc). He retired in September 1993. Dr. Sharma has his rigorous training in documents in Scotland and has been a teacher in Forensic Science for about three decades. His appointments include Honorary Visiting Professor to Punjab University, Guest faculty member to Punjabi University, Patiala, Dr. H.S. Gaur University, Sagar, National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Central Detective Training School and numerous Zonal/Regional Staff Training Colleges of various Banks (SBI, PNB, Canara Bank, SBOP, P & S Bank, Former NBI, etc.).
Dr. Sharma has done extensive research work. His researches in the identification of initials, digital writings, rubrics and symbols through Natural Variants remains unique piece of research in documents examination. He has guided doctoral thesis research. He has authored about 100 papers/articles both in Indian and foreign journals. His other works are: Forensic Science in Criminal Investigation and Trials, Firearms in Criminal Investigation and Trials, Footprints Tracks and Trails, Scientific Criminal Investigation, Genie against Crime, etc.
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