Title: Forensic investigation of forged educational documents

Authors: Anna A. Aubakirova; Rizabek E. Ildebayev; Yernar N. Begaliyev; Ruslan K. Tumanshiyev; Elvira A. Alimova

Addresses: Department of Criminal Procedure and Forensic Science, South Ural State University (National Research University), Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation ' Department of Special Legal Disciplines, Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kosshy, Republic of Kazakhstan ' Department of Special Legal Disciplines, Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kosshy, Republic of Kazakhstan ' Department of Criminal Procedure and Forensic Science, Almaty Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after Makan Esbulatov, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan ' Department of Criminal Procedure and Forensic Science, Almaty Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after Makan Esbulatov, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract: Fake educational documents differ in that they can be completely identical to the original and have all registration data, but at the same time differ in the quality of execution. The purpose of the study is considering fake documents as a source of the restoration of lost originals and the creation of a document that was not previously registered in the database. In the course of the research, two aspects of the production of forged documents were considered - filling in an analogue of a genuine document with distorted data and the creation of a knowingly forged document, which, for various reasons, cannot be entered into the database. The paper summarised methods of fraudulent changes in the original content of documents. It turned out the objects of technical expertise of documents are: cliché impressions of seals; signatures intersecting with seals, blank documents, etc.

Keywords: forged educational documents; forensics; technical forensic examinations; investigation of crime; fraud.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESDF.2022.122585

International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, 2022 Vol.14 No.3, pp.274 - 288

Received: 30 Dec 2020
Accepted: 12 Apr 2021
Published online: 03 May 2022 *

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