Fraud Quiz

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Reveal Answer

Answer

1. First person past tense expresses commitment to the events described. However, the following sentences are in present tense, and in passive form (=no "I"), indicating lack of commitment:

"The currency is then placed in vault locker #5..." "If #5 is locked then the currency is placed..."

2. The word "again" ("...so this does not happen again") indicates that the event (embezzlement?) has already happened once before.

3. Changes in language:

• "On February 22, 1989, a bundle of 10's..."
• "The date stamped on the straps of the bundle..."
• "The currency is then placed in vault locker #5..."
• "If #5 is locked then the currency is placed in..."
• "If I placed the bundle in locker #3..."
• "I had no knowledge of the missing money ."

Please note the following:

• Passive language + present tense = "currency".
• "I" + past tense = "bundle".
• Missing = "money"

People who work in banks work with "currency", "bundles", etc. They do not work with "money". People cannot spend "currency" or "bundles". They can only spend "money". When the teller referred to the "missing money", she incriminated herself.

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Statement

On February 22, 1989, a bundle of 10's totaling 5,000.00 dollars was found in locker #3, where my cash drawer is kept. The date stamped on the straps of the bundle is that of the 31st of January 1989, on this day as on most Tuesday I am responsible for balancing the vault. At approximately 2:00 p.m. I balanced the vault. The currency is then placed in vault locker #5. If #5 is locked then the currency is placed in any open locker and locked, if I am doing the vault then I will put it in locker #3. I did not have a chance to find someone to tell them before they went to the vault. If I placed the bundle in locker #3 then it was there from the 31'st of January until it was discovered on the 22'nd of February. I had no knowledge of the missing money. I've been with this bank for more than two years and if in that time you are unaware of my trustworthiness then I suggest we need to come to some sort of agreement so this does not happen again.

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