I am a fraud investigator for a financial company that provides bill payment automation for mortgage holders in Michigan.
Through the use of a falsely filed affadavit (under the penalty of purjury) with her federally insured bank, one of our members caused four ACH transactions to be returned causing a loss to our company. This fits a few different potential charges: theft by wire, theft by false pretense, use of a revoked financial transaction device, bank fraud, uttering and publishing, perjury, and some others.
After contacting various federal and state agencies, we were told that the best option was to contact the local PD in the jurisdiction where the false affadavit was signed. We did so and a report was taken and subsequently lost. We then filed a second report. This second report was sent to the county prosecutor who furthered the case for more information.
The information in response to the further was provided to the detective and in turn the prosecutor who declined to issue a warrant stating that it was a civil case. Upon contacting the prosecutor for an explanation of her findings, it was determined that there were some things missing from the original report that she was unaware of, so she furthered the case a second time with the understanding a crime truely was commited with intent.
I provided a response to the second further to the detective, and he dropped the ball. When I called to follow up, he was no longer a detective there. So, I spoke with a Sergeant who said he would do some research. Meanwhile I contacted the Prosecutor's Office who informed me that the Prosecutor working the case was no longer there and that they recieved no response to the second further. They further informed me that although they show the status as waiting for a response, they cannot locate the file to tell me anything else. Apparently it's been lost.
A new detective contacted me in response to my call to the Sergeant, who kept giving me the run around and finally told me that their file was also missing and he would have to do some research. It is determined that they will have to create a whole new report so I faxed the detective everything I had. A month later I contact him and he hasn't even looked at the fax. At that point I contacted the Captain of that division via email and the only response I recieved was a letter from the detective telling me their system shows the PO's office as declining a warrant.
I called the detective and captain and left voicemails explaining that this status was not considering the second further which is shown open at the PO's office and that the status was changed after the last date they show in their computer.
It's now another month later and despite numerous messages for the detective and the captain, I am getting no response. Can anyone give me some advice?
In all, a great deal of time has elapsed and i'm not sure how to proceed. It seems that the PD and the PO are incompetent, so should I just consider this a complete loss and give up or keep persuing the matter? Would going to the press be apropriate, I mean I don't think it's necessarily a good idea to let criminals in that city know their crimes will not be prosecuted, but I need to somehow prompt action. It seems suspicious that both the PD and the PO can loose files, and that the detective AND captain are unwilling to call me back. Makes me wonder - Is the suspect someone's sister or daughter?What is the name of your state?
Through the use of a falsely filed affadavit (under the penalty of purjury) with her federally insured bank, one of our members caused four ACH transactions to be returned causing a loss to our company. This fits a few different potential charges: theft by wire, theft by false pretense, use of a revoked financial transaction device, bank fraud, uttering and publishing, perjury, and some others.
After contacting various federal and state agencies, we were told that the best option was to contact the local PD in the jurisdiction where the false affadavit was signed. We did so and a report was taken and subsequently lost. We then filed a second report. This second report was sent to the county prosecutor who furthered the case for more information.
The information in response to the further was provided to the detective and in turn the prosecutor who declined to issue a warrant stating that it was a civil case. Upon contacting the prosecutor for an explanation of her findings, it was determined that there were some things missing from the original report that she was unaware of, so she furthered the case a second time with the understanding a crime truely was commited with intent.
I provided a response to the second further to the detective, and he dropped the ball. When I called to follow up, he was no longer a detective there. So, I spoke with a Sergeant who said he would do some research. Meanwhile I contacted the Prosecutor's Office who informed me that the Prosecutor working the case was no longer there and that they recieved no response to the second further. They further informed me that although they show the status as waiting for a response, they cannot locate the file to tell me anything else. Apparently it's been lost.
A new detective contacted me in response to my call to the Sergeant, who kept giving me the run around and finally told me that their file was also missing and he would have to do some research. It is determined that they will have to create a whole new report so I faxed the detective everything I had. A month later I contact him and he hasn't even looked at the fax. At that point I contacted the Captain of that division via email and the only response I recieved was a letter from the detective telling me their system shows the PO's office as declining a warrant.
I called the detective and captain and left voicemails explaining that this status was not considering the second further which is shown open at the PO's office and that the status was changed after the last date they show in their computer.
It's now another month later and despite numerous messages for the detective and the captain, I am getting no response. Can anyone give me some advice?
In all, a great deal of time has elapsed and i'm not sure how to proceed. It seems that the PD and the PO are incompetent, so should I just consider this a complete loss and give up or keep persuing the matter? Would going to the press be apropriate, I mean I don't think it's necessarily a good idea to let criminals in that city know their crimes will not be prosecuted, but I need to somehow prompt action. It seems suspicious that both the PD and the PO can loose files, and that the detective AND captain are unwilling to call me back. Makes me wonder - Is the suspect someone's sister or daughter?What is the name of your state?
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