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Next Meeting of SAS-Chicago
An Introduction to Forensic Document Examination
Larry A. Olson
Documents and Ink Chemist
IRS National Forensic Laboratory, Chicago, IL
For almost forty years, Chicago has been the home of the national forensic laboratory of the Internal Revenue Service s Criminal Investigation Division. In a newly remodeled facility just west of the Loop, close to 40 employees currently labor at examining evidence acquired during investigations of tax and financial fraud. Larry will explain the workings of the Questioned Document and Ink Chemistry units of the Lab, and demonstrate how the lab conducts examinations of handwriting, typewriting, ink entries, papers, and the output of various business machines, to attempt to determine whether fraud has occurred.
Biography
A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Larry received B. Sc. in Chemistry from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. After 6 years of duty with the U.S. Navy in San Diego, he moved to Washington, DC, where he earned a Master of Forensic Science degree at George Washington University. He began his QD training at the Immigration & Naturalization Service Forensic Document Laboratory in McLean, VA. In 1985, he started the Ink Analysis Unit at the Internal Revenue Service National Forensic Lab in Chicago. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, and a Past-President of the Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists. Other professional affiliations include the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the American Society for Testing and Materials, and the Southwestern Association of Forensic Document Examiners. Although eligible to retire, he still enjoys complicated cases that arrive in large boxes. He and his wife have four children and 3 adorable grand-children. He has been an amateur family historian/genealogist for over 30 years and is active in several local organizations.