Pearson CFE-Investigation New Attempt

Pretexting is defined asimpersonating someone else or making false/misleading statements to obtain information. Many jurisdictions specifically prohibitpretexting against financial institutions, which includes pretending to be a customer to access their bank account information.

Best practice is to conduct interviewsindividually. The Manual states:

“When conducting interviews, witnesses should beinterviewed separately. Interviewing multiple witnesses together risks contamination of testimony and reduced reliability of responses”.

“Alibis generally can be diffused by displaying physical evidence… evidence should be displayed one piece at a time, in reverse order of importance”【16:2014 International Fraud Examiners Manual.pdf†L11-L14】.

The Prep Guide warns: “The proper technique is not to lay it all out at once” .

Thus, showing everything at once is theleast effective.

Fraud examiners can obtain documentary evidence by consent, subpoena, or other legal means. While oral consent may sometimes be sufficient,bank records from financial institutions generally require written consent. Without written consent, the bank is not required to provide access. As stated in the manual:

“Accessing a subject’s bank records from financial institutions, for instance, generally requires written consent. If no consent is given… legal action might be required, most often a subpoena or other court order”.

Thus, although the suspect gave oral consent, Alex cannot access the bank records without written authorization or legal order.