Category Archives: forensic fraud

Forensics: Making sure your employer get paid regardless…….

Posted on December 17, 2016 by csidds

An insider look about genetic ‘counselors’ selling imperfect testing services and exaggerating results in order to stay employed. Hmm, the same might be said for police using junk drug testing kits from Kmart.  https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/03/05/when-baby-due-genetic-counselors-seen-downplaying-false-alarms/bBC0KAFVidJASkkOiMg6DI/story.html

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Felonious toxicologist ran Maricopa AZ crime lab for years

Posted on November 18, 2016 by csidds

Deep dark secrets and a little help from his police colleagues got toxicologist Norman Wade rehired after running away from a California conviction (in my home town) and making it big again in Arizona. Seems he fit well into the … Continue reading →

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Illinois crime lab bill created to seal faulty testing from public view

Posted on June 2, 2016 by csidds

Cases of government-run crime labs  “hiding” forensic errors and gaffs from criminal defendants and the public got a boost in Illinois this week……We can use this to clearly understand who and how prosecutors and LE PACs control the legislators in … Continue reading →

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Mess up, stolen drugs, perjury, in Medical Examiner crime lab leads to lawsuit

Posted on February 16, 2016 by csidds

This Delaware case should show that wrongful convictions and junk forensic science are not a figment of the media’s imagination. “The medical examiner’s laboratory has since been replaced by the Division of Forensic Science under the Department of Safety and … Continue reading →

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Forensic Fraud: 4 lab pathologists under suspicion of DNA testing fraud in Mumbai

Posted on December 8, 2015 by csidds

Noteworthy news about lab docs following the lure of getting paid from outside vendors for allowing them to cook-book medical DNA results. It is not limited to India by any means. http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maharashtra-medical-council-files-chargesheet-against-4-pathologists-2152792  

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