Sloppy Signature Exposes Forgery
A single sloppy signature brought down an entire jailhouse scheme. Discover how one officer's mistake exposed twenty forged government documents.
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One sloppy signature exposed 20 forged government documents. A North Carolina detention officer was fired and charged with 20 felony counts of forgery for faking ICE detainment forms.
An investigation of jail booking records uncovered 19 additional inmates held under these allegedly falsified magistrate authorizations. The scheme collapsed because Officer Michael Deal allegedly forged the signature of a magistrate who had not even processed the inmate's initial arrest.
