Cina Wong

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Cina L. Wong, B.C.D.E.

Court Qualified Board Certified Document Examiner
1131 Granby St. Norfolk VA 23510 U.S.A (757) 622-9606 fax,622-9585
E-mail: NOFORGERY@aol.com

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Qualifying experience in scientific examination and identification of signatures, handwriting, handprinting, typewriting, page substitutions, seals, water-marks, erased, obliterated and altered writing in documents, numerical/diacritic marks, inks, forgeries, specialization in photocopy paste-up forgeries, specific computer dot matrix/laser printers, anonymous letters, and disguised handwriting.

Training includes(definitely not limited to), College accredited course with Larry Zieglar, a former FBI Document Examiner and a specialized course with John W. Hargett, Chief Document Examiner with the Secret Service.

 

Curriculum Vitae and General Resume

BORN:

Quote:Mountain View, California October 26,1962.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Quote:San Jose State University
San Jose, California                                                                 1990
Bachelor of Arts Degree. Undergraduate course work includes: psychology, sociology, and ethics.
College of San Mateo
San Mateo, California                                                                1984
Awarded Associate of Arts Degree.

COURT EXPERIENCE:

Quote:Court qualified as an expert witness in State. and Federal courts.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Quote:National Association of Document Examiners (NADE)
Delaware                                                                                  1991 -current
Offices held: Professionalism Chairman(1995-1997)
                    Membership Chairman (1997 - 1998)
                    Vice President (1998 - present)

Quote:Northwest Fraud Investigators Association (NWFIA)
Tukwila, WA                                                                             1998-current
"An organization founded in 1929, with a purpose to secure the cooperation of those interested in the location, apprehension, and conviction of persons defrauding the public." (NWFIA)

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Quote:    As quoted from Court TV: "Cina Wong...the youngest Board Certified Handwriting Expert in the history of the National Association of Document Examiners (NADE)." Board Certification obtained in 1995 through extensive written and oral testing.

TRAINING:

Quote:International School of Handwriting Sciences
San Francisco, California                                                         1990
Completed a six month program in handwriting Sciences with Questioned Document Examiner Ted Widmer.
International School of Handwriting Sciences
San Francisco, California                                                         1991
Completion of an advanced course in Questioned Document Examination. Involved methods of forgery detection, case studies, hands on equipment operation/technique and court qualification procedures.
Signature Identification
San Francisco, California                                                          1991
A study of:. various techniques used to verify signatures, recognizing different forms of forged signatures, use of equipment to aid in handwriting I.D.
Effects of Health on Handwriting
Sunnyvale, California                                                                 1991
Taught by Patricia Wellingham-Jones (an expert in identifying health related conditions and medications affecting handwriting).
David Liebman, MA, BCDE (President of N.A.D.E.)          1992-1995
Advanced training. Mentorship program offered by N.A.D.E. (National Association of Document Examiners). Study of new techniques and procedures in the document field, court appearances, preparation of court exhibits, use of forensic examination and magnification equipment, typewriter identification, dichroic inks, copy machine forgeries, forensic and document photography.

COMPLETION OF COLLEGE LEVEL COURSE IN QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS:

Quote:Northern Virginia College
Annadale, Virginia                                                                     1995
Instructed by Larry Ziegler, at the time, current Questioned Document Examiner for the FBI.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Quote:Andrew Bradley's Forensic Document Examination Course
A 20 lesson course which entail subjects, such as: The mechanics of Handwriting, Proper Procedures for Obtaining Exemplars, Identification of Hand Printing, Disguised Writing, Forgeries, Photo Copy Examination, Typewriter Identification, Anonymous Letters, Document Photography, Examination of Ink and Paper, Writing Instruments, Erased and Obliterated Writing, Use of ESDA...

RELATED EDUCATION:

Quote:Private Investigator Licensing Course
Virginia Beach, Virginia
In-depth state accredited sixty hour course taught by Vince Tortomasi (past Norfolk, VA Police Officer).

SPECIALIZED COURSE:

Quote:Document Examination
Bend, Oregon                                                                             1998
Handwriting analysis course instructed by John W. Hargett, the Chief Document Examiner for the U.S. Secret Service. He has been a Handwriting Expert with 31 years experience. Mr. Hargett has also headed the Secret Service International Forensic Training program and has lectured at the U.S, Secret Service Questioned Document Course since 1989.

RESIDENT TRAINING SEMINARS ATTENDED:

Quote:NADE Conference 1991 (National Association of Document Examiners)
Los Angeles, California
Workshop participation in: Ink identification by well-known ink chemist Izzy Lieberman, Document photography, Guidelines for taking exemplars, Preparation of courtroom exhibits, Mock court, Forgeries.
NADE Conference 1992
Atlanta, Georgia
Workshop participation in: Typewriter identification, contracts, Paper/Watermark identification, Case studies, Document photography, Depositions and Court qualification, Photocopy identification, Computer generated documents and alterations, Forgery and Facsimile machines.

Quote:NADIE Conference 1994
Concord, Massachusetts
Workshop participation in: Information on the current Federal Rules on expert testimony, Case studies, Introduction to new document examination equipment, Variations of courtroom exhibits, Forensic document photography with new advances, Counterfeit money, Handwriting of anonymous letters.
NADE Conference 1995
San Antonio, Texas
Workshop participation in: Cross examination, Personal check security, Disguised writing to defraud. Examination of writing under liquid paper correction fluid, Professionalism and research resources, handling of valuable documents.
NADE Conference 1996
Baltimore, Maryland
Workshop participation in: New research and advanced techniques in Pattern Recognition, Exhibit Preparation, Unusual Variations misidentified as significant Differences.

Quote:NWFIA Conference 1998 (Northwest Fraud Investigators Association)
Bend, Oregon
Forensic Document Examination sessions with Chief Document Examiner of the U.S, Secret Service, John W. Hargett, Equifax Credit Information Service on how to detect fraud via credit reports with Bonnie Meeks, and Howard Pollett of the Internal Revenue Service on fraud concerning Trusts and Pure Trusts.

LECTURES:

Quote:NADE Special Pre-Conference 1992
Atlanta, Georgia
NADE Conference 1995
San Antonio, Texas

PRINT MEDIA:

Quote:Subject or mentioned in articles of: USA Today, Virginian-Pilot, Boulder Camera, Boulder Daily, The Progress Index, The New York Post...

RADIO APPEARANCES:

Quote:Peter Boyles in Boulder, Colorado, and Victoria Jones in New York, New York.

BROADCAST MEDIA:

Quote:Appeared or mentioned on: WTKR's Morning Show, WTKR News, Geraldo, Court TV, Extra, Hard Copy, Fox Network News, Good Morning America, CNN and recently taped for a CBS exclusive for Dan Rather's Evening News and 48 Hours.