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Originally Posted by RichardSimon
That is not correct.
You can take a correspondence course for the educational value of it but that does not make you an FDE.
An FDE needs to work in a lab and get formal training for 2 years before he can qualify.
There is a self titled forensic handwriting examiner in our business named Frank Garo. He has admitted to me that he gave himself that title. The title has no meaning in the forensic business.
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That's correct, except the definititon of a "lab" and "formal training" are loosely translated, and the hours logged are at the discretion of the person doing the training which can be easily manipulated. Regardless, there are scores of people with FDE certificates who regularly certify autographs as being authentic only to be proven incorrect at a later date...