The grant is being used to purchase a video camera that can be used to document crime scenes, use in documentation for search warrants as well as documentation of evidence recovered in the execution of those search warrants and in videotaping the statements of crime victims.
The Financial Crimes Unit primarily investigates major white-collar crimes including identity theft, fraud, embezzlement, forgery, computer crime as well as check and credit card offenses. The unit also investigates elder citizen finance abuse.
The Reno Police Department processed 6,124 reports dealing with potential fraud cases in 2005 that included 2,879 fraud cases, 292 involving counterfeiting, 109 defrauding, 246 embezzlement cases involving violations of state law and 60 involving violations of the Reno Municipal Code, 65 forgery cases, and 2,473 involving fraudulent checks. There were 6,378 reports processed dealing with potential fraud cases in 2004.
