Gaining the Upper Hand with Effective Interviewing - Interview with Anthony Luizzo and John Gaspar

Presented at the Spring Conference for New York Chapter - Association of Certified Fraud Examiners - New York Chapter - May 2021

Interviewing of targets, suspects, neighbors, by-standers, business owners and interrogating targets and “hot” suspects is both an art and a science. In this webinar “Luizzo and Gaspar” will shine a super bright lantern on how seasoned investigative sleuths use interview techniques, kinetics, room configuration, deceptive behavior signals, shorthand, interpreters, and social media harvesting to get the facts and only the facts. This comprehensive session dives deep into the strategic preparation necessary before any critical interview or interrogation. Attendees will gain actionable insights into creating a legally defensible process, ensuring due diligence requirements are meticulously met. Luizzo and Gaspar will share real-world case studies demonstrating the subtle but crucial differences between an interview designed to gather information and an interrogation aimed at obtaining a confession. Understanding the psychological aspects of deception and truth-telling is paramount, and this webinar will equip participants with the tools to spot evasive answers and non-verbal cues that can make or break an investigation.

In this podcast session attendees will learn:

Interview and interrogation definitions
Shorthand and notetaking tips
Deceptive behavior traits
Due diligence requirements
Pre interview / interrogation checklist preparation
Interpreter utilization
Social media harvesting
Locating interview targets
Questioning strategies
Forensics role in the investigative process