To enhance the efficiency and effectiveness in financial investigation with technology, Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) has launched the Bank Document Digitization System (BDDS) and Bank Statement Conversion and Analysis System (BSCAS) to be used by investigation officers since September 19. The officers can access both systems through the “Operational” icon on their departmental portal.

When they investigated deceptions and money laundering offences in the past, the officers were inevitably required to go to banks in person to execute Search Warrants for bank record retrieval. Financial data would then be manually input into excel spreadsheets for financial analysis. The whole process was time-consuming and error-prone. At present, the office can upload Search Warrants and/or Production Orders and obtain bank documents from designated banks via BDDS. The time and effort for collecting printouts of bank records from banks and the storage for hardcopies can be saved. The risk of the records being damaged or lost can also be mitigated.

After obtaining the bank documents, the officers can then convert the PDF files to Excel spreadsheets by using the conversion function of BSCAS. This will save the financial data manual inputting process, which is both labour intensive and error-prone. The officers can even use the Excel spreadsheets to analyse the financial data and conduct fund flow tracing with the analysis function of the system.

CCB has incorporated training sessions of BDDS and BSCAS in the Standard Criminal Investigation Course, Advanced Criminal Investigation Modules and Commercial Crime Investigation Course since July. Introduction videos to the two systems have been uploaded onto P-TV for officers’ viewing. CCB has also set up a hotline for officers to enquire on application of the systems. Details are available on the Force NoticeBoard of POINT.