Jake Aller Poet Bio

The life of a fraud officer

The life of a fraud officer

For eight  years
I worked as a fraud officer
Combating visa and passport fraud
Back when I worked 
As a US diplomat.

In Mumbai 
There was so much fraud
But we often had no choice
But to hold our noise
And issue visas.

In Spain not as much
But still quite a bit.

I learned the hard way
So many people 
Are con men and women.

Lying, cheating 
To get what they want.

One learned to not take it personally
Just part of the job
Working in a broken down visa system.

Where if the client has a good lawyer
And the paperwork looked legit
They would prevail. 

And so the constant games
The lies and deceit continued
To this day.

I became so cynical
About people
But detecting fraud
Was like playing detective.

Once in a while
We were able to deny 
A visa.

When the fraudulent activity
Was too blatant to ignore.

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