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.