A US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) signature expert began delving and scrutinizing the signatures of key government officials and dozens of documents pertaining to the US$1.17m transfer document from the Finance Ministry and Central Bank into an Ecobank account last Month has begun work.

"Right now, I am gathering all the evidence, making notes, taking images for analysis. I hope to be done by Friday, but if I am not done by then, I will complete them in the States before making a final report. All in all, the process might take about two weeks," FBI Forensic Document Examiner Mrs. Meredith Dekalb Miller, who arrived in the country Sunday night, told this paper in an exclusive interview Monday.

In trying to solve the US$1.17m puzzle, Mrs. Miller has asked for, and received, the signatures of key government players in a scandal, that caused the Deputy Bank Governor, Ms Ethel Davies, to tearfully resign her post, claiming time and facts will vindicate her.

The GAC, which was directed by President Sirleaf to look into the matter, invited Mrs. Miller here to determine whether the signatures on the US$1.17m transfer document from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank into an account Ecobank account were forge or not. Officials named in the scandal claimed their signatures were forged.

During Monday's interview, the FBI expert was scrutinizing signatures from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, whose signature was allegedly forged authorizing the transfer. Other signatures before Mrs. Miller are Deputy Minister of Finance for Revenue Alfreda Tamba, Deputy Minister of Finance of Finance for Administration Mr. Tarnue Mawolo and Deputy Minister of Finance for Expenditure, Mr. Arthur Fumbah.