A State Police forensic scientist falsified data in dozens of criminal cases over a period of 15 years, according to an investigation by the state Inspector General. The report found the substandard work went undetected because the agency was not equipped to review the scientist's work.
The investigation, which uncovered other problems in the sprawling laboratory, focused on a forensic scientist from Voorheesville, Gary Veeder, who committed suicide last year as an internal probe of his work was unfolding.
Veeder, 58, falsified records to conceal his fraudulent work, the report said. He was assigned to a trace evidence unit of the State Police's Forensic Investigation Center in Albany that examined fibers, arson residue, footwear impressions, glass, hair and other evidence gathered in criminal investigations, officials said.
The Inspector General's office, which was asked to investigate the matter by the State Police and the state Commission on Forensic Science, said problems were found in 29 percent of Veeder's 322 cases.
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