Abstract: An offending item detection system is provided for analyzing and processing documents received at one or more capture sites. A physical document may be electronically captured at a capture site and subsequently transmitted to a regional or central processing system. The processing system may then analyze the captured documents to identify and flag suspected offending items such as duplicates. Suspected offending items may be removed from a processing stream and replaced by a substitute transaction to keep the financial system in balance and to reduce potential for processing backlog. In the meantime, the suspected offending item may be analyzed. If the item is a false positive, the substitute transaction may be canceled and the financial document reinserted into the processing stream. If the suspected item is a true offending item, the substitute transaction may be replaced by or converted into another transaction funded by a general suspense account.

Abstract: An anti-theft device for mounting on a steering columm of a vehicle to prevent the unauthorized use or theft of the vehicle. The device includes two semi-circular rigid band portions hingedly joined along adjacent edges. The band portions may be permanently secured in the steering column in close surrounding relation by one or more fasteners engaging opposing flanges on the opposite end edges of the band portions.