{"id":4424,"date":"2023-01-04T15:50:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T21:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsinc.com\/case-studies\/inappropriate-materials-result-in-appropriate-termination-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:02:28","slug":"doctored-text-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/idsinc.com\/en_gb\/case-studies\/doctored-text-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof of a Doctored Text Message Wins Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Plaintiff filed a sexual harassment claim.\u00a0 The allegation was that there had been text messages sent by the Defendant to support this claim.\u00a0 After months of asking for the alleged text messages, a PDF was produced that was represented to be a screenshot of an offending text message.
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The law firm suspected that the newly produced \u201ctext message\u201d might be fake.<\/p>\n

The client needed expertise for the following:
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  • To understand what steps to take to determine authenticity (or lack thereof)<\/li>\n
  • To understand the differences between the creation of screenshots and PDFs<\/li>\n
  • To understand the history of the Apple iOS and its hardware limitations across various iPhone models <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    Using a team of iDS experts, we evaluated the characteristics of the PDF content and provided testing and validation of various iPhone makes, models, and iOS versions.<\/h5>\n

    The iDS Forensics Team tested, validated, and reported on the following:\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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      Determined that the PDF was not a screenshot, but instead a created document<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Identified well over 4-5 dozen technical discrepancies between the produced PDF and what an actual text message screenshot should look like<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      That the PDF was never a screenshot from an iPhone<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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      Through live testimony, the iDS expert was able to conclude, based on clear and convincing evidence, that the Plaintiff\u2019s evidence was not authentic and was intentionally fabricated. <\/h5>\nOur client won a trial verdict, stating that in large part it was due to the iDS work dissecting the evidence and our ability to testify about the results in plain English.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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