Impact Statement
Document forensics and provenance mapping stopped a major property fraud before the losses occurred.

Scenario

A client was in the process of finalizing a high-value property deal when concerns arose about the authenticity of key documents — including agreements, e-stamps, and identity proofs.
Given the ₹30 Cr value at risk, the client engaged Mhymatch to verify document authenticity and detect possible forgery before proceeding.

Data Ingested

• Alleged agreements and supporting contracts

• E-stamp certificates and IDs provided by counterparties

• Registrar logs and property transaction records

• SMS/WhatsApp communications between parties

• Linked bank entries related to the transaction

Process (The Prevention Loop in Action)

Ingest: Pulled in scanned documents, registry extracts, communications, and payment records.
Normalize: Enhanced OCR for e-stamp and identity documents; standardized formats for side-by-side comparison.
Link: Mapped counterparties, signatories, and related bank transactions.
Analyze:

• Document forensics: checked fonts, layouts, and metadata for signs of manipulation.

• Signer/entity graph: traced connections between individuals and known fraud networks.

• Timeline & presence checks: validated whether signatories were physically present or authorized at the time of signing.
  Act:

• Delivered a forgery assessment with a provenance tree showing the chain of custody for each document.

• Compiled a police-grade complaint dossier and issued preventive alerts to the client and relevant authorities.

• Learn: Incorporated forged e-stamp pattern detection into Controls-as-Code for property transactions.

Output

• Detailed forgery analysis for each suspicious document.

• Provenance tree mapping document origins and alterations.

• Complaint dossier ready for law enforcement.

Impact

• ₹30 Cr loss prevented by halting the transaction.

• Perpetrators reported to authorities with admissible evidence.

• Enhanced controls for all future property deals involving the client.

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