The clues that let you trace a single sheet of paper

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Forensic science has a new way to detect document fraud

It was a corporate bait-and-switch just two pages in length. The second page was never disputed – shareholders admitted to signing it. However, they claimed the first page was a substitution that would transfer funds to a fraudster.

Was the first page switched? In hopes of getting an answer, forensic analysts at Eurofins Forensic Services shined a light on the document in question – and uncovered something previously unreported.