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<blockquote data-quote="Bierhunter" data-source="post: 1519371" data-attributes="member: 3178"><p>Something I find interesting is the way the PDF is formatted.</p><p></p><p>I'm "assuming" that it is a PDF of a scanned document due to the age of the document. Importing the PDF into an application to deconstruct it, a scanned document would normally show up as a single image on the page. This is because the document would not have been created with individual text objects, but rather scanned in as a whole image.</p><p></p><p>Now the interesting part. Decontructing the PDF of the long form certificate, it does not show up as a scanned image. The main text, the date, and the lower right signature stamp are all separate objects. Also, the green background is completely separate from the rest of the document. On the green background, there is white where the letters are supposed to go.</p><p></p><p>(I'm just linking due to image size)</p><p>Here is the original image</p><p><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/bierh/initial.png" target="_blank">http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/bierh/initial.png</a></p><p></p><p>Here is the deconstructed view showing how it's broken up into separate objects.</p><p><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/bierh/objects.png" target="_blank">http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/bierh/objects.png</a></p><p></p><p>Also, note how the '1' on the end of the document number is separate.</p><p></p><p>Documents that I have scanned in always end up as a single image object, and not separated like this. But, then again, I use simple basic scanning tools...nothing fancy.</p><p></p><p>Now, I will say that this does not provide definitive proof of a doctored document. We don't know what scanning process they used, or whether or not their software attempts to convert scanned documents to individual objects. Also, the application I used to deconstruct the PDF is simple and not what would be considered forensically sound.</p><p></p><p>All this does is raise questions. But it's interesting to see.</p><p></p><p>If anyone else has experience in this area and can shed more light on the subject, it'd be interesting to see what all can be found. It may be nothing, or it may be something more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bierhunter, post: 1519371, member: 3178"] Something I find interesting is the way the PDF is formatted. I'm "assuming" that it is a PDF of a scanned document due to the age of the document. Importing the PDF into an application to deconstruct it, a scanned document would normally show up as a single image on the page. This is because the document would not have been created with individual text objects, but rather scanned in as a whole image. Now the interesting part. Decontructing the PDF of the long form certificate, it does not show up as a scanned image. The main text, the date, and the lower right signature stamp are all separate objects. Also, the green background is completely separate from the rest of the document. On the green background, there is white where the letters are supposed to go. (I'm just linking due to image size) Here is the original image [url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/bierh/initial.png[/url] Here is the deconstructed view showing how it's broken up into separate objects. [url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/bierh/objects.png[/url] Also, note how the '1' on the end of the document number is separate. Documents that I have scanned in always end up as a single image object, and not separated like this. But, then again, I use simple basic scanning tools...nothing fancy. Now, I will say that this does not provide definitive proof of a doctored document. We don't know what scanning process they used, or whether or not their software attempts to convert scanned documents to individual objects. Also, the application I used to deconstruct the PDF is simple and not what would be considered forensically sound. All this does is raise questions. But it's interesting to see. If anyone else has experience in this area and can shed more light on the subject, it'd be interesting to see what all can be found. It may be nothing, or it may be something more. [/QUOTE]
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