Can you trust the digital evidence?

Evidence-focused analysis for property and casualty claims, SIU investigations, and legal matters.

Becker & Company’s Digital Forensic Services department helps carriers assess the origin, integrity, and technical history of photographs, documents, files, and emails when authenticity questions, inconsistencies, or suspected manipulation arise.

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Screened for: C2PA content credentials · SynthID · EXIF metadata
Examined for: Editing-software markers · embedded previews · structural anomalies
Reported as: Qualified interpretation

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Digital evidence is increasingly central to P&C claims, from property and vehicle damage photographs to estimates, records, documents, and electronic communications. When a file’s authenticity is in question, our forensic specialists examine the file itself and report what the evidence supports, with appropriate qualifications.

Where digital forensics can support a claim

Questionable damage photos
Suspected image manipulation
AI-generated images
Altered documents and records
Inconsistent claim photographs
Email and attachment verification
Digital evidence preservation

What we examine, and what you receive

AI Detection

Best for: questionable property, vehicle, loss, or supporting images when SIU or Claims needs to assess whether content may be AI-generated and whether deeper review is warranted.

What we examine

Images are screened for indicators associated with generative AI, C2PA content credentials, Google SynthID, and available EXIF metadata. When supported by the evidence, we assess the likely generation or editing service.

What you receive

A concise findings report covering scan results, provenance indicators, initial EXIF data, and qualified interpretation.

Image Analysis

Paired with AI Detection

Best for: claims where damage, origin, manipulation, or consistency among photographs is in question.

What we examine

Deeper extraction, parsing, and static analysis. Findings may include editing-software markers, device-specific evidence, embedded previews, structural anomalies, and reverse-image-search results.

What you receive

A detailed report explaining available evidence of origin, processing, modification, and technical differences among images. Analysis addresses the file and its provenance, not the truth of the depicted subject matter.

File Analysis

Document & PDF analysis

Best for: potentially altered or misrepresented estimates, invoices, contracts, records, supporting documents, or other files submitted in connection with a claim.

What we examine

A file’s metadata, internal structure, signatures, embedded objects, software markers, timestamps, authoring information, and possible creation or modification workflows.

What you receive

A documented technical assessment of recoverable facts, relevant metadata, structural observations, and notable inconsistencies.

Email Analysis

Best for: claims where photographs, invoices, documents, or other evidence arrived by email and investigators need to evaluate their relationship to the sender or message chain.

What we examine

Available headers, routing and authentication results, message metadata, attachments, and relevant conversation context, supplemented when appropriate by open-source research on senders, domains, or identifiers.

What you receive

A forensic review of the message and enclosures, including sender and routing details, attachment relationships, and evidence-supported investigative findings. Original MSG or EML files provide the strongest record.

Enhancement & Recovery

Enhancement

We utilize specialized forensic techniques to enhance images and video, improve visual clarity, and examine details such as license plates and other identifying features.

Recovery

Our services also include recovering accessible data from damaged, corrupted, or otherwise inaccessible digital media to help preserve valuable investigative evidence.

Each submitted file is fingerprinted.

Each submitted file is assigned a SHA-256 cryptographic hash, documented in the report to identify the exact file examined and support integrity verification.

Important scope note. Findings depend on the quality and completeness of the submitted evidence. Source or original files generally support stronger conclusions than screenshots, exports, or recompressed copies. No AI detector or metadata field is conclusive on its own; conclusions are based on the combined weight of available indicators and reported with appropriate qualifications.

When digital evidence raises questions, our forensic specialists can help you take a closer look.

Scope and pricing are tailored to the evidence and requested depth of review.

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Surveillance

Surveillance is the monitoring of an individual’s daily activities to obtain video evidence that is both impactful and difficult to refute. The activities recorded can prove an individual to be working or acting beyond their restrictions. Multiple surveillance dates can be helpful in establishing patterns of behavior or inconsistencies.

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Desk Investigations

Our Desk Investigators are tasked with finding any and all information on a subject or business through cross referencing data from multiple databases, online searches, and various OSINT sources. We then retain all relevant information to the claim and provide it to you in a comprehensive, court-ready report.

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SIU Services

Our Special Investigations Unit (SIU) provides investigative support for property and casualty claims through scene investigations, recorded statements, and secure record collection. We partner with carriers and TPAs to gather objective evidence that is both defensible and professionally documented. Each investigation is managed to ensure a rapid turnaround and a court-ready report that supports informed claim decisions and withstands litigation scrutiny.

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Our Digital Forensic Services team examines photographs, documents, PDFs, emails, and electronic files to evaluate their origin, integrity, and history when authenticity is in question. We screen for AI-generated and manipulated content, review metadata and modification history, and offer image and video enhancement, license plate deblurring, and media recovery. Every file is hashed and documented in a concise findings report.

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Can you trust the digital evidence?

Where digital forensics can support a claim

What we examine, and what you receive

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Enhancement

Recovery

Each submitted file is fingerprinted.

When digital evidence raises questions, our forensic specialists can help you take a closer look.

Surveillance

Desk Investigations

SIU Services

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