Case Files
A case is never finished, only defensible
Case files persist across modules. Facts move between confidence levels as evidence arrives, and old assumptions are re-audited when a new artifact contradicts them.
The case universe
Evidence arrives late, on purpose.
Each synthetic case holds thousands of artifacts and unfolds progressively. You rarely receive everything at once. That produces uncertainty; uncertainty produces judgment; judgment is what the Academy trains.
TRAINING / SYNTHETIC
The Lonely Investor
OPEN — Term II · Opened Week 13
A persona-led investment fraud maintained across three languages with model assistance. Everything in this file is fabricated for instruction.
Overall confidence
MODERATE
Open case fileTRAINING / SYNTHETIC
Mirror Market
OPEN — Term II · Opened Week 16
A fictional marketplace whose vendor accounts appear to be reflections of one another.
Overall confidence
LOW
Open case fileTRAINING / FICTIONAL ADVERSARY
EVE — Meta Case
RUNNING — Months 1–9 · Opened Orientation
Clues accumulate from orientation to capstone. Some contradict each other. Some were planted to test your discipline.
Overall confidence
INSUFFICIENT
Open case fileRequired reading
Open PDFThe Hunt for 3ve — Google & White Ops
A real, published account of a coordinated takedown of a large ad-fraud operation. Read it before the network and finance modules: it shows how infrastructure mapping, traffic analysis, private-sector collaboration and legal process combine into a defensible case.
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