Fraud Investigation

Give fraud investigators clean, structured transaction data from any bank statement

Documentric converts PDF bank statements — from any bank, any format — into structured, reviewable transaction tables. Investigators get the data; the analysis is theirs.

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What Documentric is — and isn't

Fraud investigation requires two things: reliable data, and expert analysis. Documentric handles the first. When investigators receive PDF bank statements, the first problem is getting that data out of the PDF and into a usable format. Manually keying transactions from a 30-page statement is slow and introduces its own errors. Documentric automates that extraction step — reliably, at scale, across any bank.

Our honest position on fraud detection

Documentric extracts verbatim transaction data from PDF bank statements. It does not flag fraud automatically — it gives investigators the structured data they need to perform their own analysis. Transaction amounts, dates, merchant names, and running balances are all extracted exactly as printed. No fraud scoring. No risk alerts. No black-box decisions. Just clean data for experts who know what to look for.

The investigation workflow

From PDF receipt to analysis-ready dataset — four steps.

1

Receive PDF bank statements

Statements arrive via discovery, client submission, or subpoena. They may be from multiple banks, different date ranges, and in mixed PDF quality.

2

Upload to Documentric

Upload one or multiple PDFs. Documentric handles digital and scanned statements, any bank, any layout — no configuration required.

3

Review extracted transactions inline

Every transaction is displayed in an editable table. Verify extraction accuracy, annotate items of interest, and reconcile against the statement's opening and closing balances.

4

Export to Excel for pattern analysis

Download a CSV or .xlsx file. Sort by amount, filter by date range, pivot by merchant, or import into forensic analysis software for deeper investigation.

What investigators can review

Every field Documentric extracts is available in the review interface and in the export file.

Exact transaction amounts

Every debit and credit is extracted verbatim from the statement — no rounding, no summarization. Investigators work with the precise figures as printed.

Transaction timestamps

Date fields are extracted with full precision. For statements that include intraday timestamps, those are captured too — useful for timeline reconstruction.

Merchant and payee names

The full transaction description is preserved exactly as it appears on the statement — including location codes, reference numbers, and merchant identifiers.

Running balance

The account balance after each transaction is captured and displayed, making it easy to identify periods of unusual activity or sudden balance shifts.

Inline annotation editing

Investigators can add notes to specific transactions in the review interface before exporting — useful for marking items of interest without altering the extracted data.

Export to Excel

Export the full structured dataset as .xlsx or .csv for pattern analysis, timeline building, or import into forensic software such as IDEA or ACL.

Investigation use cases

Internal audit

Internal auditors reviewing employee expense accounts or business operating accounts can extract months of activity from PDF statements and analyze spend patterns in Excel — without relying on access to the original banking system.

Family law financial discovery

In divorce and asset division proceedings, one party may submit bank statements as PDF exhibits. Documentric converts those statements to searchable, sortable transaction data — making it easier to identify undisclosed income or concealed transfers.

Insurance investigation

Claims investigators verifying financial loss or suspicious expense patterns can convert claimant bank statements to structured data for timeline and pattern analysis.

Forensic accounting

Forensic accountants tracing asset flows across multiple accounts and periods benefit from having every statement in a consistent, queryable format. Documentric handles any bank, any layout.

Frequently asked questions

Does Documentric automatically flag fraudulent transactions?

No. Documentric is a data extraction tool, not an automated fraud detection platform. It does not score transactions for fraud risk, apply rules engines, or generate fraud alerts. What it does is give investigators a clean, structured, verbatim record of transactions from PDF bank statements — so they can apply their own analysis, rules, and judgment. Purpose-built fraud detection platforms (like FICO, Actimize, or SAS) operate at the transaction monitoring layer and serve a fundamentally different function.

Is extracted transaction data suitable for court or legal proceedings?

Documentric extracts data verbatim from the source PDF without modifying amounts, dates, or descriptions. The original PDF statement remains the primary document of record. In legal proceedings, the original PDF — obtained from the bank or produced in discovery — is the exhibit. The structured data Documentric produces is a derivative analytical tool. Consult your legal counsel regarding admissibility standards in your jurisdiction.

What export formats are compatible with forensic analysis software?

Documentric exports CSV and Excel (.xlsx) files. These formats are accepted by the leading forensic data analysis tools — including CaseWare IDEA, ACL (Galvanize), and Microsoft Excel's data analysis add-ins. The flat tabular format (one row per transaction, consistent columns) requires no transformation before import.

Does Documentric alter or normalize any transaction data during extraction?

Transaction descriptions are extracted verbatim as they appear on the statement. Dates are standardized to ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) for consistency, and amount fields are extracted as numeric values with the sign preserved (debits negative, credits positive). No merchant name normalization or data enrichment is applied unless transaction categorization is explicitly enabled — and that feature is clearly labeled.

How does Documentric handle document security and confidentiality?

Bank statements uploaded to Documentric are stored in encrypted Supabase Storage buckets and automatically deleted within 24 hours of upload. Files are not shared with third parties, not used to train AI models, and not retained beyond the processing window. For organizations with strict data handling requirements, on-premise or private cloud deployment options are available — contact us for details.

Extract clean transaction data from any bank statement

Upload a PDF and get a structured, analysis-ready transaction dataset in under 60 seconds. Free — no account required.

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