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Read for absence. An expected approval, missing period, or undocumented call may distinguish competing explanations. A gap is a question to resolve, not a conclusion to repeat.

Sequence the interviews. Listen to the person it happened to, then people with firsthand knowledge, while preserving records within your authority. Keep each account separate and record the people who saw nothing.

Write it so another person can follow it. Tie assertions to sources, dates and corroboration. Keep observation, reported statement and inference distinct; state limitations and contradictions without smoothing them away.

The six dimensions consider behavioral and technical aspects of a suspected scheme. Use them to organize a provisional assessment alongside the evidence, not to replace professional judgment or establish proof.