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All games Forensic deduction

Tie-Out

Management hands you a binder and a story. Tie every claim to the evidence — corroborate it, contradict it, or flag it as unsupported — then follow the contradictions until the real story falls out. You can't take their word for it. You tie it out.

You're the auditor on a procure-to-pay engagement. Management has given you a control narrative — six assertions about how the process works — and a binder of evidence. Your job is to tie each claim out against the evidence.

CorroboratedIndependent evidence confirms the claim. Link the artifact that proves it.
ContradictedEvidence disproves the claim. That's a finding — link what exposes it.
UnsupportedNo independent evidence either way. Accepting it is inquiry alone. Mark it for testing — don't take their word.

Then form your opinion. A control gap is not the same as a fraud — only escalate if the evidence actually closes the chain.