VIC FOI request came back with modified copies of originals

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Jack_G

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When FOI request comes back, and you realise that an original document has been modified, how serious is this? Is this fraud?

Date was changed. I happened to have an original document to compare it to.
 

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Not necessarily. Some documents use date fields that auto-update.
 

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Hmm, hard to say. Sometimes the same email can be sent more than once.

Needs to be in context with what else is happening.
 

Jack_G

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Assuming that the context with the new date makes no sense for multiple reasons.
 

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If the change of date is advantageous to the other side then an adverse inference can be made allowing an attack on the credibility of the other side.