A Case of Fraud 1.1.2

Christine Pelham, CEO of the thriving pet-translation startup Zoolingo, has vanished — along with three million dollars from the company's coffers. As a fresh detective working for Phoebe Debenham of Debenham Detections, the player is assigned to piece together what happened, starting with Christine's personal life before being tasked with reconstructing Zoolingo's entire organizational chart. As documents, photographs, and forged messages are cross-referenced, a deeper fraud scheme hidden within the company's ranks gradually comes into focus, culminating in a final reveal confirmed by newly enhanced security footage.

A Case of Fraud is built entirely around reading, cross-referencing, and deduction rather than exploration or hidden-object searching. Players are given full access to all relevant documents, photographs, and logs from the outset, spread across locations like Christine's home office and the Zoolingo office, and must identify suspects by capturing their photos alongside their names and job designations. A multi-page notebook helps track accumulating clues and connections as players work to reconstruct the company's complete organizational chart — which uniquely includes each character's pet, tying into Zoolingo's pet-translation business. Following a structure similar to The Roottrees are Dead, key conclusions lock in only after three consecutive correct guesses, encouraging players to test theories carefully before committing, with a satisfying post-game reveal enhancing previously unclear security footage once the case is solved.

Launch the game and begin your investigation as a new detective assigned to Christine Pelham's disappearance. Read through all available documents, photographs, and logs across Christine's home office and the Zoolingo office. Capture photos of suspects along with their names and job designations as you identify them. Use your multi-page notebook to track names, positions, and connections as patterns start to emerge. Cross-reference details across different documents to spot inconsistencies, forged messages, and hidden relationships. Begin forming theories about who's involved and how the fraud scheme operates, testing your guesses as you go. Lock in answers once you're confident, since three completely correct guesses are needed to confirm key conclusions. Complete the case to unlock the enhanced post-game footage, confirming the final details of the mystery.