{ "_about": "Single register of every correction, with status. RESOLVED items are decided and must not be re-asked. Check this before raising anything with Sofia.", "_status_values": { "RESOLVED": "Sofia decided. Apply on the website; do not re-open.", "PENDING": "Needs Sofia's decision.", "RESEARCH": "Needs evidence before a decision is possible.", "AMBIGUOUS": "Two answers given in different rounds; needs one confirmation." }, "spreadsheet": [ { "id": "sheet-r259", "field": "URL", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Holds archive.is/El9EI, the Kharkiv snapshot, but the article saved in the row is the Europe 1 Val-de-Marne story. The same link correctly sits on row 262 and DB id 258, both Kharkiv. DB id 362 already holds the correct Europe 1 URL.", "action": "Fix or clear the URL on row 259. Leave DB id 258 alone.", "note": "Earlier I had this backwards and said id 258 was wrong. It is not." }, { "id": "sheet-r18", "field": "Scenario", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "'Armed Robbery in Public Space' but the attack happened inside the victims' own apartment in Toulouse.", "action": "Change to Home Invasion, matching DB id 266." }, { "id": "sheet-r252", "field": "URL", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Points to a French case near Paris; the saved article is a Phuket robbery in Thailand.", "action": "Re-find the correct source. This case is also absent from the database entirely." } ], "database": [ { "id": 307, "field": "description + notes", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Rewrite to incident 4 of the Salford series, quoting: 'Days later, the gang turned up at the victim's house again, demanding more money. They took him to Egret Drive, the address he was later found at by police, and placed a bag over his head.'" }, { "id": 321, "field": "victim", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Change from 'Crypto manager' to the mother, who was the person kidnapped." }, { "id": 456, "field": "summary (drug network)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Delete. Traces to an unrelated teaser headline inside the Sim Noticias page." }, { "id": 456, "field": "summary (pistol-whipping)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Delete 'pistol-whipped'. Keep violence_torture = 1, basing it on the hedged A Tribuna line and recording the police account of injuries from the escape fall." }, { "id": 456, "field": "summary (vehicles)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Two attacker vehicles, not three. Keep eight suspects. Also record that both vehicles carry Sao Paulo plates registered to the same owner." }, { "id": 456, "field": "summary (status date)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Remove the 'as of June 16, 2026' claim. Keep 'one arrested, seven at large' with no date." }, { "id": 456, "field": "summary (victim criminal record)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Delete 'no criminal record'. The drug conviction belongs to the arrested suspect." }, { "id": 456, "field": "coin_type", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Field holds a fiat amount rather than a coin. Serra Noticiario is the only source naming one, USDT, and it also gives a different figure (R$20,000 vs R$15,000).", "decisions_given": [ "earlier: keep R$15,000 and add USDT to coin_type", "later: leave as is" ], "needs": "one confirmation", "action": "Do NOT add USDT. The field is used to confirm AMOUNTS, not to name a coin, and the coin is not established. State the available amount information only.", "evidence_note": "USDT is not invented: Serra Noticiario prints '3.700 USDT (Tether), valor equivalente a aproximadamente R$ 20 mil'. But it is the only source naming a coin and also the only one giving R$20,000 instead of R$15,000, so the coin rests on the same source that disagrees on the amount.", "decided_by": "Sofia" }, { "id": 456, "field": "description (Porsche 718, quote, followers)", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Model number, self-description quote and follower count all unsourced.", "decisions_given": [ "earlier: fix all three outright", "later: leave for now" ], "needs": "one confirmation", "action": "LEAVE AS IS for now. Logged as known-unsourced: the '718' model number, the 'Forex, crypto and proprietary trading desk' quote and the rounded 82,000 follower figure are none of them in any source. Revisit only if Sofia raises it." }, { "id": 457, "field": "notes (plate causality)", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Notes assert the recorded plate led to the Gignac arrests. Five sources read, none says so; two describe police catching the group mid-transaction, a third says relatives blocked the escape with roadblocks.", "needs": "Sofia asked for one more check specifically for a source confirming the plate claim. La Provence's paywalled 75% is the most likely place it would sit.", "action": "REMOVE the claim that the plate led investigators to the four men. Record only what is supported: the suspects fled leaving the plate number at the scene, and four men were arrested at Gignac-la-Nerthe hours later.", "url": "https://www.laprovence.com/article/faits-divers-justice/2193885092828214/quatre-hommes-arretes-en-plein-braquage-sur-fond-de-cryptomonnaies-pres-de-marseille", "note": "Same article serves case 458, whose Gignac detail is also likely in the unretrieved 75%.", "evidence": "Eight sources read directly, none states the causal link. Cryptopolitan EN: the plate 'may prove to be the thread that connects these suspects to a broader network' — conditional, and about a wider network. Journal du Coin and Cryptoast both describe police catching the group mid-transaction.", "do_not_record": "cryptoactu.com's roadblock detail. That outlet carries apparently invented material elsewhere in the same piece and is uncorroborated.", "origin": "The claim traces to the bulk-import AI summary, which the case file already labels NOT verified against sources." }, { "id": 458, "field": "kidnappings", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "No change. The field counts incidents, so 1 is correct. Add a note that two women were held." }, { "id": 458, "field": "sources", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Keep the La Provence link, noting that its retrievable quarter evidences sibling case 457, not this one." }, { "id": 459, "field": "victim names", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "KEEP the names as recorded. Deliberate exception to the primary-source rule, taken with the evidence in view. Do not re-open in a later session.", "caveat": "No primary document names either woman; five spellings of the Dutch victim's surname circulate. That caveat belongs with the names." }, { "id": 459, "field": "summary (cousin Sikander)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Replace with the four named co-accused (Muhammad Raza Dar, Hassan Raza, Sikandar Khan, Sajid Ali) and the 'boss' figure police named as Waheed of Okara, who has eight prior cases." }, { "id": 459, "field": "summary (Ishaq Dar)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Keep the name, attributed precisely: reported by EFE via an unnamed police source, and as the suspect's own claim to the victim. Not as established fact." }, { "id": 459, "field": "summary (SHO suspension)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Suspension is real but the reason is wrong. Basis was an FIR alleging forced entry at a judicial magistrate's residence under PPC 452, 506-B and 34, not negligence." }, { "id": 459, "field": "victim nationality", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Venezuelan national, resident in Hondon de las Nieves, Alicante, Spain. Explains the 2-2 source split." }, { "id": 459, "field": "violence_torture wording", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Both women allegedly sexually assaulted, charges filed under PPC 375-A, matter before the court. Do not assert which victim the medical report concerns." }, { "id": 459, "field": "scenario (staged kidnapping)", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Two sources report police investigating a staged kidnapping. Dawn, from her sworn Section 164 statement, gives a narrower version: the main suspect posed as a fellow victim to mask his complicity in a real abduction. No police or court finding closes it.", "needs": "whether to record the narrow version, the broad version, or nothing", "action": "Record as an OPEN POLICE LINE: police were investigating whether the kidnapping was staged, with the main suspect posing as a victim. No source reports the theory confirmed or dropped.", "evidence": "Daily Pakistan: 'a staged kidnapping scenario was created to mislead authorities, during which the main suspect reportedly portrayed himself as one of the victims.' ProPakistani: 'the man who had invited them to Pakistan pretended to be a victim as well.' Dawn, from her sworn Section 164 statement: 'While the primary suspect initially acted as a fellow victim to mask his complicity, it later became evident he was working in tandem with the armed group.'", "note": "'Staged' means the suspect faked being a victim. The women were genuinely abducted." }, { "id": 460, "field": "money_wanted", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Record says '$4.9M to $5M'. No source gives $4.9M. The $5M figure comes from an Instagram interview, and Bali Discovery states police 'have yet to share the amount of money lost'.", "recommended": "Drop the $4.9M lower bound; record US$5M as reported via an Instagram interview with no police confirmation.", "action": "LEAVE AS IS for now. $5M is at least reported, via an Instagram interview, even though police had released no figure. Logged as known-weak." }, { "id": 460, "field": "summary (four crime scenes)", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Summary names four locations. Sources say police investigated four locations but never say which four.", "recommended": "Replace the invented list with 'police processed four crime scenes; the locations were not specified in reporting'.", "action": "Replace the invented list of four named locations with 'police processed four crime scenes; the locations were not specified in reporting'." }, { "id": 460, "field": "weapons", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Flag is null, yet police pursue the case as armed robbery. No source describes a weapon; the restraints were plastic cuffs. Policy question: does the flag follow the reporting or the charge?", "note": "Sofia already ruled on 462 that imitation weapons count as armed when used to intimidate. This is the inverse case.", "action": "Set weapons = 1, following the charge. Add a note that no source describes a weapon; the only restraints described are plastic handcuffs and the only violence is punches and kicks.", "rule": "Sofia's ruling: where police pursue a case as armed robbery, assume weapons were involved. Applies generally, not just here." }, { "id": 460, "field": "summary (name and ownership)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Replace the name with 'Russian national, initials A.I., 41'. Replace 'owner of Hedonist Restaurant' with 'was returning from Hedonist Restaurant'. Note both details are sourced only to social media." }, { "id": 460, "field": "sources", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Add the ANTARA article, which carries the official Bali Police statement and is the only evidence for Villa Ukulele." }, { "id": 461, "field": "summary (weapons)", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Summary says 'held at gunpoint'. The NYPD bulletin says the three 'brandished firearms'.", "recommended": "Keep the firearm detail but use NYPD's own word, brandished. 'Gunpoint' is an embellishment.", "action": "Use NYPD's own word: the three 'brandished firearms'. Drop 'held at gunpoint'." }, { "id": 461, "field": "summary (device)", "status": "RESOLVED", "issue": "Summary asserts a 'Ledger device'. Neither NYPD nor Hoodline names a brand; Hoodline hedges with 'a so-called cryptocurrency ledger'.", "recommended": "Remove the brand.", "action": "Remove the Ledger brand. Record only that attackers demanded a 'cryptocurrency ledger', as police phrased it." }, { "id": 462, "field": "url_2", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "No change. The YouTube link is deliberate; Brazilian outlets describe this victim as both influencer and businessman." }, { "id": 462, "field": "weapons", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Keep weapons = 1 and add a note that the weapons used in the abduction were imitation police props; a real firearm appears only in the later police chase." }, { "id": 457, "field": "url_3", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Replace the Spanish Cryptopolitan link with the English original: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/france-arrests-crypto-robbers-marseille/", "note": "The agent fetched both and confirmed the Spanish edition is a faithful translation. Using the original removes any need to re-verify the translation." }, { "id": 457, "field": "url_2 (La Provence)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Leave the link. Mark it permanently PARTIAL: 75% paywalled, and unreachable by the fetch tool, by archive.org, and by Sofia. Only the opening quarter will ever be on file.", "note": "Its retrievable portion covers case 457 only; it evidences nothing for 458." }, { "id": 458, "field": "url_3", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Replace the Spanish Cryptopolitan link with the English original: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/france-arrests-crypto-robbers-marseille/", "note": "The agent fetched both and confirmed the Spanish edition is a faithful translation. Using the original removes any need to re-verify the translation." }, { "id": 458, "field": "url_2 (La Provence)", "status": "RESOLVED", "action": "Leave the link. Mark it permanently PARTIAL: 75% paywalled, and unreachable by the fetch tool, by archive.org, and by Sofia. Only the opening quarter will ever be on file.", "note": "Its retrievable portion covers case 457 only; it evidences nothing for 458." }, { "id": 441, "field": "fetched sources (url_2, url_3)", "status": "PENDING", "issue": "Semantic audit: both fetched sources (ctvnews.ca, noovo.info) describe case 438's 28 Jan home invasion, not 441's March dodged-attack. 441 has no valid fetched article for its own incident; the covering source (journaldemontreal) is blocked.", "action_options": "Re-fetch journaldemontreal manually; and decide whether the two off-case sources stay linked (they are real sources for 438) or are removed from 441." }, { "id": 295, "field": "url_3 (forbes.com)", "status": "PENDING", "issue": "Semantic audit: a 2020 Forbes halving-speculation piece that predates the incident and never describes it. Off-case.", "action_options": "Drop the source from case 295." } ] }