Module 02 · Node-graph HUD
Trace the ledger, not the feed
Toggle between two fictional teaching cases and an optional live lookup of public federal award records. Record Coverage counts the records you have found. It measures how much of the paper trail you hold, not whether a claim is true.
FICTIONAL TEACHING CASE · Every person, company, address, aircraft, and record in this case is invented for training. Any resemblance to real entities is coincidental.
Case 01 · Shared Registered Agent Subsidy Network
The viral claim: A viral post says four subsidized companies in three states are “one fraud ring” because they share an address in Suite 204.
Solid lines: shared registered agent or direct record link. Dashed lines: award or supporting record. Select a node for its record.
Registered agent
Suite 204
Northgate Filing Services (fictional), 1200 Example Ave, Suite 204. A commercial registered-agent company. Firms like this often serve thousands of unrelated businesses, so a shared agent is a lead, not proof.
False-Positive Shield
valid night-shift permit
Cedar Evening Care holds a valid 3 PM–11 PM operating permit. A reporter who knocks at 10 AM will find it closed, and that is expected. Visit during licensed hours, or the story gets debunked and a lawful business gets smeared.
Record Coverage
6/1060% of the records we asked for are in hand. Coverage counts records found. It is not a truth score: a story can have full coverage and still be wrong, or low coverage and be right.
One registered agent in Suite 204 is listed for four LLCs across three fictional states. Three of them received program awards. The False-Positive Shield flags that Cedar Evening Care operates a 3 PM–11 PM night shift, so a 10 AM visit would find it closed for a lawful reason.
Records checklist
| Found | Record | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered-agent filing: Cedar Evening Care | State A business registry (fictional) | Agent: Suite 204 | |
| Registered-agent filing: Brightpath Day | State B business registry (fictional) | Agent: Suite 204 | |
| Registered-agent filing: Lakeside Transit | State C business registry (fictional) | Agent: Suite 204 | |
| Registered-agent filing: Pinewood Learning | State A business registry (fictional) | Agent: Suite 204 | |
| Award records (3 recipients) | State program award ledger (fictional) | Amounts and dates on file | |
| Operating permit: Cedar Evening Care | State A licensing (fictional) | 3:00 PM–11:00 PM night shift | |
| Operating permit: Brightpath Day | State B licensing (fictional) | Request pending | |
| Operating permit: Pinewood Learning | State A licensing (fictional) | Not yet requested | |
| Program inspection reports | State program office (fictional) | Public-records request drafted | |
| Right-of-reply responses from each company | Our own request letters | Not sent yet |
Claim card
Record Coverage 6/10 · fingerprint not computed yet