[Miss Behave]

"It doesn’t matter that it was ultimately saved as a PDF file. What’s important is what is revealed by the fact* that the creator forget to flatten the layers."

RegulatorCountry and MrShoop, just how do you get around this very basic and determinative absolute? Please be specific.

*bold and red mine.

[Smokeyblue]

I like the red part. LOL.

FACT - This story has a CREATOR instead of just a person who used the scanner once during some secretarial duty.

CREATOR - defined as one that creates usually by bringing something new or original into being.

[RegulatorCountry]

Please explain just how the presence of layers alters the accuracy of information contained therein.

They don’t.

[Wayne07]

The only fact is that the layers exist, you are speculating that they wer created by forgery. It is also a fact that Acrobat creates layers when you generate a PDF. So there are only two facts to consider:

1: There are layers
2: Acrobat creates layers

So are layers evidence of a forgery? Nope.