A Multidisciplinary Approach to Proving Fraud
On July 9, 2026, Judge Lorna G. Schofield dismissed with prejudice a supplier’s $840 million claim against Amazon, finding by clear and convincing evidence that the plaintiff had engaged in fraud on the court by submitting fabricated documents in support of its claims. Judge Schofield’s decision, which relied on the testimony of Nardello & Co. experts, highlights how specialized analyses can combine to expose fraud.
At an evidentiary hearing, Amazon presented testimony from three Nardello & Co. experts who addressed the falsified documents from various perspectives:
- An analysis of the supplier’s internal records and audited financial statements did not contain any entries referencing a purported $69 million purchase order, upon which the supplier was basing its damage calculations;
- A review of metadata associated with critical evidence produced by the supplier indicated that the documents had been created only a few days prior to their production and in a different format than the supplier claimed;
- A comparison of the purportedly original, wet ink signatures and stamps on the supplier’s documents indicated that they were in fact electronic copies, forcing the supplier to concoct “shifting” stories to explain various versions of the documents.
Read Judge Schofield’s full opinion here.
