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This report identified indicators commonly associated with fabricated income documentation. We recommend requesting alternative verification before proceeding.
Applicant
Jordan M
Stated employer
CloudBridge Consulting LLC
Stated income
$6,500 / month gross
Documents
3 documents (PDF) — stub-may.pdf, stub-june.pdf, employment-letter.pdf
Report
PS-2026-5A3F01
Delivered
June 15, 2026
Verification checks
Section 1 · What we received1 flag
Pay stubs (2)Pass
2 pay stubs received.
Employment letterPass
Provided - corroborates the employer and start date against the stubs.
W-2 / 1099Not provided
Not provided - optional; a W-2 or 1099 would confirm the employer's legal name, EIN and annual income.
PDF metadata analysisFlag
The file’s Producer metadata reads “Adobe Photoshop 25.0.” Pay stubs generated by a payroll system are not produced in an image editor — this is a strong sign the document was created or altered by hand.
Pay math validationPass
The pay adds up on paper — the gross reconciles to the earnings printed on the stub, and the take-home is consistent with it. Adding up proves the figures agree with each other, not that the income is real: correct arithmetic is easy to generate, so read this alongside the real-world employer checks and the cross-document comparisons. We checked:
Gross pay = hours x rate: $3,000.00 vs 120 hrs x $25.00 = $3,000.00
Take-home (net) is consistent with the gross: $2,710.00 take-home on $3,000.00 gross (the deduction lines we read total $612.00, which leaves $2,388.00 — a line may not have been captured; this does not change the gross).
Year-to-date is in a sensible range: $36,000.00 year-to-date, about $3,000.00 × 12 periods
Tax withholding validationNo information
No information provided — the individual tax lines could not be read from the document to validate.
Issued document or a previewNo information
No information provided — no watermark or overlay text was found on the document to assess.
Formatting fingerprintNo information
Not assessed in this report — this advanced template-matching check is not yet part of our automated analysis.
Employer named across the documentsNoted
Received - application: "CloudBridge Consulting LLC"; pay stub (stub-may.pdf): "CloudBridge Consulting LLC"; pay stub (stub-june.pdf): "CloudBridge Consulting LLC"; employment letter (employment-letter.pdf): "CLOUDBRIDGE CONSULTING, L.L.C.". Cross-reference - the employer is named consistently across everything received. Everything compared here was supplied by the applicant, so agreement between these documents proves nothing either way about whether the employer is real - the external checks in Section 2 test that.
Employer named the same on every document: pay stub (stub-may.pdf) "CloudBridge Consulting LLC" vs pay stub (stub-june.pdf) "CloudBridge Consulting LLC" vs employment letter (employment-letter.pdf) "CLOUDBRIDGE CONSULTING, L.L.C." - written differently, but the same company (normal formatting variation, not a discrepancy)
Employer matches the application: application "CloudBridge Consulting LLC" vs pay stub (stub-may.pdf) "CloudBridge Consulting LLC"
Employer contact details across the documentsNoted
Received - pay stub (stub-may.pdf) phone: "(512) 555-0142"; pay stub (stub-june.pdf) phone: "(512) 555-0142"; employment letter (employment-letter.pdf) phone: "512.555.0142"; pay stub (stub-may.pdf) address: "4400 Sample Ridge Dr, Austin, TX 78759"; pay stub (stub-june.pdf) address: "4400 Sample Ridge Dr, Austin, TX 78759"; employment letter (employment-letter.pdf) address: "4400 Sample Ridge Dr, Austin, TX 78759". Cross-reference - the contact details agree across the documents. Everything compared here was supplied by the applicant, so agreement between these documents proves nothing either way about whether the employer is real - the external checks in Section 2 test that.
Employer phone the same on every document: pay stub (stub-may.pdf) "(512) 555-0142" vs pay stub (stub-june.pdf) "(512) 555-0142" vs employment letter (employment-letter.pdf) "512.555.0142" - same number
Employer address the same on every document: pay stub (stub-may.pdf) "4400 Sample Ridge Dr, Austin, TX 78759" vs pay stub (stub-june.pdf) "4400 Sample Ridge Dr, Austin, TX 78759" vs employment letter (employment-letter.pdf) "4400 Sample Ridge Dr, Austin, TX 78759" - same address
Pay schedule across the stubsNoted
Received - pay dates: 2026-05-29, 2026-06-12 (stated biweekly). Cross-reference - the pay dates are spaced correctly for the stated schedule. Everything compared here was supplied by the applicant, so agreement between these documents proves nothing either way about whether the employer is real - the external checks in Section 2 test that.
Pay dates follow the stated schedule: 2026-05-29 -> 2026-06-12 (14 days apart), stated biweekly
Duplicate submission scanPass
These documents have not been previously submitted to ProofSweep.
Some checks on the documents need a look
Section 2 · What we looked up6 flags
State business registryFlag
No entity matching “CloudBridge Consulting LLC” was found in the Texas franchise-tax registry. This can be legitimate — a sole proprietor, a “doing-business-as” name, or a company registered in another state — so verify by hand before drawing a conclusion.
Graded with the other employer checks: 6 independent sources were searched and none corroborated this employer. See the conclusion to this section.
! NEEDS A LOOK — Found in the Texas registry: no match for “CloudBridge Consulting LLC”
Employer tax ID (EIN)Not found
No employer tax ID (EIN) is printed on this pay stub. An EIN is not legally required on a stub, but many genuine payroll systems include it — its absence means there is no independent tax-ID tying these wages to a registered employer. Minor on its own, but more meaningful when the employer cannot be confirmed by other means.
Graded with the other employer checks: 6 independent sources were searched and none corroborated this employer. See the conclusion to this section.
! NEEDS A LOOK — Employer tax ID (EIN) present on the stub: no EIN was printed on the document
Domain age & registrationFlag
The domain “cloudbridge-consulting.example” was registered 18 days ago (2026-05-28) — very recent for an established employer.
Graded with the other employer checks: 6 independent sources were searched and none corroborated this employer. See the conclusion to this section.
Web footprintFlag
No Google business listing was found for “CloudBridge Consulting LLC” in TX. This is common for small, remote, or purely B2B employers and is not itself a concern — confirm the employer another way (state registry, an official website found via search).
Graded with the other employer checks: 6 independent sources were searched and none corroborated this employer. See the conclusion to this section.
! NEEDS A LOOK — Findable as a business on Google: no listing matched “CloudBridge Consulting LLC”
Phone independenceFlag
The phone number printed on the stub does not match the number independently listed for a business of this name — worth an independent call to confirm.
Graded with the other employer checks: 6 independent sources were searched and none corroborated this employer. See the conclusion to this section.
Address checkFlag
The address printed on the stub was located and is shown below (map and street view). Confirm it is a genuine commercial premises for the employer — not a residence, a co-working space, or a mailbox service, each of which is common with invented employers. (Sample report: the imagery below is illustrative — this is a fictional case and the address does not exist.)
Graded with the other employer checks: 6 independent sources were searched and none corroborated this employer. See the conclusion to this section.
Map
Street view
Work locationNo information
No information provided — we did not have both an employer address and a stated employer state to compare.
Nothing independent corroborates this employer
Section 3 · EmploymentSection clear
Time at this employerPass
The start date provided is March 2024 - about 2 years and 3 months at this employer, consistent with a settled work history.
Recommended next steps
- Before proceeding, request alternative income verification: a read-only bank-linked income check, or a prior-year W-2 plus the two most recent months of bank statements showing matching payroll deposits.
- This report does not confirm that the applicant is actually employed by the stated employer — even where the employer and the documents check out, the employment itself is a separate fact we cannot verify. To confirm it, contact the employer using a phone number or email found independently (the state registry or the official website via search), never the ones printed on the pay stub.
- Apply the same verification steps you use for this applicant to every applicant, and document your process. Consistency supports fair-housing compliance.
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This report reflects the documents submitted and the public records and information available to ProofSweep as of June 15, 2026, the date of this report. Business records, online footprints, and circumstances can change after this date; ProofSweep is not responsible for changes arising after the report was delivered. ProofSweep (a Twisted English LLC company) is not a Consumer Reporting Agency, and its reports are not consumer reports as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. ProofSweep reports observable characteristics of submitted documents and publicly available business records only. It does not verify identity, employment, creditworthiness, criminal history, or eviction history, and it makes no determination that any person has committed fraud. Risk indicators can have innocent explanations (e.g., employers of record, PEOs, staffing agencies, and small employers using custom payroll templates). Screening decisions remain solely the responsibility of the housing provider and must comply with the Fair Housing Act, the FCRA where applicable, and state and local law, including source-of-income protections.
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