How it works

From warrant return to next steps.

Upload, let Lantern process, and review the timeline, people and leads.

The problem

Critical evidence shouldn't be buried in PDFs.

Modern investigations move at the speed of search — not the speed of stapled discovery binders.

Manual review

Thousands of pages reviewed by hand — pulling deadlines forward and burning analyst hours.

Disconnected evidence

Data scattered across reports, warrants, transcripts, productions, and case exports.

Missed connections

Relationships and patterns hidden across documents and data sources never surface.

How Lantern works

One case in. Clear answers out.

Warrant return.zip
Discovery vol 2.pdf
Call records.csv
STEP 01

Drop in the case

Warrant returns, discovery, call records, messages, reports.

J. SmithMar 08Pier Rd
STEP 02

Lantern reads it all

Every page, chat and photo — people, places and dates pulled out.

Who did Subject A call after Mar 8?
4 calls to J. Smith in 20 min · 2 to a burner
STEP 03

Ask anything

Plain-English search across the whole case.

Timeline412 events
People & links38 found
Next steps6 leads
STEP 04

Get the next steps

Timeline, people map and ranked leads — ready to act on.

Platform

One platform for the whole investigation.

Built for the way analysts, detectives, and prosecutors actually work.

Recommendations & next steps

Goes beyond parsing — Lantern reads the case and tells you the next move: who to interview, what to subpoena, leads to pursue, and gaps to close.

AI investigation assistant

Ask questions in plain English across millions of pages with cited sources.

Timeline builder

Automatically reconstruct events across communications and documents.

Entity resolution

Identify people, emails, phones, addresses, businesses, and vehicles across sources.

Relationship mapping

Interactive intelligence graph that surfaces hidden connections instantly.

Evidence repository

Centralized, fully searchable, with versioning and source traceability.

Audit & security

Full chain-of-custody logging, RBAC, SSO, and tamper-evident audit trails.

Geolocation & movement

Plot cell-site hits, IP geos, rideshare pickups, ALPR reads, and travel records on one synchronized map.

Cross-case link analysis

Surface suspects, accounts, devices, and wallets that appear across multiple cases, units, and agencies.

Lead alerts & watchlists

Get notified the moment new evidence touches a person, number, wallet, or selector you're tracking.

Faceted search

Slice millions of records by entity, date, source, custodian, or warrant return — in milliseconds.

Warrant & subpoena workflow

Draft, track, and reconcile legal process with returns as they come back from each provider.

Court-ready exports

Generate exhibit packets, declarations, discovery indexes, and Bates-stamped productions in one click.

Pattern & anomaly detection

Spot burner devices, structuring, dead-drop wallets, and coordinated activity the team would otherwise miss.

Multi-source correlation

Reconcile the same person, phone, or transaction across telecom, banks, social, and crypto returns automatically.

Product

A surface for every investigator.

Investigation chat

Cited, source-linked answers from the entire case corpus.

Investigation Assistant
Summarize all wire transfers above $10,000 in this case.
Found 14 transfers across 3 institutions totaling $487,210. Top counterparties:
  • • Shell Co. LLC — $182,500 (6 transfers)
  • • Atlas Holdings — $98,000 (3 transfers)
  • • Cash withdrawals — $206,710 (5 transfers)

Timeline view

Chronological reconstruction across calls, messages, and documents.

Timeline · Subject A
Mar 04
Facebook DM thread initiated
Communication
Apr 19
Outbound call to (917) ••• 4421
Call record
May 02
Meeting referenced in transcript
Transcript
Jun 02
Wire transfer · $42,000
Banking
Jul 11
Subject travels — flight booking
Records

Entity graph

Interactive network map of people, accounts, and assets.

Entity Graph
ownsowns47 messagescallsDMusesowneraddrwirespayrollresidesSubject APrimary+1 (302) ••• 447110 calls@subject_aInstagramJ. SmithCo-conspirator+1 (917) ••• 0918burnerShell Co. LLCDE registered12 Pier RdBrooklyn, NY0x9c…f4a2walletR. Alvarezassociate
Data sources

Ingest any evidence that comes back from a warrant.

Lantern unifies every structured and unstructured return — communications, financials, biometrics, devices, and public records — into one searchable corpus with chain of custody intact.

Legal & investigative
  • Search warrants
  • Subpoena returns
  • Discovery & disclosure
  • Case reports & affidavits
  • Interview transcripts
  • Evidence logs
Communications
  • Facebook / Meta productions
  • Instagram & Snapchat
  • WhatsApp & iMessage
  • Emails & Gmail returns
  • Call detail records (CDRs)
  • Cellebrite & GrayKey extracts
Financial records
  • Bank statements & wires
  • Credit card transactions
  • Brokerage & investment
  • Crypto wallet history
  • Blockchain trace exports
  • Money services (Venmo, CashApp, Zelle)
Identity & biometrics
  • DNA & genealogy (23andMe, GEDmatch)
  • Fingerprint & AFIS records
  • Driver license & DMV returns
  • Passport & travel records
  • Booking & arrest photos
  • Voice prints & call recordings
Digital & device
  • Cloud account returns (iCloud, Google)
  • Device images & disk dumps
  • Browser & search history
  • Vehicle telematics & GPS
  • Body & dash cam footage
  • IoT & smart device logs
Records & open source
  • Business records & LLC filings
  • Tax & financial filings
  • Property & deed records
  • Vehicles & VINs
  • Photos, audio & video media
  • Spreadsheets & structured exports

Don't see a source? Lantern's ingestion engine handles any file format — if it is part of the case — a warrant return, discovery, or records — Lantern can index it.

Social media platforms

Live today: the Meta suite. Everything else is on the roadmap.

Right now Lantern fully ingests Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Threads warrant/subpoena returns end-to-end. The platforms below are on our roadmap — we add the next source based on customer demand and Partner Program submissions. If you can provide sample exports, we can move yours to the top of the queue.

Live today: Meta suite only
Meta
Live now
FacebookInstagramWhatsAppMessengerThreads
Google
On roadmap
YouTubeGmailGoogle DriveGoogle PhotosGoogle ChatHangouts
Apple
On roadmap
iMessageFaceTimeiCloudGame CenterFind My
Microsoft
On roadmap
TeamsLinkedInXboxSkypeOutlook
Tencent
On roadmap
X (Twitter)QQWeChat
Amazon
On roadmap
TwitchRingAlexa
Video & streaming
On roadmap
TikTokRumbleSpotifySnapchatVimeoKick
Messaging & community
On roadmap
TelegramSignalDiscordRedditTumblrYik YakSlackWickrSessionThreemaMastodonBluesky
Dating
On roadmap
TinderBumbleHingeGrindrMatchOkCupidPlenty of Fish
Gaming & virtual
On roadmap
RobloxSteamPlayStation NetworkEpic GamesRiot GamesNintendo Switch OnlineActivision / Battle.net
Visual & creator
On roadmap
PinterestSnapchatBeRealOnlyFansPatreonSubstackMedium
Provider returns

Provider returns — all on the roadmap, prioritized by customer demand.

Carriers, banks, fintech, airlines, retailers, and identity providers are all on Lantern's roadmap. Today the platform fully supports the Meta suite; provider-return parsers are added one at a time, prioritized by paying-customer demand and Partner Program sample submissions. Tell us which one you need first.

All providers below — on roadmap
Telecom & ISPs
On roadmap
AT&TVerizonT-MobileSprintUS CellularCingularCricket WirelessBoost MobileMetro by T-MobileMint Mobile / Ultra MobileGoogle FiComcast / XfinitySpectrum / CharterCox CommunicationsCenturyLinkFrontier
Banks & credit unions
On roadmap
ChaseJPMorgan Private BankBank of AmericaWells FargoCitibankCapital OneU.S. BankPNC BankTruistRegions BankFifth Third BankKeyBankCitizens BankBMO HarrisHSBCUSAANavy Federal Credit UnionPenFed Credit UnionMarcus by Goldman SachsDiscover BankSynchrony BankTD BankAlly BankAxos BankAxiom BankAllegiance BankM&T BankPeople's United BankPeople's Federal Credit UnionApple Federal Credit UnionUSB BankCredit One BankE*Trade Bank
Payments & cards
On roadmap
American ExpressVisaMastercardDiscoverApple CashApple Credit CardGoogle PaySamsung PayPayPalVenmoZelleCash AppStripeSquareMoneyGramWestern UnionWiseRemitly
Crypto & brokerage
On roadmap
CoinbaseKrakenGeminiBinance.USBitstampBlockFiStrikeCash App BitcoinCrypto.comCrypto DispensersRobinhood CryptoRobinhood FinancialRobinhood MarketsTD AmeritradeCharles SchwabFidelityE*TradeInteractive BrokersWebullSoFi Invest
Airlines, travel & rideshare
On roadmap
American AirlinesDelta AirlinesUnited AirlinesSouthwest AirlinesJetBlueSpirit AirlinesFrontier AirlinesAlaska AirlinesAmtrakAirbnbVrboBooking.comExpediaMarriottHiltonHyattIHGAlamo Rent A CarEnterprise Rent A CarHertzAvisBudgetTuroAAA Auto Club GroupUberLyft
Retail & marketplaces
On roadmap
AmazonWalmartTargetBest BuyHome DepotLowe'sCostcoSam's ClubApple Inc.eBayEtsyShopifyFanatics.comFanDuelDraftKings
Insurance
On roadmap
Farmers InsuranceGEICOProgressiveState FarmAllstateLiberty MutualNationwideTravelersMetLife
Identity, ancestry & legal
On roadmap
23andMeAncestryMyHeritageFamilyTreeDNAGEDmatchLexisNexisThomson Reuters CLEARTLO / TransUnionEquifaxExperianLegalZoomLending TreeKodex Inc.
Email, web & gaming
On roadmap
AOLYahooGmailOutlook / Microsoft 365iCloud MailProton MailTutanotaDuckDuckGoCloudflareGoDaddyNamecheapNianticUbisoftPlayStation NetworkSteam / ValveRiot GamesEpic GamesRobloxNintendo
Cloud & storage
On roadmap
iCloudGoogle DriveGoogle PhotosOneDriveDropboxBoxGitHubAWSBackblazeMega

The roadmap grows with our customers. Tell us which provider or platform unblocks your next case — that's how new sources get prioritized.

Social platform ingestion

Today we fully support the Meta suite — more platforms on the roadmap.

Lantern ingests native warrant/subpoena returns from Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp and normalizes them into one searchable timeline. New platforms are added based on customer demand — see our Partner Program if you can provide sample exports for a new source.

Live today
Meta production exports — fully parsed and normalized.
Facebook
Full Meta production parsing — posts, messages, friends, devices, IP history.
Instagram
DMs, posts, stories, followers, profile changes, login history.
WhatsApp
Chats, group exports, media attachments, contact metadata.
On the roadmap
Help us prioritize — share a sample export through our Partner Program and earn 100 credits / month for 12 months.
Snapchat
X / Twitter
TikTok
Discord
Telegram
Reddit
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