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John StultzNovember 14, 2016 0

What can agencies learn from massive Medicaid fraud busts?

On June 22nd, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the largest Medicaid fraud bust in history. The National Health Care Fraud Takedown included 301 defendants charged, $900 million in false billings, 61 medical professionals and 29 doctors, across 36 states. In another case, investigators in New York uncovered more than

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

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Thanos AlifantisNovember 14, 2016 0

From fraud detection to fraud prevention: working towards optimal audits

Currently, most fraud detection solutions for financial crime and tax fraud are focused on risk assessing entities. That is to say, they evaluate the risk of each individual or businesses separately. While this helps prioritize risk-based investigations by alerting investigators to the likelihood of fraud, it does not necessarily maximize deterrence.

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Advanced Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Stavros StavrinoudakisOctober 25, 2016 0

A practical guide to tackle auto insurance fraud - Part 3: Advanced Analytics

This is the third of the seven parts of blog post series “A practical guide to tackle auto insurance fraud”. In the first two articles of the series we drilled down to Data Management and Data Quality as the basis for insurance fraud detection analytics and also to the Business

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Stavros StavrinoudakisOctober 18, 2016 0

A practical guide to tackle auto insurance fraud - Part 2: Business Rules and Watch Lists

This is the second of the seven parts of blog post series “A practical guide to tackle auto insurance fraud”. While Data Management and Data Quality are the basis for every analytical journey, and this becomes even more true for fraud detection analytics, the domain knowledge and business expertise plaid

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

October 13, 2016 0

Ciberseguridad requiere de presupuestos bien direccionados

En los últimos 15 años, presenciamos un aumento exponencial en ataques de cibercrimen, la mayoría de ellos con el objetivo de infiltrarse en las bases de datos de las empresas en busca de información confidencial y de valor. Determinados sectores, como el financiero, se vuelven los más buscados y por

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

October 11, 2016 0

Prevención del derroche, abuso y mal uso de fondos financieros

Los casos de fraude, corrupción y abuso en general de fondos financieros, llevan ya varias décadas de historia, en la que los actores involucrados se han ocupado de analizarlos y tratar de prevenirlos. El fraude es un delito que no se centra exclusivamente en entidades privadas, también tiene importantes repercusiones

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Michael RabinOctober 5, 2016 0

„Fraudsters love digital“

Wer glaubt, die Digitalisierung hätte dem Thema Versicherungsbetrug den Garaus gemacht, der irrt – gewaltig. Nach wie vor ist einer von zehn gemeldeten Schäden und Ansprüchen erfunden oder manipuliert. Der Schaden: mindestens 4 Milliarden Euro allein in Deutschland – und das nur bei Sachversicherungen, also ohne Lebens- oder Krankenversicherungen. Den

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Stavros StavrinoudakisSeptember 27, 2016 0

A practical guide to tackle auto insurance fraud - Part 1: Data Management & Data Quality

Welcome to the 1st practical step for tackling auto insurance fraud with analytics. It is obvious why our first stop relates with data, the idiom “the devil is in the details” can easily be applied in the insurance fraud sector as “the devil is in the data”. This article analyses

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Stavros StavrinoudakisSeptember 20, 2016 0

A practical guide to tackle auto insurance fraud – Opening Welcome

I am more than glad to invite you to join me in a series of posts related to a practical guide for tackling auto insurance fraud in the new era of data science and advanced analytics. Insurers are used to face a constant threat, a powerful enemy that never rests.

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Advanced Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | SAS Events

SAS PolandSeptember 15, 2016 0

SAS® Visual Investigator – nowy wymiar użycia zaawansowanej analityki SAS

W obecnych czasach temat wykrywania nadużyć w obszarach finansów, usług dla obywateli oraz bezpieczeństwa narodowego staje się coraz większym wyzwaniem dla firm prywatnych i instytucji państwowych. Powszechność dostępu do Internetu, gwałtowny rozwój handlu elektronicznego i rosnące ilości danych przetwarzanych w usługach „w chmurze” powodują konieczność zastosowania zaawansowanych narzędzi informatycznych. SAS®

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Data for Good | Fraud & Security Intelligence | SAS Events

Anjelica CummingsSeptember 15, 2016 0

What’s your digital health care plan?

Historically, generations could expect to experience one – maybe at best – major technology disruption or transformation in their lifetime. That’s simply not the case today. Today it is more difficult than ever before to know what will transform the technology landscape in the next month or the next year.

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Stavros StavrinoudakisSeptember 9, 2016 0

How new insurance fraud trends change the landscape

The technology breakthrough during the last years have brought an increase in insurance fraud and, as a consequence, they are changing the landscape in the sector. From Pricing Comparison Websites (aggregators), to Telematics and Usage Based Insurance, to Internet of Things, the increasing demand for Cyber Insurance and new Peer

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Advanced Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Stavros StavrinoudakisAugust 31, 2016 0

Procurement fraud: your hidden enemy

All global researches and surveys show that all kind of fraud, like procurement fraud, is rising and empowered by new dimensions in matter of vulnerabilities and attack methods. From traditional check tampering and skimming methods to cyber crime attacks, fraudsters become more sophisticated, with a powerful arsenal of technology in

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Data Management | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Henrik KiertznerAugust 3, 2016 0

How will Brexit impact cybersecurity?

Some weeks have passed since the United Kingdom voted, by a margin of 52 per cent for and 48 per cent against, to leave the European Union, the organization it's been a leading member of since 1973. The tumultuous global reaction to the vote has those of us in information

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Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Christen KirchnerJuly 29, 2016 0

Damit Betrüger keinen Fuß in die Unternehmenstür bekommen!

Formulare sind fester Bestandteil unseres Alltags. Bereits bei der Geburt werden wir datums-, geschlechts-, gewichts- und größentechnisch erfasst – sei es auf Papier oder elektronisch. Und das zieht sich durch unser ganzes weiteres Leben. Für unsere Kinder müssen wir Formulare zur Aufnahme im Kindergarten, in der Grundschule oder in der

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

SAS ColombiaJuly 27, 2016 0

Aprenda cómo hacer un uso más eficiente de los Recursos Públicos, gracias a la analítica

¿Es posible optimizar el uso de los recursos públicos? Una pregunta interesante para aquellos líderes de Gobierno que están orientados a resultados y preocupados por alcanzar el máximo potencial de su gestión, sobre todo al momento de rendir cuentas de manera clara y oportuna a la ciudadanía. La buena

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

SAS ColombiaJuly 13, 2016 0

¿Cómo evitar el fraude definitivamente?

Las estrategias para cometer fraude se están volviendo cada vez más sofisticadas, al punto de hacerlo más difícil de detectar. Según la Agencia Fiscal Belga, se calcula que los delincuentes roban 100.000 millones de euros (132.000 millones de dólares estadounidenses) al año a los Gobiernos de toda Europa mediante un

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Miriam RamírezMay 31, 2016 0

¿Cómo proteger su negocio contra algún tipo de Fraude?

Debido a que el fraude en contra de las organizaciones afecta a todos los niveles internos, es importante implementar procedimientos que verifiquen la adherencia a las políticas anti-fraude para poder detectar y desalentar posibles delitos. Los ejecutivos de negocio deben proteger su negocio, comprometiéndose a desarrollar una organización con una

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Miriam RamírezMay 26, 2016 0

Principales fuentes de fraude en México

*Más de 1 de cada 3 organizaciones reportan haber sido víctimas de algún tipo de delito económico durante los dos últimos años. *Más de 1 de cada 4 organizaciones creen que podrían ser víctimas del Crimen Cibernético en los próximos dos años. *Las organizaciones del sector financiero son las más

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

May 17, 2016 0

La maleabilidad del Fraude

La maleabilidad del fraude está presente todo el tiempo, a pesar de los cambios que existen para detenerla. Debido a la reciente migración tecnológica de los portafolios de tarjetas de Débito y Crédito a “full” EMV (Chip) así como las terminales punto de venta (chip enabled), y sus variantes Chip

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Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Dr. Wei ChenMay 10, 2016 0

Back to the future: From CCAR to enterprise risk management

As everyone in the financial industry knows, CCAR (comprehensive capital analysis and review) was set up as a capital adequacy assessment for the major US banks. Through several years of practice and feedback, CCAR has evolved into a comprehensive stress testing exercise -- and in doing so, created a new

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Data Management | Fraud & Security Intelligence

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Stuart RoseApril 26, 2016 0

10 simple steps to detect more insurance fraud

Over the years I have written many blogs about insurance fraud including those on anti-money laundering, data quality in fraud, anti-fraud technology, life insurance fraud and even ghost broking. It’s clear that insurance fraud comes in many shapes and sizes and as losses continue to grow, detecting and preventing fraud

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Jen DunhamApril 15, 2016 0

Tax returns, identity theft and hackers – Oh my!

Monday, April 18th is Tax Day, aka, National Identity Theft Day. OK, that part’s not true, but as millions of taxpayers go online to file taxes, it may as well be. The majority of taxpaying citizens file online, using services such as the popular TurboTax, H & R Block, and

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Shaun BarryApril 13, 2016 0

Gamifying tax preparation is the biggest threat to the US tax system

Tax preparation software has encouraged the gamification of tax evasion, making it tantalizingly simple to bump up the value of a tax refund. This is alarming, but it's easy to see how we got here. I love classic video games. When I was a kid, Atari made the best games, but hard

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgApril 12, 2016 0

The underground economy, aka can you spare $2 trillion?

Welcome to the dreaded week when procrastinators embrace their fates as responsible taxpayers. While you and I may be paying our taxes, to no surprise, as much as $2 trillion in the underground economy will go unreported this year in the U.S. While that number may seem shocking, and the percentage is higher than

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Glenn EdelscheinMarch 26, 2016 0

Protecting against the insider threat

As the federal government’s ability to collect personally identifiable information has increased drastically in recent years, so have attacks targeting that information. Insider threats are of particular concern, according to the Government Accountability Office's 2015 bi-annual High Risk Report. The GAO specifically states, “Risks to cyber assets can originate from

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Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Roger LangMarch 22, 2016 0

Should regulators standardize risk models?

Modeling risk to meet regulatory requirements is costly and complex. Because of that, some have suggested that financial services institutions (FSIs) move toward a set of standardized models. The argument is that central banks and regulatory authorities could then more easily monitor systemic risk and compare apples to apples. But

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Leo SadovyMarch 9, 2016 0

CyberCrime – What monsters are hiding under your bed?

Do you like a good horror story? Then may I suggest “Future Crimes” by Marc Goodman. When it comes to this genre, Wes Craven, John Carpenter and Stephen King have got nothing on Goodman, primarily because Goodman’s story is non-fiction. Scene 1: The present – Your workstation or data center Whether

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Gustavo GutmanFebruary 26, 2016 0

Data Streaming

Si se ha preguntado cómo manejar los datos “al vuelo”, tiene que leer esto. Primero, planteemos un par de preguntas: ¿Qué hago si necesito los datos de inmediato? ¿Cómo puedo conseguirlos más rápido? La respuesta se sintetiza en Data Streaming. La primera pregunta que siempre me hacen al respecto es: Qué apuro puede

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Amanda MacDowellFebruary 22, 2016 0

Finding a signal in the cybersecurity noise

There's a lot of chatter about analytics in the information security space. That’s actually a massive understatement. Analytics is a common buzzword, and if everyone's talking it, but how do you cut through all the noise? Who is doing what when it comes to analytics? It can be difficult to tell. As part of

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