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Carl HammersburgDecember 2, 2013 0

Lost in translation: Interpreter business rife with fraud

Another day, another scam defrauding insurers and governments. For purposes of full disclosure, the case I'm highlighting today comes from Washington's Labor and Industries (L&I), the agency where I formerly worked and headed up fraud prevention efforts, and the investigation dates back to my time there. During my time there,

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgNovember 4, 2013 0

Happy International Fraud Awareness Week - Celebrate With $2 Trillion

Before that headline really scares you, let me clarify - there hasn't been a single fraud scheme that managed to pull off a $2 trillion haul (yet). However, the fact remains that as rising scams, schemes, the gray market, work under the table and good old tax evasion escalate, as

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Government

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Reyk MiklesAugust 28, 2013 0

Compliance 3.0 – Ganzheitliches Compliance und Anti Fraud Management

Für die deutsche Industrie nimmt die Bedeutung und Eigenständigkeit einer systematischen Betrugsbekämpfung zu. Neben der regulatorischen Dimension rücken die Betrugsverluste und –kosten die ökonomische Seite zunehmend in den Fokus des Managements. Intelligente Betrüger wissen heute häufig um die Existenz von Prüfmechanismen sowie deren Umgehungsmöglichkeiten und agieren geschickt unterhalb des Radars. Sie

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Jan-Ole RomannAugust 19, 2013 0

Geballte Analytics-Kompetenz

Die Bedeutung von Daten und deren Auswertung wächst in jeder Branche – ebenso wie die Komplexität von Geschäftsprozessen und ihren wechselseitigen Abhängigkeiten zunimmt. Ob es um ein besseres Kundenverständnis geht, eine genauere Risikoberechnung oder eine Optimierung von Produktion und Logistik: der Erfolgsfaktor von morgen liegt in der Analyse der ständig

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Reyk MiklesAugust 7, 2013 0

Best Practices: Betrug und Risiken aufdecken

BCBS 239, ORSA, § 32 BDSG: wenn Sie sich hier zu Hause fühlen, besuchen Sie die SAS World Live mit spannenden Beiträgen zu Fraud Detection, Unterstützung von Solvency II – Säule 2, Anforderungen nach BCBS 239. Die aktuellen Regulierungsanstrengungen lassen die Anforderungen an das Risk-Management der Banken sprunghaft ansteigen. Es

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Reyk MiklesJuly 12, 2013 0

Digitale Detektive: Betrug erkennen und vermeiden

In gesättigten Märkten sind Unternehmen gezwungen, ihre Kosten zu senken. Ein modernes proaktives Betrugsmanagement auf der Basis von Analytics stellt einen großen Hebel zur nachhaltigen Reduzierung der Kosten durch Betrug dar. Regelwerke, die einzelne Schadenfälle auf Indizien prüfen, bilden zwar das Fundament der Betrugsprüfung, stoßen aber häufig bei neuen oder

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Jan-Ole RomannJuly 8, 2013 0

SAS Forum 2013: Analytics individuell

Jede Branche und jeder Fachbereich kann und wird von Analytics profitieren. Doch jeweils ein wenig anders. Wie Sie bislang ungenutzte Erkenntnispotenziale in ihren Datenbergen heben können, erfahren Sie am 11. und 12. September 2013 in Mannheim. Das SAS Forum 2013 ist nicht nur die größte, sondern auch die individuellste Konferenz

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Mona BeckJune 26, 2013 0

Banken: Anpacken statt lamentieren!

In Klammergriff von gesättigten Märkten, Dauerniedrigzins und Überregulierung hätten Banker viele Gründe zur Klage. Wo noch Geld verdienen? Wie dem Wettbewerb die Stirn bieten, wenn hochqualifizierte Mitarbeiter sich nur noch mit Regulierungsanforderungen beschäftigen? Wie noch die komplizierten Kunden von heute erreichen? Trotzdem wird auf dem SAS Forum 2013 nicht lamentiert.

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Henrik BeckerMay 28, 2013 0

Betrogen wird immer

Meine Oma sagte mal zu mir: „Gut dass du Jura studierst, das ist ein Beruf mit Zukunft. Denn betrogen wird immer.“ Zwar hatte ich zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch gar keine Entscheidung über meinen beruflichen Weg getroffen, der Satz selbst allerdings blieb mir im Gedächtnis. In all den Jahren hat sich

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Fraud & Security Intelligence

Klaus FabitsMay 7, 2013 0

Steuerbetrug als Volkssport? – „Sind nicht alle ein wenig Hoeneß“

Uli Hoeneß steht im Verdacht, Steuern am deutschen Fiskus vorbei über die Schweiz hinterzogen zu haben. Politiker, Sportler und Medien stürzen sich auf ihn und zerlegen den Mythos des erfolgreichen Managers. Viele schwanken zwischen Enttäuschung über die Anschuldigen eines honorigen Prominenten, Schadenfreude, dass es auch einmal einen der Reichen erwischt

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgApril 23, 2013 0

Identity theft? Next step, government fraud

Sometimes, it is good to start with a confession. I filed my taxes at the last minute. It was past time to get some money back from the IRS before they could waste $60,000 on another Star Trek spoof video. Normally I'm one of those people that files in February,

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Government

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgMarch 20, 2013 0

Are Your Wages Killing You? Study Opens The Door For Workers Comp Fraud

Personally, I love studies. They help put things into context, and when done well, provide an independent and hopefully unbiased view of the forces that shape our lives. They are also a great way to see government funds used in strange ways. For example, the new NIOSH (National Institute for

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Government

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Greg HendersonMarch 4, 2013 0

Michigan’s holistic view of fraud is what’s required to combat organized criminal networks

SAS announced yesterday that Michigan will use the SAS Fraud Framework for Government to, initially, combat fraud, waste and abuse in the state’s unemployment insurance and food stamp programs. Those two programs are good focus areas and I’m confident they will lead to the state recovering funds, avoiding losses and

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Government

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Klaus FabitsFebruary 3, 2013 0

Betrugserkennung & Fraud: Warum gegen Analytics auch ein Robert Redford keine Chance hätte

Die Menschen sagen immer, man könnt nichts lernen aus Hollywood-Filmen. Stimmt nicht! Im Kino läuft gerade „Gangster Squad“. Die Handlung: Ein stadtbekannter Verbrecher ist nicht mit den gängigen Methoden zu fangen. Daher rottet sich eine rabiatere Polizei-Truppe zusammen, um ihn zu bekämpfen. Das hört sich zwar spannend an, aber mein Lieblings-Film

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgDecember 18, 2012 0

As fraud escalates, are we approaching the Financial 9/11?

Watching our nation approach the "fiscal cliff", and the dire predictions if we truly drive off it like the last scene in Thelma and Louise, has sharpened my view of the potential risks that huge gaps of fraud and abuse present to all of us. One of the key lessons

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Government

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgDecember 3, 2012 0

Employee misclassification: Will the last employee please turn off the lights?

Independent contractor. Two very simple words that have a dramatic impact on businesses, workers, and government programs. While most people have a basic understanding of the term, they often have very little understanding of the laws governing it, which vary significantly program by program and state by state. This has

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Greg HendersonNovember 26, 2012 0

"Financial fraud is the dominant crime of this millennium"

Several weeks ago, South Carolina was the victim of what some experts believe to be the largest cyber-attack against a state tax department in history. Approximately 3.6 million personal South Carolina income tax returns were exposed, and nearly 657,000 businesses compromised, in an international hacking attack. Coincidentally, SAS and the SC

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Chuck EllstromNovember 6, 2012 0

Disaster recovery fraud, and back-office romance

Disasters like Hurricane Sandy, by and large, shine a positive light on humanity, with the heroic actions of first responders and volunteers, and the massive outpouring of support from across the nation. They also present fraud opportunities for the shady operators and criminals among us. Hurricanes leave behind a lot

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Government

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgOctober 19, 2012 0

Is real-time fraud detection possible in government programs?

The first step is to answer the question of what “real-time” actually means. Depending on the program and industry speed of response, I’ve heard answers that varied from milliseconds for the biggest banks in processing credit card charges to 24 hours for some government programs. A better description of what

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgSeptember 20, 2012 0

Social Network Analysis and the government fraudster

Detecting and preventing fraud isn't easy. Many tools and techniques are required, and while the digital age and advanced technologies have made fraud much easier in many ways, those same technologies have opened up new ways to combat it. One of those comes in the form of social network analysis,

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl HammersburgJune 28, 2012 0

Government fraud and the Goldilocks Complex

We've all heard of her. A little blond girl with a penchant for trespassing, and very finicky preferences in mattresses and breakfast food. Unfortunately, Goldilocks isn't just part of a fairy tale, she is alive, well, and causing havoc throughout government. If you haven't made the connection yet, "bear" with

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Fraud & Security Intelligence | Students & Educators

Paula HendersonDecember 21, 2011 0

2011: The more things change...

2011 saw incredible change in the states as more than half of the governorships changed hands. As expected, that caused significant turnover at the State CIO level, as well. So while executive and technology policies changed in many ways, the dismal budget situation reinforced the need to allocate tax pay

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Education | Government

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Greg HendersonApril 5, 2011 0

Feds Stepping Up to Combat Healthcare Fraud

The federal government is more aggressively pursuing health care fraud, and helping the states do the same, by proposing funding changes and investing in new technologies. A newly proposed rule would allow 90% Federal Financial Participation (FFP) for data mining initiatives in state Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU’s). Another proposed

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Government

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Paula HendersonFebruary 14, 2011 0

Data: The financial crisis’ silver lining

Brian Whittington mentioned last month that government is innovating, and at great speed. Based on what I’ve seen in our line of work with state and local governments around the country in the past year, I have to agree. In the face of today’s daunting fiscal challenges, state and local

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Government

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Brian WhittingtonJanuary 4, 2011 0

Innovation in Government: A 2011 refresher

Most people don’t think about government when they hear the word “innovation”, but it’s happening, and has been since long before “The Great Recession.” However, the current economic conditions have certainly moved things along. Government responds very similarly to private industry when faced with challenges. SAS manages to do relatively

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Government

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Greg HendersonDecember 16, 2010 0

Enterprise Case Management in state government

Paula Joshi wrote last month about how what we learn from the commercial world can be applied in government. She also promised to post a few examples. I’ll get that ball rolling. This week SAS announced the availability of SAS Enterprise Case Management. While the announcement focuses more on the

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Government

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Paula HendersonOctober 26, 2010 0

Take me to your thought leader...or customer

One of the primary goals of this blog is to establish our contributors and by extension, SAS, as thought leaders in a variety of state & local government areas. It’s also a goal of the upcoming SAS Government Insights publication, which includes a thoughtful opinion piece about what it means

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Paula HendersonOctober 19, 2010 0

Statistics every day, in every state

Today SAS joins thousands of others across the globe to celebrate the first World Statistics Day, proclaimed by the United Nations as a way to “help strengthen the awareness and trust of the public in official statistics.” More than 85 government agencies in nearly 70 different countries around the world

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Paula HendersonSeptember 10, 2010 0

Data hosting can help alleviate state, local budget crises

The shortfall in 2010 state and local government budgets is not news. But it remains the biggest issue facing state and local governments today – and will continue well into tomorrow. Existing gaps are projected to widen further in 2011, throwing departments and agencies already on the edge further into

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Greg HendersonSeptember 7, 2010 0

Unemployment Insurance – A savior for displaced workers? Or a gold mine for professional scammers?

Unemployment Insurance, mandated by federal statute and administered by states, is designed to provide a temporary safety net for workers who lose their jobs. Due to the recent economic downtown and increase in unemployment, unemployment benefits paid have doubled nationally from $38B in 2008 to $75B in 2009. However, is

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