Benford's law
Area |
Objective |
Comments |
Income Tax |
Compliance |
NY AG identified suspicious corporate returns |
Automobile Insurance Claims |
Potentially fraudulent claims |
Unusual patterns were identified |
Accounts Payable |
Identify Questionable or Unusual Disbursements |
Confirmed no unusual or questionable payments |
Images |
Classify images as created (man made) vs. photograph |
Photographs of real images will have pixel values distributed according to Benford’s Law |
Medical Claims |
Potentially fraudulent claims |
Unusual patterns can be identified |