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Re:Benford's Law by parallel_item on Monday November 20, 2017 @04:33PM (#15743492)
I applied it to a sizable chunk of company expense data when auditing accounts payable. It highlighted some managers who made consistent purchases from the same vendor, not the multi-million dollar fraud I was hoping to find.
Re:Benford's Law by ska on Monday November 20, 2017 @04:40PM (#15743537)

    not the multi-million dollar fraud I was hoping to find.
Why were you hoping to find this?
Re:Benford's Law by parallel_item on Monday November 20, 2017 @05:08PM (#15743758)
Like Midas, it is the dream of all green auditors until they find it and realize the downsides.