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Detecting Fraud Using Data Mining Techniques

1. Collect transaction data from purchase orders, invoices, checks, and other documents from the vendor/supplier files. 2. Analyze the first digit distributions using Benford's Law to identify anomalies. 3. Group transactions by amount into strata and calculate expected distributions within each stratum. 4. Compare actual first digit distributions to expected for each strata to identify outliers. 5. Investigate outliers and anomalies further to detect potential fraud patterns.

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DETECTING FRAUD USING DATA MINING TECHNIQUES A Forensic Accountant’s Perspective ADVISORY SERVICES
► Designed specifically for auditors and investigators ► Read only access to data imported ► Creates log of all operations carried out and changes ► Import and export data into multitude of formats ► Read and process millions of records ADVISORY SERVICES
 Compares, joins, appends and connects different files from different sources  Extracts specific transactions, identifies gaps or duplicates  Profiles data by summarizing, stratifying or aging the files  Creates useful file statistics automatically  Displays the data and results graphically  Identifies duplicates and detects gaps  Creates samples using different sampling methods ADVISORY SERVICES
Traditional Sampling Data Mining Random and Scattered Exceptions targeted Highlights what "could happen" Incident-oriented Conclusions are extrapolated Clear picture of what is happening ADVISORY SERVICES
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 Planning  Requesting the data  Performing the transfer  Importing the data to the audit software  Insuring that the transfer is successful ADVISORY SERVICES
 Fixed Length  Variable Length  Proprietary formats  Print or text files  Relational data bases  Date fields  Relational data bases  Date fields  Record definitions or data dictionaries ADVISORY SERVICES
- IDEA - ACL - Active Data for Excel - Access ADVISORY SERVICES
Step 1 – Understand the Business Step 2 – Identify the possible frauds that could exist Step 3 – Catalog possible fraud symptoms Step 4 – Use technology to gather data about symptoms Step 5 – Analyze the results Step 6 – Investigate the symptoms ADVISORY SERVICES
S te p 2 : S te p 1 : S te p 3 : Analytica tic a l A n a ly U n d e rsta n d th e Id e n tify P o ssib le F ra u d s th a t C o u ld C a ta lo g P o ssib le S te p s : l B u sin e ss E xist F ra u d S ym p to m s S te p 4 : S te p 5 : Technolog s : g y T e c h n o lo S te p U se T e ch n o lo g y to G a th e r D a ta A b o u t A n a lyze A u to m a te D e te ctio n P ro ce d u re s R e su lts y S ym p to m s In v e s tig a tiv e S te p 6 : Investigativ : S te p s In ve stig a te S ym p to m s F o llo w U p e
 Duplicate payments tests  Benford’s Law analysis  Rounded amount invoices  Invoices just below approval levels  Abnormal invoice volume activity  Rapid increase  High variance  Vendors with sequential invoice Numbers or where numbers and dates are inconsistent  Merge vendor and employee files  Relative Size Factor ADVISORY SERVICES
 Benford’s Law predicts the digit patterns in “naturally occurring” sets of data.  The law is named after Frank Benford, a physicist at the GE Research Laboratories in the 1930’s  He tested his theory by tabulating the first digits for approximately 20,000 observations  He used integral calculus to formulate the expected digit frequencies in lists of numbers  His results shows clear bias towards the low digits, but the later digits become less pronounced  The scale invariance theorem, by Pinkham, asserts that a set of numbers conforming to Benford’s Law, when multiplied by a nonzero constant, still conforms ADVISORY SERVICES
 The numbers should represent the sizes of similar phenomena.  There should be not built-in maximum or minimum values.  The data should not consist of assigned numbers. .  There should be more small items than large items.  Data sets should have four or more digits for a good fit.  As a data set increases in size, it becomes more feasible to get the expected digit frequencies. ADVISORY SERVICES
 The populations of towns and cities in Europe? YES  The daily and weekly number of shares bought and sold for an individual company listed on the NYSE? YES  The five-digit postal zip codes used in the U.S.? NO .  The street numbers for every house in the U.S? YES  The dollar amounts of each air ticket sold or refunded by American Airlines for a year? NO  The invoiced amount of each bill issued by DirectTV? NO  The extended inventory values of a Wal-Mart warehouse with more than 20,000 line items? YES ADVISORY SERVICES
First Digit Second Digit Digit Frequency Frequency 0 - 11.97% 1 30.10% 11.39% 2 17.61% 10.88% 3 12.49% 10.43% 4 9.69% 10.03% 5 7.92% 9.67% 6 6.70% 9.34% 7 5.80% 9.04% 8 5.12% 8.76% 9 4.58% 8.50% $1,546.20 – First digit is 1, second digit is 5, third digit is 4 $55.95 – First digit is 5 second digit is 5, third digit is 9 ADVISORY SERVICES
35.00% 30.00% Digit 1 25.00% Digit 2 Digit 3 20.00% Digit 4 15.00% Digit 5 Digit 6 10.00% Digit 7 5.00% Digit 8 0.00% Digit 9 Digits ADVISORY SERVICES
 First-digits  Second-digits  First-two-digits  First-three-digits  Number duplication  Last-two-digits  Rounded numbers 1. If the data set is under 10,000 observations, the first-three-digits test should not be performed 2. The last-two-digits test is only useful to look for signs of estimation ADVISORY SERVICES
1. For fraudulent data, the Round Numbers test is the most consistent 2. For error finding and payback, the two most successful tests are Same invoice number, Same dollar amount, Different vendor numbers and Relative Size Factor ADVISORY SERVICES
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DECOSIMO FORENSIC ACCOUNTING Computer Consultants, Inc. Payment History EXHIBIT No. 3 Difference Date Invoice Invoice Voucher Vendor Invoice Check Cleared Number Number Number Number Vendor Name Date Amount Number Bank 40008544 10921 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 3/15/2008 $1,495.00 172808 3/18/2008 40102926 94,382 11752 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 4/15/2008 $3,850.00 176683 4/20/2008 40203702 100,776 12983 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 5/20/2008 $4,500.00 179261 5/22/2008 40300531 96,829 13182 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/1/2008 $6,500.00 181708 6/10/2008 40402424 101,893 13638 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 7/1/2008 $8,500.00 187025 7/24/2008 40500332 97,908 13806 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 8/6/2008 $8,500.00 188868 8/12/2008 40601247 100,915 14163 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 9/15/2008 $9,500.00 193668 9/16/2008 40701963 100,716 14478 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 10/20/2008 $9,500.00 197621 10/27/2008 40800036 98,073 14664 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 11/1/2008 $8,825.00 199969 11/7/2008 40900892 100,856 14951 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 12/1/2008 $8,825.00 203053 12/11/2008 40803762 (97,130) 14873 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 12/2/2008 $9,080.00 201901 12/4/2008 41002604 198,842 15286 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 1/1/2009 $9,500.00 207486 1/26/2009 41106182 103,578 15703 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 2/1/2009 $9,500.00 212211 3/8/2009 41205440 99,258 15913 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 3/1/2009 $9,500.00 215828 4/1/2009 50303352 9,097,912 16782 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 3/8/2009 $8,440.00 225166 6/28/2009 50105441 (197,911) 16263 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 4/1/2009 $9,500.00 220013 5/10/2009 50301195 195,754 16680 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 5/1/2009 $9,500.00 223815 6/18/2009 50302272 1,077 16727 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/1/2009 $9,500.00 224479 6/18/2009 50302271 (1) 16727 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/10/2009 $8,160.00 224479 6/18/2009 50303353 1,082 16782 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/22/2009 $9,545.00 225167 6/28/2009 50303354 1 16782 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/23/2009 $8,520.00 225165 6/28/2009 50303351 (3) 16782 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/23/2009 $9,500.00 225168 6/28/2009 Total Checks Issued to Computer Consultants $174,895.00
Test Vendor Num Invoice Num Invoice Date Invoice Amount 1 Exact Exact Exact Exact Fields Needed: 2 Different Exact Exact Exact Vendor/ supplier number 3 Exact Similar Exact Exact Invoice number 4 Exact Exact Similar Exact Invoice date 5 Exact Exact Exact Similar Invoice amount 6 Exact Similar Exact Similar 7 Exact Similar Similar Exact 8 Exact Exact Similar Similar 9 Different Exact Similar Exact Similar Invoice Numbers – If exact match after stripping out zeros, alphabetic and punctuation Similar Invoice Dates – If dates are within a certain period Similar Amounts – Difference within +/- 3%, one amount is exactly twice the other and amounts start with the first four digits ADVISORY SERVICES
Fields Needed: Vendor/ supplier number Invoice number Invoice date Exact Matching Invoice Invoice Invoice amount Test Vendor Num Num Invoice Date Amount A Exact Exact Exact Exact B Exact Exact - Exact C Exact Exact Exact - D Exact - Exact Exact E Exact Different Exact Exact F Different Exact Exact Exact "Fuzzy" Match G Exact Fuzzy - Similar Letters and digits only H Exact Fuzzy - Exact Letters only I Exact Fuzzy - Exact Digits only J Exact Fuzzy - Exact Contain similar characters K Exact - Exact Fuzzy Within "blank" percentage ADVISORY SERVICES
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STRATA LEVELS 97% Purchase $ 1,000 Leases $ 100,000 $ 500 $ 485 $ 5,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000 $ 970 $ 10,000 $ 1,500 $ 1,455 $ 1,000,000 Write offs $ 50,000 $ 5,000 $ 4,850 $ 250,000 $ 20,000 $ 19,400 POs $ 25,000 $ 500,000 $ 25,000 $ 24,250 $ 500,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 50,000 $ 48,500 $ 200,000 $ 194,000 Checks $ 20,000 Dispositions $ 10,000 $ 250,000 $ 242,500 $ 500,000 $ 485,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 970,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 1,940,000 ADVISORY SERVICES
John Smith Manufacturing, Inc. Approval Levels December 31, 2009 Decosimo Forensic Accounting - Exhibit 22 INV_NUM NET_AMT VEND_NUM VEND_NAME CK_NUM CK_NET SESSION PAY_NUM INV_DATE Approval Limit $ 10,000 D42908 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 55787 $ 9,836.48 55787 125074 1/11/2009 D42909 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 59456 $ 9,836.48 56370 131975 2/12/2009 D42910 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 58269 $ 9,836.48 56370 131975 3/13/2009 D42911 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 55537 $ 9,836.48 59070 554469 4/14/2009 D42912 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 54540 $ 9,836.48 59153 163295 5/15/2009 D42913 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 56368 $ 9,836.48 58269 153921 6/16/2009 D42914 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 56415 $ 9,836.48 58269 153921 7/17/2009 D42915 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 56746 $ 9,836.48 55537 123131 8/18/2009 D42916 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 59070 $ 9,836.48 55537 123131 9/19/2009 D42917 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 59153 $ 9,836.48 54540 115281 10/20/2009 D43238-1 $ 9,946.66 25679 AMERICHEM 55787 $ 266,250.14 54540 115281 1/15/2009 7290963188 $ 9,895.74 34644 INVISTA SARL INC 58249 $2,459,481.91 58249 153491 8/9/2009 7290963787 $ 9,889.21 34644 INVISTA SARL INC 58249 $2,459,481.91 58249 153491 8/10/2009 184201 $ 9,900.00 558 BILL ACUFF & ASSOCIATES INC 57705 $ 22,326.00 57705 147993 7/9/2009 186928 $ 9,900.00 558 BILL ACUFF & ASSOCIATES INC 57705 $ 22,326.00 57705 147993 7/9/2009 SLSTX 0807 $ 9,985.64 2294 NEW YORK STATE SALES TAX 58283 $ 9,985.64 58283 552406 9/7/2009 SLSTX 0807 $ 9,985.64 2294 NEW YORK STATE SALES TAX 58311 $ 9,785.64 58311 552542 9/7/2009 031775-41 $ 9,922.93 226 CHEMICAL CO 57790 $ 638,822.55 57790 149135 5/15/2009 031819-41 $ 9,833.15 226 CHEMICAL CO 57790 $ 638,822.55 57790 149135 5/17/2009 4591840 $ 9,771.23 937 XPRESS GLOBAL SYSTEMS 54669 $ 153,859.49 54669 116592 12/14/2009 4691297 $ 9,922.03 937 XPRESS GLOBAL SYSTEMS 54669 $ 153,859.49 54669 116592 12/14/2009 ADVISORY SERVICES
 Extract all round dollar amounts  Compare current year payroll file to terminated employees  Compare payroll data to human resource data  Extract employees without employee number or SS number  Extract employees without deductions or taxes withheld  Extract employees with payments after termination dates  Check for sequential or duplicate SS numbers  Duplicate mailing addresses paid in say period  Calculate % of overtime to gross pay  Compare current year to prior year payroll file to detect pay rate changes ADVISORY SERVICES
► Incentive/Pressures – meet the deadline, make the number, under the gun, make the deal (sale), under pressure, afraid, problem, just book it, lose my job, get fired ► Opportunity – cookie jar reserve, facilitation fee, process fee, release expense, handover fee, hush money, improper payment, cash only kick back off the books ► Rationalization – everyone does it, it’s the culture, trust me, they owe me, sounds justified, fix it later, nobody will notice, just an error, she, he told me to do it ADVISORY SERVICES
 Clearly define ownership of the vendor data  Review and engage access controls  Establish clear vendor setup procedures  Enforce new vendor approval practices  Determine when multiple vendor records will be allowed  Manage one-time vendor accounts separately  Apply consistent naming conventions  Enforce Data Validation including the free IRS TIN matching system  Remove employees from the master vendor file  Perform maintenance on a regular basis  Remove old/unused vendors  Retain the right records  Establish written, detailed procedures ADVISORY SERVICES
Do not ignore a red flag – Studies of fraud cases consistently show that red flags were present, but were either not recognized or were recognized but not acted upon by anyone. Sometimes an error is just an error – Red flags should lead to some kind of appropriate action, i.e. an investigation by a measured & responsible person, but sometimes an error is just an error and no fraud exists ADVISORY SERVICES
Inc reas ing D ec reas ing purc has es from purc has es from fav ored v endor other v endors 1099s from D ec reas ing v endor c om pany quality to buy er relativ es Inc reas ing pric es A nalyt ical D ocum en ts and S ym pt om s R eco rd s Larger order quantities A ll trans ac tions eith one buy erand one v endor B uy er does n't relate w ell to other buy ers or v endors B eh avio ral S ym pt om s K ic k b a c k s In ternal C o nt ro ls U s e of unapprov ed E m ploy ee w ork v endors habits c hange Q uality B uy er building c om plaints about Tips and Lyfestyle ex pens iv e hom e purc has ed C om p lain ts S ym pt om s (bey ond produc ts ex pec tations ) U ns uc c es s ful B uy er ow ning v endor A nony m ous tips B uy er liv ing m ore ex pens iv e c om plaints about buy ers or bey ond k now n autom ibiles v endors s alary
RED FLAGS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT SCHEMES ► Failure of supervisors to adequately review expense reports ► T&E expenses exceeding budget or prior years’ totals ► T&E expenses significantly exceed those of other employees with similar responsibilities ► Expense reports that lack support or are supported by photocopies ► Claims for reimbursement of old expenses ► Employees who pay higher dollar expenses in cash ► Expense reports which consistently total to round numbers ► Expense reports which consistently total at or just below the organization’s reimbursement limit ► Expense reports that have been approved by a manager outside the claimant’s department ADVISORY SERVICES
RED FLAGS ASSOCIATED WITH BILLING SCHEMES ► No segregation of duties in the purchasing function ► Sharpe rise in the amount of service-related expenses or expenses in general ► Inventory shortages ► Absence of detail on vendor invoices ► Absence of detail on vendor master ► Recurring payments ► New or unknown vendors ► Duplicate payment to vendors ► Unexplained or temporary changes to vendor files ► Unfolded invoices ► Phone numbers which do not correspond with physical location ► Only PO Box for address or residential address ADVISORY SERVICES
RED FLAGS ASSOCIATED WITH CHECK TAMPERING SCHEMES  No segregation of duties in check preparation and check delivery  Unusual or excessive entries to cash accounts  Excessive voided checks  Signatures not matching authorized signatures  Cash checking account shortages  Checks payable to cash or employee  Out of sequence or duplicate number checks  Canceled checks printed on inferior stock  Canceled checks with dual endorsements  Vendor complaints about non payment  Bank statements with manual corrections ADVISORY SERVICES
PAYROLL SCHEMES RED FLAGS ► No segregation of duties in human resources and payroll ► Payroll expenses exceed budgeted or prior years’ totals ► Employees with the same personal information ► Employees lacking payroll information such as taxes or insurance being withheld ► Unexplained increases in overtime, either in departments or by employee ► A non-linear correlation between sales and commission expenses ► Disproportionately large increase in employee compensation ADVISORY SERVICES
• Trust is placed in employees • Employees have detailed knowledge of the accounting systems and their weaknesses • Management domination subverts normal internal controls • Management adds pressure to “make the numbers” • Expected moral behavior is not communicated to employees • Unduly liberal accounting practices • Ineffective or nonexistent internal auditing staff. • Lack of effective internal controls. • Poor accounting records. • Related party transactions. • Incomplete and out of date procedural documentation. • Management sets a bad example. ADVISORY SERVICES
• Cash flow does not match net • Decrease in the Asset Quality Index income – Noncurrent Assets, exclusive of • Receivables spike relative to sales – PPE, relative to total assets in given Days’ Sales in Receivables year • Management earning tied to • Exceptionally strong sales growth performance from one year to next • Significant increase in Gross • Low Total Accruals to Total Assets – Margin Index Working Capital, less Cash, less • High turnover of key management Current Taxes Payable, less Current • Sales allowances, warranties and Portion of LTD, less AD and other reserves out of line compared Amortization, divided by Total Assets with others in industry ADVISORY SERVICES
• Employee lifestyle changes • High employee turnover • Significant personal debt and • Refusal to take vacation or credit problems sick leave • Behavioral changes • Lack of segregation of duties in a high-risk (vulnerable) • Defensive area ADVISORY SERVICES
• Reluctance to provide information to • Weak internal control environment auditors • Unexpected overdrafts or declines in • Photocopied or missing documents cash balances • Decisions dominated by an individual or • Accounting personnel are lax or small group inexperienced • Excessive number of year-end • High employee turnover rate transactions • Compensation is out of proportion • Management displays significant • Decentralization without adequate disrespect for regulatory bodies monitoring • Excessive number of or frequent • Frequent changes in external auditors changes in checking accounts ADVISORY SERVICES
• Excessive number of voids • Excessive or unjustified cash • Presence of personal checks in transactions petty cash • Large number of account write-offs • Sudden activity in a dormant • Bank accounts not reconciled on a account timely basis • Taxpayer complaints that they are • Unauthorized bank accounts receiving non-payment notices • Discrepancies between bank • Abnormal number of expense items deposits and postings or reimbursement to an employee ADVISORY SERVICES

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Detecting Fraud Using Data Mining Techniques

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    DETECTING FRAUD USING DATA MINING TECHNIQUES A Forensic Accountant’s Perspective ADVISORY SERVICES
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    ► Designed specifically for auditors and investigators ► Read only access to data imported ► Creates log of all operations carried out and changes ► Import and export data into multitude of formats ► Read and process millions of records ADVISORY SERVICES
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     Compares, joins,appends and connects different files from different sources  Extracts specific transactions, identifies gaps or duplicates  Profiles data by summarizing, stratifying or aging the files  Creates useful file statistics automatically  Displays the data and results graphically  Identifies duplicates and detects gaps  Creates samples using different sampling methods ADVISORY SERVICES
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    Traditional Sampling Data Mining Random and Scattered Exceptions targeted Highlights what "could happen" Incident-oriented Conclusions are extrapolated Clear picture of what is happening ADVISORY SERVICES
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    Planning  Requesting the data  Performing the transfer  Importing the data to the audit software  Insuring that the transfer is successful ADVISORY SERVICES
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    Fixed Length  Variable Length  Proprietary formats  Print or text files  Relational data bases  Date fields  Relational data bases  Date fields  Record definitions or data dictionaries ADVISORY SERVICES
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    - IDEA - ACL - Active Data for Excel - Access ADVISORY SERVICES
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    Step 1 –Understand the Business Step 2 – Identify the possible frauds that could exist Step 3 – Catalog possible fraud symptoms Step 4 – Use technology to gather data about symptoms Step 5 – Analyze the results Step 6 – Investigate the symptoms ADVISORY SERVICES
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    S te p2 : S te p 1 : S te p 3 : Analytica tic a l A n a ly U n d e rsta n d th e Id e n tify P o ssib le F ra u d s th a t C o u ld C a ta lo g P o ssib le S te p s : l B u sin e ss E xist F ra u d S ym p to m s S te p 4 : S te p 5 : Technolog s : g y T e c h n o lo S te p U se T e ch n o lo g y to G a th e r D a ta A b o u t A n a lyze A u to m a te D e te ctio n P ro ce d u re s R e su lts y S ym p to m s In v e s tig a tiv e S te p 6 : Investigativ : S te p s In ve stig a te S ym p to m s F o llo w U p e
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    Duplicate payments tests  Benford’s Law analysis  Rounded amount invoices  Invoices just below approval levels  Abnormal invoice volume activity  Rapid increase  High variance  Vendors with sequential invoice Numbers or where numbers and dates are inconsistent  Merge vendor and employee files  Relative Size Factor ADVISORY SERVICES
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     Benford’s Lawpredicts the digit patterns in “naturally occurring” sets of data.  The law is named after Frank Benford, a physicist at the GE Research Laboratories in the 1930’s  He tested his theory by tabulating the first digits for approximately 20,000 observations  He used integral calculus to formulate the expected digit frequencies in lists of numbers  His results shows clear bias towards the low digits, but the later digits become less pronounced  The scale invariance theorem, by Pinkham, asserts that a set of numbers conforming to Benford’s Law, when multiplied by a nonzero constant, still conforms ADVISORY SERVICES
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     The numbersshould represent the sizes of similar phenomena.  There should be not built-in maximum or minimum values.  The data should not consist of assigned numbers. .  There should be more small items than large items.  Data sets should have four or more digits for a good fit.  As a data set increases in size, it becomes more feasible to get the expected digit frequencies. ADVISORY SERVICES
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     The populationsof towns and cities in Europe? YES  The daily and weekly number of shares bought and sold for an individual company listed on the NYSE? YES  The five-digit postal zip codes used in the U.S.? NO .  The street numbers for every house in the U.S? YES  The dollar amounts of each air ticket sold or refunded by American Airlines for a year? NO  The invoiced amount of each bill issued by DirectTV? NO  The extended inventory values of a Wal-Mart warehouse with more than 20,000 line items? YES ADVISORY SERVICES
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    First Digit Second Digit Digit Frequency Frequency 0 - 11.97% 1 30.10% 11.39% 2 17.61% 10.88% 3 12.49% 10.43% 4 9.69% 10.03% 5 7.92% 9.67% 6 6.70% 9.34% 7 5.80% 9.04% 8 5.12% 8.76% 9 4.58% 8.50% $1,546.20 – First digit is 1, second digit is 5, third digit is 4 $55.95 – First digit is 5 second digit is 5, third digit is 9 ADVISORY SERVICES
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    35.00% 30.00% Digit 1 25.00% Digit 2 Digit 3 20.00% Digit 4 15.00% Digit 5 Digit 6 10.00% Digit 7 5.00% Digit 8 0.00% Digit 9 Digits ADVISORY SERVICES
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    First-digits  Second-digits  First-two-digits  First-three-digits  Number duplication  Last-two-digits  Rounded numbers 1. If the data set is under 10,000 observations, the first-three-digits test should not be performed 2. The last-two-digits test is only useful to look for signs of estimation ADVISORY SERVICES
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    1. For fraudulentdata, the Round Numbers test is the most consistent 2. For error finding and payback, the two most successful tests are Same invoice number, Same dollar amount, Different vendor numbers and Relative Size Factor ADVISORY SERVICES
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    DECOSIMO FORENSIC ACCOUNTING Computer Consultants, Inc. Payment History EXHIBIT No. 3 Difference Date Invoice Invoice Voucher Vendor Invoice Check Cleared Number Number Number Number Vendor Name Date Amount Number Bank 40008544 10921 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 3/15/2008 $1,495.00 172808 3/18/2008 40102926 94,382 11752 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 4/15/2008 $3,850.00 176683 4/20/2008 40203702 100,776 12983 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 5/20/2008 $4,500.00 179261 5/22/2008 40300531 96,829 13182 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/1/2008 $6,500.00 181708 6/10/2008 40402424 101,893 13638 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 7/1/2008 $8,500.00 187025 7/24/2008 40500332 97,908 13806 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 8/6/2008 $8,500.00 188868 8/12/2008 40601247 100,915 14163 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 9/15/2008 $9,500.00 193668 9/16/2008 40701963 100,716 14478 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 10/20/2008 $9,500.00 197621 10/27/2008 40800036 98,073 14664 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 11/1/2008 $8,825.00 199969 11/7/2008 40900892 100,856 14951 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 12/1/2008 $8,825.00 203053 12/11/2008 40803762 (97,130) 14873 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 12/2/2008 $9,080.00 201901 12/4/2008 41002604 198,842 15286 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 1/1/2009 $9,500.00 207486 1/26/2009 41106182 103,578 15703 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 2/1/2009 $9,500.00 212211 3/8/2009 41205440 99,258 15913 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 3/1/2009 $9,500.00 215828 4/1/2009 50303352 9,097,912 16782 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 3/8/2009 $8,440.00 225166 6/28/2009 50105441 (197,911) 16263 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 4/1/2009 $9,500.00 220013 5/10/2009 50301195 195,754 16680 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 5/1/2009 $9,500.00 223815 6/18/2009 50302272 1,077 16727 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/1/2009 $9,500.00 224479 6/18/2009 50302271 (1) 16727 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/10/2009 $8,160.00 224479 6/18/2009 50303353 1,082 16782 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/22/2009 $9,545.00 225167 6/28/2009 50303354 1 16782 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/23/2009 $8,520.00 225165 6/28/2009 50303351 (3) 16782 54382 COMPUTER CONSULTANTS, INC. 6/23/2009 $9,500.00 225168 6/28/2009 Total Checks Issued to Computer Consultants $174,895.00
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    Test Vendor Num Invoice Num Invoice Date Invoice Amount 1 Exact Exact Exact Exact Fields Needed: 2 Different Exact Exact Exact Vendor/ supplier number 3 Exact Similar Exact Exact Invoice number 4 Exact Exact Similar Exact Invoice date 5 Exact Exact Exact Similar Invoice amount 6 Exact Similar Exact Similar 7 Exact Similar Similar Exact 8 Exact Exact Similar Similar 9 Different Exact Similar Exact Similar Invoice Numbers – If exact match after stripping out zeros, alphabetic and punctuation Similar Invoice Dates – If dates are within a certain period Similar Amounts – Difference within +/- 3%, one amount is exactly twice the other and amounts start with the first four digits ADVISORY SERVICES
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    Fields Needed: Vendor/ suppliernumber Invoice number Invoice date Exact Matching Invoice Invoice Invoice amount Test Vendor Num Num Invoice Date Amount A Exact Exact Exact Exact B Exact Exact - Exact C Exact Exact Exact - D Exact - Exact Exact E Exact Different Exact Exact F Different Exact Exact Exact "Fuzzy" Match G Exact Fuzzy - Similar Letters and digits only H Exact Fuzzy - Exact Letters only I Exact Fuzzy - Exact Digits only J Exact Fuzzy - Exact Contain similar characters K Exact - Exact Fuzzy Within "blank" percentage ADVISORY SERVICES
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    STRATA LEVELS 97% Purchase $ 1,000 Leases $ 100,000 $ 500 $ 485 $ 5,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000 $ 970 $ 10,000 $ 1,500 $ 1,455 $ 1,000,000 Write offs $ 50,000 $ 5,000 $ 4,850 $ 250,000 $ 20,000 $ 19,400 POs $ 25,000 $ 500,000 $ 25,000 $ 24,250 $ 500,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 50,000 $ 48,500 $ 200,000 $ 194,000 Checks $ 20,000 Dispositions $ 10,000 $ 250,000 $ 242,500 $ 500,000 $ 485,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 970,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 1,940,000 ADVISORY SERVICES
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    John Smith Manufacturing,Inc. Approval Levels December 31, 2009 Decosimo Forensic Accounting - Exhibit 22 INV_NUM NET_AMT VEND_NUM VEND_NAME CK_NUM CK_NET SESSION PAY_NUM INV_DATE Approval Limit $ 10,000 D42908 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 55787 $ 9,836.48 55787 125074 1/11/2009 D42909 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 59456 $ 9,836.48 56370 131975 2/12/2009 D42910 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 58269 $ 9,836.48 56370 131975 3/13/2009 D42911 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 55537 $ 9,836.48 59070 554469 4/14/2009 D42912 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 54540 $ 9,836.48 59153 163295 5/15/2009 D42913 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 56368 $ 9,836.48 58269 153921 6/16/2009 D42914 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 56415 $ 9,836.48 58269 153921 7/17/2009 D42915 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 56746 $ 9,836.48 55537 123131 8/18/2009 D42916 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 59070 $ 9,836.48 55537 123131 9/19/2009 D42917 $ 9,836.48 25679 VANGARD BC 59153 $ 9,836.48 54540 115281 10/20/2009 D43238-1 $ 9,946.66 25679 AMERICHEM 55787 $ 266,250.14 54540 115281 1/15/2009 7290963188 $ 9,895.74 34644 INVISTA SARL INC 58249 $2,459,481.91 58249 153491 8/9/2009 7290963787 $ 9,889.21 34644 INVISTA SARL INC 58249 $2,459,481.91 58249 153491 8/10/2009 184201 $ 9,900.00 558 BILL ACUFF & ASSOCIATES INC 57705 $ 22,326.00 57705 147993 7/9/2009 186928 $ 9,900.00 558 BILL ACUFF & ASSOCIATES INC 57705 $ 22,326.00 57705 147993 7/9/2009 SLSTX 0807 $ 9,985.64 2294 NEW YORK STATE SALES TAX 58283 $ 9,985.64 58283 552406 9/7/2009 SLSTX 0807 $ 9,985.64 2294 NEW YORK STATE SALES TAX 58311 $ 9,785.64 58311 552542 9/7/2009 031775-41 $ 9,922.93 226 CHEMICAL CO 57790 $ 638,822.55 57790 149135 5/15/2009 031819-41 $ 9,833.15 226 CHEMICAL CO 57790 $ 638,822.55 57790 149135 5/17/2009 4591840 $ 9,771.23 937 XPRESS GLOBAL SYSTEMS 54669 $ 153,859.49 54669 116592 12/14/2009 4691297 $ 9,922.03 937 XPRESS GLOBAL SYSTEMS 54669 $ 153,859.49 54669 116592 12/14/2009 ADVISORY SERVICES
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    Extract all round dollar amounts  Compare current year payroll file to terminated employees  Compare payroll data to human resource data  Extract employees without employee number or SS number  Extract employees without deductions or taxes withheld  Extract employees with payments after termination dates  Check for sequential or duplicate SS numbers  Duplicate mailing addresses paid in say period  Calculate % of overtime to gross pay  Compare current year to prior year payroll file to detect pay rate changes ADVISORY SERVICES
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    ► Incentive/Pressures –meet the deadline, make the number, under the gun, make the deal (sale), under pressure, afraid, problem, just book it, lose my job, get fired ► Opportunity – cookie jar reserve, facilitation fee, process fee, release expense, handover fee, hush money, improper payment, cash only kick back off the books ► Rationalization – everyone does it, it’s the culture, trust me, they owe me, sounds justified, fix it later, nobody will notice, just an error, she, he told me to do it ADVISORY SERVICES
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     Clearly defineownership of the vendor data  Review and engage access controls  Establish clear vendor setup procedures  Enforce new vendor approval practices  Determine when multiple vendor records will be allowed  Manage one-time vendor accounts separately  Apply consistent naming conventions  Enforce Data Validation including the free IRS TIN matching system  Remove employees from the master vendor file  Perform maintenance on a regular basis  Remove old/unused vendors  Retain the right records  Establish written, detailed procedures ADVISORY SERVICES
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    Do not ignorea red flag – Studies of fraud cases consistently show that red flags were present, but were either not recognized or were recognized but not acted upon by anyone. Sometimes an error is just an error – Red flags should lead to some kind of appropriate action, i.e. an investigation by a measured & responsible person, but sometimes an error is just an error and no fraud exists ADVISORY SERVICES
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    Inc reas ing D ec reas ing purc has es from purc has es from fav ored v endor other v endors 1099s from D ec reas ing v endor c om pany quality to buy er relativ es Inc reas ing pric es A nalyt ical D ocum en ts and S ym pt om s R eco rd s Larger order quantities A ll trans ac tions eith one buy erand one v endor B uy er does n't relate w ell to other buy ers or v endors B eh avio ral S ym pt om s K ic k b a c k s In ternal C o nt ro ls U s e of unapprov ed E m ploy ee w ork v endors habits c hange Q uality B uy er building c om plaints about Tips and Lyfestyle ex pens iv e hom e purc has ed C om p lain ts S ym pt om s (bey ond produc ts ex pec tations ) U ns uc c es s ful B uy er ow ning v endor A nony m ous tips B uy er liv ing m ore ex pens iv e c om plaints about buy ers or bey ond k now n autom ibiles v endors s alary
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    RED FLAGS ASSOCIATEDWITH EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT SCHEMES ► Failure of supervisors to adequately review expense reports ► T&E expenses exceeding budget or prior years’ totals ► T&E expenses significantly exceed those of other employees with similar responsibilities ► Expense reports that lack support or are supported by photocopies ► Claims for reimbursement of old expenses ► Employees who pay higher dollar expenses in cash ► Expense reports which consistently total to round numbers ► Expense reports which consistently total at or just below the organization’s reimbursement limit ► Expense reports that have been approved by a manager outside the claimant’s department ADVISORY SERVICES
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    RED FLAGS ASSOCIATEDWITH BILLING SCHEMES ► No segregation of duties in the purchasing function ► Sharpe rise in the amount of service-related expenses or expenses in general ► Inventory shortages ► Absence of detail on vendor invoices ► Absence of detail on vendor master ► Recurring payments ► New or unknown vendors ► Duplicate payment to vendors ► Unexplained or temporary changes to vendor files ► Unfolded invoices ► Phone numbers which do not correspond with physical location ► Only PO Box for address or residential address ADVISORY SERVICES
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    RED FLAGS ASSOCIATEDWITH CHECK TAMPERING SCHEMES  No segregation of duties in check preparation and check delivery  Unusual or excessive entries to cash accounts  Excessive voided checks  Signatures not matching authorized signatures  Cash checking account shortages  Checks payable to cash or employee  Out of sequence or duplicate number checks  Canceled checks printed on inferior stock  Canceled checks with dual endorsements  Vendor complaints about non payment  Bank statements with manual corrections ADVISORY SERVICES
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    PAYROLL SCHEMES REDFLAGS ► No segregation of duties in human resources and payroll ► Payroll expenses exceed budgeted or prior years’ totals ► Employees with the same personal information ► Employees lacking payroll information such as taxes or insurance being withheld ► Unexplained increases in overtime, either in departments or by employee ► A non-linear correlation between sales and commission expenses ► Disproportionately large increase in employee compensation ADVISORY SERVICES
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    • Trust isplaced in employees • Employees have detailed knowledge of the accounting systems and their weaknesses • Management domination subverts normal internal controls • Management adds pressure to “make the numbers” • Expected moral behavior is not communicated to employees • Unduly liberal accounting practices • Ineffective or nonexistent internal auditing staff. • Lack of effective internal controls. • Poor accounting records. • Related party transactions. • Incomplete and out of date procedural documentation. • Management sets a bad example. ADVISORY SERVICES
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    • Cash flowdoes not match net • Decrease in the Asset Quality Index income – Noncurrent Assets, exclusive of • Receivables spike relative to sales – PPE, relative to total assets in given Days’ Sales in Receivables year • Management earning tied to • Exceptionally strong sales growth performance from one year to next • Significant increase in Gross • Low Total Accruals to Total Assets – Margin Index Working Capital, less Cash, less • High turnover of key management Current Taxes Payable, less Current • Sales allowances, warranties and Portion of LTD, less AD and other reserves out of line compared Amortization, divided by Total Assets with others in industry ADVISORY SERVICES
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    • Employee lifestylechanges • High employee turnover • Significant personal debt and • Refusal to take vacation or credit problems sick leave • Behavioral changes • Lack of segregation of duties in a high-risk (vulnerable) • Defensive area ADVISORY SERVICES
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    • Reluctance toprovide information to • Weak internal control environment auditors • Unexpected overdrafts or declines in • Photocopied or missing documents cash balances • Decisions dominated by an individual or • Accounting personnel are lax or small group inexperienced • Excessive number of year-end • High employee turnover rate transactions • Compensation is out of proportion • Management displays significant • Decentralization without adequate disrespect for regulatory bodies monitoring • Excessive number of or frequent • Frequent changes in external auditors changes in checking accounts ADVISORY SERVICES
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    • Excessive numberof voids • Excessive or unjustified cash • Presence of personal checks in transactions petty cash • Large number of account write-offs • Sudden activity in a dormant • Bank accounts not reconciled on a account timely basis • Taxpayer complaints that they are • Unauthorized bank accounts receiving non-payment notices • Discrepancies between bank • Abnormal number of expense items deposits and postings or reimbursement to an employee ADVISORY SERVICES