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by rojeee 2055 days ago
I used to be a data analyst in a fraud investigation team and we would often use Benford’s Law to figure out whether a nominal account in a general ledger contained dodgy transactions. It’s a useful tool but needs to be used in the context of a wider investigation. If the graphs in the image are accurate then that’s a pretty big red flag that warrants investigation but I don’t know exactly the context of the graphs or how they were created - that’s pretty important to ascertain. But yes... definitely worth further further investigation!