How Forensic Accountants Use Benford's Law To Detect Fraud

VIDEO: In most naturally occurring data sets, the first digit is 1 more than six times as often as it is 9. What?!

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Finance Select   December 11, 2014 How Forensic Accountants Use Benford's Law To Detect Fraud VIDEO: In most naturally occurring data sets, the first digit is 1 more than six times as often as it is 9. What?! Read» Share this story: OIL IS GETTING CRUSHED On Wednesday, Brent crude broke $64 a barrel while WTI crude broke $61...  Read» Share this story: Four Things All Millennials Should Do With Their Money Alexa von Tobel is the leadership-award-winning, New York Times...  Read» Share this story: The Party In Macau Is All But Over It's now undeniable that Chinese President Xi Jinping's corruption...  Read» Share this story: Here's Where The Highest-Paid New Yorkers Live Some blocks and neighborhoods in New York City are so full of rich...  Read» EX-LEVEL GLOBAL EMPLOYEE: We'll Never Get Our Reputations Back David Ganek, the founder of now-closed hedge fund Level Global, said...  Read» The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now The CIA lied about how it got Bin Laden.  Read» Advertisement HOUSE OF THE DAY: Hedge Funder Is Selling His Swanky Upper East Side Apartment For $6.5 Million Larry Creel, a partner and portfolio manager at Edgewood Management, is...  Read» Share this story: Ukraine Faces Bankruptcy If It Cannot Secure A $15 Billion Bailout 'Within Weeks' Ukraine needs another $15 billion bailout.  Read» Share this story: Demand For OPEC Oil Is Falling Off A Cliff Oil demand is tumbling.  Read» Share this story: 23 Craft Distilleries Every Liquor Lover Should Know American craft distilleries are getting attention both here as well as...  Read» Share this story: See Also Argentina Is Getting Clobbered Since Tuesday the Argentine stock market, the Merval, has been sinking....   Read»   HSBC Warns Customers In Christmas Message: Your Homes Could Be Repossessed HSBC is reminding all its customers this holiday season that if they...   Read»   The One Question Elizabeth Warren Wants Obama To Answer About His Wall Street Treasury Nominee In the battle between Elizabeth Warren and the Obama administration over...   Read»   France Is About To Plunge Into Deflation The eurozone's second biggest economy is heading into uncharted territory.   Read»   Share: Share: Share: Share: Share this: Email sent to: ipat39@gmail.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011