How Forensic Accountants Use Benford's Law To Detect Fraud
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Most naturally occurring data sets follow a strange rule called Benford's
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Benford's Law can be used to analyze financial data and identify red flags. If the data doesn't look anything like the distribution predicted by Benford's Law it may mean the numbers have been manipulated.
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