In this paper we investigate the privacy dimension of collaborative fraud detection envisioned for outsourcing scenarios. Firstly, we investigate the privacy requirements derived from privacy law and present the resulting judicial argument for pseudonymizing audit data generated for the purpose of fraud detection. Second, we summarize the requirements for such pseudonymization derived from the ...

The European iWebCare project (FP6-2004-IST-4-028055) aims at designing and developing a flexible fraud detection web services platform, which will be able to serve e-government processes of fraud detection and prevention, in order to ensure quality and accuracy and minimize loss of health care funds. This paper discusses the approach this project adopts and which involves the introduction of a...

In the wake of financial frauds and related audit issues, the US Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley (SARBOX) Act of 2002. Key to becoming SARBOX compliant are information systems (IS) that satisfy the mandates regarding internal controls, corporate governance, and fraud detection. These legal developments focusing senior management's attention on (1) internal controls are present and functionin...

The use of credit cards is of paramount importance in improving the economic strength of any nation, however, fraudulent activities associated with it is of great concern. When fraud occurs on credit cards, the negative impact is huge as the financial loss experienced cuts across all the parties involved. This paper provides a proactive measure at detecting fraudulent activities regarding the c...

In today’s technological age, fraud has become more complicated, and increasingly more difficult to detect, especially when it is collusive in nature. Different fraud surveys showed that the median loss from collusive fraud is much greater than fraud perpetrated by a single person. Despite its prevalence and potentially devastating effects, collusion is commonly overlooked as an organizational ...

The use of credit cards is of paramount importance in improving the economic strength of any nation, however, fraudulent activities associated with it is of great concern. When fraud occurs on credit cards, the negative impact is huge as the financial loss experienced cuts across all the parties involved. This paper provides a proactive measure at detecting fraudulent activities regarding the c...

T his paper provides a methodology for detecting management fraud using basic financial data. The methodology is based on support vector machines. An important aspect therein is a kernel that increases the power of the learning machine by allowing an implicit and generally nonlinear mapping of points, usually into a higher dimensional feature space. A kernel specific to the domain of finance is...

The use of credit cards is of paramount importance in improving the economic strength of any nation, however, fraudulent activities associated with it is of great concern. When fraud occurs on credit cards, the negative impact is huge as the financial loss experienced cuts across all the parties involved. This paper provides a proactive measure at detecting fraudulent activities regarding the c...

The use of credit cards is of paramount importance in improving the economic strength of any nation, however, fraudulent activities associated with it is of great concern. When fraud occurs on credit cards, the negative impact is huge as the financial loss experienced cuts across all the parties involved. This paper provides a proactive measure at detecting fraudulent activities regarding the c...

*Asst. Professor, Department of BCA, SS & IT, CMS College of Science & Commerce, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, INDIA E-mail: [email protected] **Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering., Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, INDIA Abstract: The convenience of online commerce has been embraced by consumers and criminals alike. Phishing, the act of st...