Duplicate Payments

  • Vendor payments same vendor same amount
  • Vendor payments same amount same day

Employee with control over accounts payable and the checks can submit an invoice for payment twice. Then they alter the actual check to reflect a different payee. The system may show two checks went to Globex, but only one really did. The other check was written for “cash” and cashed by the employee.

How to use it ?

System searches for payments made on the same day for the same amount with different vendors names. Employee may cut the same check twice and alter the payee in the system to hide the fraud.

What does our fraud detection analytics software do?

We run more than a dozen separate tests with just the basic data. In fact over half the test for employee, payroll, accounts payable, check, and business fraud are run with just check data, check amount and payee. Here are the tests we run:

Benford’s law

single and double digits

Similar vendors

(you set the similarity percentage)

Non-business day transaction

(US Holidays included)

Under cut-off amounts

(you set the limits)

Z-score

(also helps identify vendors putting stress on the business)

Fictitious vendor search

(you select the search words like PO Box, or consultant)

Amounts Exactly Twice

As much as other

Amounts starting with

Same First Four Digits