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The analysis and presentation of the evidence was so well documented that insurance company made a full settlement on the claim with little additional work.<\/p>\n<p>Commission Underpayments<\/p>\n<p>In another situation, it was suspected that commissions were being underpaid. I developed a data base of the actual payments and then performed an analysis that searched for irregularities and omissions in the flow of payments by customer. Going back over 5 years, this resulted in a settlement that was five times the current annual payments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Problem &#8211; Purchasing irregularities An employee noticed an unusual purchase. The Solution &#8211; Investigative analysis with strong systems support Working with I\/T, system data over a number of years was reconstructed. A variety of query criteria were developed to uncover patterns for potential irregularities. 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