LA County to use data mining technology to combat fraud

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today approved a contract to employ high-tech solutions to detect child care benefits fraud.

The $3.2 million, two-year contract to target fraud in CalWORKs child care program will use data mining technology to help predict fraud.

A pilot program using the data mining technology had an 85 percent success rate in detecting fraud rings, according to Antonovich. He expected that its use would ultimately be extended to other fraud prevention efforts.

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