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> You can use Benford's law to detect made up counts like people did with Bernie Madoff's frauds Do you know more than what is claimed in this article (1) ? 1
by acqq 6y ago
> You can use Benford's law to detect made up counts like people did with Bernie Madoff's frauds
Do you know more than what is claimed in this article (1) ?
1) https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/by-one-measure-madoffs-returns-looked-legitimate https://www.businessinsider.com/2008/12/by-one-measure-madof...
"Paul Kedrosky ran the numbers found the distribution to be right in line with what Benford would predict for a legitimate fund"
- scottlocklin 6y agoPre coffee statement; no, I got the same result: https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/bernie-versus-benford/ https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/bernie-versus-...