Identity Resolution Daily Links 2009-02-23
By the Infoglide Team
The Peterborough Examiner: Uncovering lottery fraud
“In 2007, two Parisian tobacconists admitted they had cheated a customer out of a C$42 million lottery win. The Paris shop keepers had told an accountant customer his tickets were not winners, but then handed in the tickets themselves, through a third party. It wasn’t until a bank noticed odd transactions by the fake winner, that investigators were called in.”
Gartner: Of Data Quality and its role within MDM; and defining master data (again)
[Andrew White]”On a lighter note, this week as focused on briefings from vendors on their MDM for Product Data offerings and strategies. While all that was going on, Gartner analysts were merrily chatting along about what is the difference between MDM and metadata management; and master data and metadata; and finally entity resolution.”
WorkersCompensation.com: Texas Mutual Announces a Triple Scoop of Double-Dipping Convictions
“Double-dipping occurs when claimants collect workers’ comp benefits for being too injured to work when they are, in fact, gainfully employed. Texas law requires claimants to contact their workers’ comp carrier when they return to work. Left unchecked, double-dipping and other workers’ comp fraud can lead to higher premiums for all Texas employers.”
Chico Enterprise Record: Second Chico Lotto sting nets mini-mart owner
“Lotto officials allege Dosanjh told decoys posing as players they held worthless Scratcher tickets, when some of them should actually have scanned as $1,000 winners. Lotto law enforcement spokesman Bill Hertoghe said Dosanjh passed at least one of the tickets to a friend, who attempted to redeem it. Officials said the prize money would be forthcoming, but launched an investigation that eventually resulted in a $15,000 arrest warrant for Dosanjh.”
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