BE ch 5 accounts

[Mark Kohut]

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the spirit of Nietzsche:
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On Sun, Nov 21, 2021 at 12:15 AM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> So Maxi starts looking at hsz accounts and finds problems right away.
> 1st the Benford’s Law problem where 1st digits  are  not logarithmic.
> The 2nd problem, Consecutive invoice numbers, I don’t understand???
> 3rd problem may give us a prime insight into the name hashslingerz :Hash
> totals that don’t add up. Here is a simple version  explanation from
> Barron’s that I kind of understand:
>    The purpose is to identify whether a record has been lost or omitted
> from processing. For example, check numbers may be summed to get a hash
> total. If the total of the check numbers processed does not agree with the
> hash total, a discrepancy exists, and investigation is required to uncover
> the error.
>     From something else I read it sounds like hashing makes it hard either
> to forward engineer or reverse engineer  hash numbers if you wanted to fake
> accounts.
> 4th problem,  Credit cards failing Luhn checks( Used to id incorrect
> numbers usually used to protect against accidental errors,).
> That’s a lot of problems for  trying to hide some serious money games.
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> What Michael B said becomes relevant here about a captive  SEC since we
> are dealing with large $ numbers and an unproven  fast growing firm(hsz).
> Even with government laxity most large banks regularly get caught in
> illegal schemes (though the fines are too low to change the behavior). On
> the other hand, the military accounting system never gets punished despite
> losing billions which may be relevant in BE since hsz has military
> contracts as do several  real world big tech firms.
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> This chapter  is where the genius of  P having his latest detective be a
> financial fraud investigtor becomes obvious. Follow the money being  the
> primary tool of investigative reporters, and legal investigators.  She
> likes also to check things out up close, on site, and in person. This gives
> us a diverse picture of the world and the players Pynchon is choosing to
> focus on.
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