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Tech to rescue: Now, forensic auditors go 'social' to nab fraudsters

Companies now use cyber experts to watch out for any 'buzz' generated on social media about themselves - people tweeting or posting recommendations about when to buy their shares

Forensic auditors deploy tech, social media tools to catch fraudsters
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Rajesh Bhayani Mumbai
As financial and corporate fraudsters become more sophisticated, using technology to avoid detection, forensic auditors are scrambling to keep up by using tools such as social media analytics to catch them.

It can be a photograph posted by a relative boasting about the new house they have bought overseas, a post about their next holiday destination, or it can be special tools that spot duplicate addresses and telephone numbers. 

The ingenious use of a whole battery of tools allows forensic auditors to close in on their prey. 

As both things become more complex — the financial criminal’s methods and the