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Six Degrees of Collusion

Algorithm · Stripe · Medium

Six Degrees of Coordinated Fraud Background Financial abuse is seldom carried out by just one account. Criminal operators commonly create large groups of fabricated accounts to get around limits or move illicit funds. Although those accounts can appear independent, one controller may operate all of them. To make detection harder, these operators spread behavior among many accounts. They nonetheless tend to reuse resources, including devices, payment cards, and IP addresses.…

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