SAS (2015) News article / media

LA County Department of Public Social Services uses analytics to fight child care benefits fraud

Industry Insider California (GovTech)

Ref: SRC-003-USA-006

https://insider.govtech.com/california/sponsored/la-county-department-of-public-social-services-uses-analytics-to-fight-child-care-benefits-fraud.html

Accessed: 3/23/2026

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Sponsored content summarising DMS results: 10-15 cases referred per month, over 40% positive for fraud, conspiracy groups detected earlier, fraud rings curtailed before doing real damage. Downloaded as HTML file.

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GovTech / SAS (2015) 'LA County Department of Public Social Services uses analytics to fight child care benefits fraud', Industry Insider California, 3 December. Available at: https://insider.govtech.com/california/sponsored/la-county-department-of-public-social-services-uses-analytics-to-fight-child-care-benefits-fraud.html (Accessed: 23 March 2026).

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