Q1.

Given what you know about vendor addresses, what types of addresses would be the most
suspicious?

Addresses that are far too accurate, or ones that are close to post offices, or close to the address
of any one of the employees. These addresses were made to claim the invoices and fake transactions
between the employee and fictitious vendor.

Q2. How could a vendor be added to an enterprise system with a suspicious address?

A vendor with a suspicious address can be added to an enterprise system with the help of an
inside man, therefore, an accomplice who is an employee in the company to be infiltrated by the
fictitious vendor.

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Q3. How many PO Box addresses appear?

Three PO Box addresses appeared after filtering the data.

Q4. Why should you follow up on PO Box addresses?

PO Box addresses are often chosen addresses by fictitious vendors to avoid being tracked once
they are the target of suspicion by the company. This way, the deliveries or transactions involving the
fictitious vendor would not be delivered to their real or personal address to avoid suspicion and being
caught.

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Q5. How many fuzzy matches appeared?

142 fuzzy matches appeared.

Q6. Which of the matches are suspicious?

Three fuzzy matches are suspicious. That of Conrad, Church, and Solomon which bear the same
zip code, and street and billing addresses between the employee and the supplier. These accounts also
seem to have high similarities.

Q7. Which of the matches are normal?

The matches with zero similarity are normal.

Q8. Are there any limitations to the way you just evaluated addresses?

Yes, in some cases, the addresses of both the employee and the supplier are near to each other
by coincidence. Thus, this would create false suspicion of a relationship between employee and supplier.
Q9. What other data values would indicate that there may be fictitious suppliers in the system?

Other data values would be suspiciously perfect whole numbers in, if not most, all checks
received and checks disbursed between the employee and fictitious vendor transactions. There could
also be a possibility of overbilling in these transactions.