i2 Analyst's Notebook: The Best in Fraud Solutions

Abstract

This chapter provide an overview of IBM's i2 Analyst's Notebook, which is a well-known and widely used investigative analysis tool that assists in fraud detection through the means of criminal investigations, audits, and financial statement fraud. It features a well-rounded visual display of analysis that depicts intelligence gathering, terrorist financing, and other related entities to an investigation. It allows the user to sift through voluminous amounts of financial data to ascertain the significance of relational entities. This chapter also highlights several uses of i2 fraud intelligence analysis to improve investigation effectiveness as rapid investigation leads to timely responses, significantly reducing the ongoing costs of undetected fraud. It provides visualizations that illustrate the scope of the fraud, generate leads, provides documentation for evidentiary purposes, and enhances the progress in furtherance of prosecutorial measures.