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‘Technology sounds out benefit cheats' -
Times - Apr 2008
Hundreds of benefit fraudsters have been caught out by lie-detector technology.
More than 370 people were identified fiddling their benefits in Lambeth, South London.
As part of the pilot project, Lambeth Council staff phoned 2,000 residents and used
Voice Risk Analysis, which picks up tiny changes in the voice that show a person is lying.Click
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‘Lambeth's lie detector catches 400 benefit fraudsters' -
Guardian - Apr 2008
Nearly 400 Lambeth residents have been caught fiddling their benefits by new voice recognition technology.
The pilot project saved £450,000 in benefit fraud. Lambeth Council phoned 2,000 residents and
used Voice Risk Analysis, which picks up minute changes in the voice that show a person is lying.Click
here
‘MP lie detector call to unmask benefits cheats' -
sundaylife.co.uk Belfast Telegraph - Feb 2008
Lie detector tests should be used to smoke out Ulster's dole cheats, it
was demanded last night.
Ulster Unionist MP Lady Sylvia Hermon called for a high-tech war on benefits
fraudsters after a
London council used Voice Risk Analysis technology to catch out hundreds
of dole cheats.Click
here
‘Benefit Cheats Caught By Lie Detectors' -
news.sky.com - Feb 2008
One council which is trialling the voice risk analysis system says the
initiative has
already saved tax payers more than £300,000. The system detects
changes in
people's voice patterns, such as hesitation or avoiding direct questions.
It has
been used in the insurance industry for more than five years.Click
here
‘High-tech bid to beat benefit cheats' -
itn.co.uk - Feb 2008
Using lie detector tests to nab benefit cheats has saved a council hundreds
of
thousands of pounds. Harrow Council, in northwest London, is trialling
voice risk
analysis in a year-long pilot for the Department of Work and Pensions
(DWP).
The council said the initiative has already saved tax payers £336,711.
Others taking
part include Edinburgh, Durham and Birmingham. Harrow Council said 998
people
have been assessed over a seven month period, with 119 (12 per cent) identified
as "high risk".Click
here
‘Lie Detector’ saves £50k per month in benefit fraud'
- 24dash.com
- Feb 2008
Voice Risk Analysis - popularly dubbed the 'Lie Detector' test - and used
by Harrow Council
to prevent and catch benefit cheats, has saved the taxpayer £336,711.
Harrow is the first council in the country to trial this scheme and calculates
it is saving taxpayers
£50,000 per month or £300 per working hour.Click
here
Lie detector to identify cheats-
Channel 4 - Feb 2008
Lie detector tests are being used to identify potential benefit cheats
by a
council which says the initiative has already saved tax payers £336,711.
Harrow Council, in north west London, is one of a handful of authorities
trialling voice risk analysis for the Department for Work and Pensions.Click
here
Lie detectors slash council’s benefits bills -The
Times- Feb 2008
Lie detector tests that analyse voice changes in telephone conversations
are being used to catch benefit cheats. One local authority has saved
more
than £336,000 during a pilot scheme, according to a report published
today.Click
here
Why your insurer doesn't like your tone of voices -The
Observer - Jan 2008
'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky…'.
The computer screen,
as the clip is played of Bill Clinton intoning these words in a monotone,
is going ballistic.
In the 18 seconds it takes for the former president to deliver his infamous
denial, the voice
risk analysis (VRA) programme used every week on thousands of UK citizens
making
insurance claims flashes 12 different messages on the screen, such as
'stress';
'excitement'; 'high tension'; and finally, in red: 'high risk'.Click
here
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