Stopping Fraud and Improper Payments
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in March 2025 that the U.S. government loses somewhere between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud, based on data from fiscal years 2018 through 2022. On top of that, improper payments by the government have totaled an estimated $2.8 trillion since fiscal year 2003.
The biggest difference between fraud and improper payment is intent – fraud is intentional deception, such as filing fake claims, while improper payments are mistakes such as overpayments or duplicate payments. Together they represent a massive loss of taxpayer monies.
Fraud analysis and improper payment detection use data analytics, AI, and rule-based systems to identify suspicious transactions, behaviors, or claims that deviate from normal patterns, preventing financial loss by catching deliberate fraud (like stolen cards) and accidental errors (like overpayments) through methods like pattern recognition, behavioral biometrics, and strong internal controls, balancing security with customer experience.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the magnitude of fraud and improper payment in your agency through the use of data analytics
- Delineate steps to implement methods such as pattern recognition to detect anomalous behaviors
- Outline metrics to measure the positive impact of steps that prevent improper payments and identify instances of fraud
Speaker Details
Kim Brant
Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer,
CMS
Justin Marsico
Assistant Commissioner for Fraud Prevention and Financial Integrity,
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Tiffany Robinson
National Identity Theft Coordinator,
IRS Criminal Investigation
Sarah Sequeira
Deputy Assistant Inspector General
for Audit,
HUD OIG
Jason Venner
Solution Sales Director,
Diligent
Michael Kennedy
Contributing Editor,
FedInsider
Event Topic
Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, SecurityRelevant Audiences
All State and Local Government, All Federal Government, National Guard, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy, City Government, County Government, Municipalities, State Government, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Interior, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department of the Treasury, Environmental Protection Agency, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, Food and Drug Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Services Administration, Government Accountability Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institute of Health, National Security Agency, U.S. Agency of International Development, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, U.S. Postal Service, Veterans AffairsOther Agency
Office of the President (includes OMB), Other Federal Agencies, Judicial Branch Agencies, Foreign Governments/Agencies