Identifying Fraud, Abuse, and Error in Personal Bankruptcy Filings
ResearchPublished Jun 5, 2007
The U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) whose mission includes promoting the integrity and efficiency of the bankruptcy system by enforcing bankruptcy laws. Among its responsibilities is identifying fraud, abuse, and error in personal bankruptcy filings. Currently, precise figures on the prevalence of fraud, abuse, and error in personal bankruptcy filings do not exist. USTP asked the RAND Corporation to assist it in thinking about how to better identify and measure fraud, abuse, and error in personal bankruptcies. RAND looked for lessons learned from other government programs and the private sector in detecting fraud and abuse; processes transferable to USTP; indicators USTP could develop of fraud, abuse, and error; ways to estimate their prevalence; and ways to develop data and knowledge for future identification systems. The authors conclude that a data-enabled case filing system, incorporating lessons from the IRS and GSA as well as the private sector, may be the direction for the future of the bankruptcy court system.
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- Year: 2007
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- Document Number: MG-586-NIJ
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Clancy, Noreen and Stephen J. Carroll, Identifying Fraud, Abuse, and Error in Personal Bankruptcy Filings, RAND Corporation, MG-586-NIJ, 2007. As of September 11, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG586.html
Clancy, Noreen and Stephen J. Carroll, Identifying Fraud, Abuse, and Error in Personal Bankruptcy Filings. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2007. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG586.html. Also available in print form.
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