Do Coincidental and Innocent Mean the Same Thing?
Probably, if, that is, you work for that wonderful and soon to be defunct body, the Audit Commission.
The statutory Code of Data Matching practice says that participants should eliminate coincidental cases to focus on more probably fraudulent ones.
The Audit Commission lawyer said that the Code says that participants should eliminate innocent cases to focus on more probably fraudulent ones. The lawyer wrote:
This is stated expressly in paragraph 2.14.1 of the Code, where it is also made clear that councils who are given the results of data matching should review the results and eliminate innocent matches (which in this case would cover matches where there is no evidence of fraudulent receipt of single person discount). We do not, therefore, consider that the fact that certain “matches” between data on the electoral register and on the receipt of council tax single person discount will reveal no evidence of fraud
,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 'no evidence of fraud'......... then why the dickens are these people being investigated?
