Oregon Secretary of State uncovers fraud faster with Diligent Audit & ACL Analytics

When the Oregon Secretary of State’s Audits Division set out to protect taxpayer dollars across sprawling programs like Medicaid and SNAP, they were up against hundreds of millions of records that no spreadsheet could handle. Manual matching and fragmented data made it easy for fraud, waste and abuse to stay hidden.

That changed when the team embedded Diligent Audit & ACL Analytics into every audit. From early experimentation with data analytics to today’s one‑click Benford’s Law tests, analytics has moved from side project to standard operating procedure. Now, the division can join disparate datasets, run sophisticated tests at scale and zero in on outliers in hours instead of weeks — uncovering issues that once seemed impossible to spot.

Learn how they:

• Turned massive Medicaid and SNAP datasets into clear, testable evidence of fraud and waste
• Used one‑click Benford’s Law and automated tests to flag suspicious transactions in minutes
• Partnered with agencies and law enforcement to help shut down systemic abuse, including a cartel‑linked food‑stamp scheme
• Built a long‑term analytics partnership with Diligent to continually elevate audit impact

“Protecting taxpayer dollars is probably our key mission. Our role is to be transparent and accountable and ensure the wise use of public resources, and Diligent helps us do that work and develop impactful findings.”

Ian Green, Principal Auditor, Oregon Secretary of State

Download the full case study to see how they modernized audit analytics and strengthened public trust.