OMB Individually Reported

Group Duplicate Complaints

Low riskExact public inventory row

Description

Consumers submit multiple complaints for the same issue using various channels, which impacts the ability of Law Enforcement to quickly search and identify leads.

Detailed example

Duplicated complaints are grouped together and helps law enforcement identify entities with multiple reports

AI / analytics pattern

Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relationships.

Automation level / stage

c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.

Expected benefit

Assists law enforcement with identifying leads in fraud investigations by efficiently grouping duplicate complaints.

Audit / financial statement impact

Does not produce an output that serves as a principal basis for decisions or actions with legal, material, binding, or significant effect on any of the individuals or entities identified in OMB-25-21.

Controls / human review

ATO: Yes; PIA: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/Sentinel-Network-Services-PIA.pdf