From dbd8a65630fb69f13675b2ecdc9e064831f860be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Randall Havens Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:45:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Add=20Section=20IV:=20Critique=20of=20current?= =?UTF-8?q?=20fraud=20detection=20systems=20=E2=80=94=20exposes=20how=20tr?= =?UTF-8?q?auma=20survivors=20are=20often=20penalized=20while=20manipulati?= =?UTF-8?q?ve=20claimants=20evade=20detection.=20Argues=20for=20forensic?= =?UTF-8?q?=20empathy=20over=20automation.?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- 04_the-problem-with-current-systems.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 04_the-problem-with-current-systems.md diff --git a/04_the-problem-with-current-systems.md b/04_the-problem-with-current-systems.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d9d996 --- /dev/null +++ b/04_the-problem-with-current-systems.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +## IV. **The Problem with the Current System: Good People Get Flagged, Bad People Slip Through** + +Fraud detection today is built on the illusion of objectivity. + +Rules-based scoring models. Behavioral red flags. Actuarial profiles. Checkbox logic. These systems are meant to catch deception — but what they often catch is *difference*. + +Trauma survivors stumble over timelines. They forget things. They cry at the wrong moments. They freeze up. They contradict themselves not because they’re lying, but because they’re *wounded*. + +Meanwhile, manipulators — particularly narcissistic personalities — often present as calm, collected, helpful. They *rehearse* their stories. They mirror what the system wants to hear. And they pass. + +The result? + +The honest get flagged. + +The practiced glide through. + +This isn’t a system problem. It’s an empathy problem. Or more precisely — a *lack* of forensic empathy. We need tools that understand human variation, trauma responses, and narrative complexity. Not just automation. Not just algorithms. + +What we need is a new kind of listening. A new kind of forensic. + +One that honors the truth without punishing the vulnerable. + +> *Bad actors aren’t just gaming the system — they’re weaponizing it.*