Shoppers Travel anomalous invoice — Jessica Benton $227K outlier

Shoppers Travel outlier $227,842 — Facture Jessica Benton (143x la moyenne)

Part. corroborated
0.55
Credibility score
Elite networks Anomalie transactionnelleRed flag AMLShoppers TravelFlux suspects Active

Summary

A $227,842 invoice from Shoppers Travel Inc. in the name of Benton/Jessica dated July 31, 2002, represents a statistical outlier of 143x the average of agency invoices. CORRECTION BS-085-FC: the source is Shoppers Travel (travel agency), NOT Southern Trust/STTI as initially attributed. The z-score of 143x is methodologically questionable as it compares a consolidated invoice (potentially a private flight or multi-destination package) to individual tickets. Jessica Benton is a document phantom: 1 single source document out of 1.8M+ pages, absent from the contact book, flights, messages, and actors (1185).

Key claims

1

Facture $227,842 Shoppers Travel Inc. au nom de Benton/Jessica le 31/07/2002 [ESTABLISHED]

2

Outlier statistique : 143x la moyenne des factures Shoppers Travel [ESTABLISHED] — NOTE: z-score methodologiquement discutable (compare facture consolidee a billets individuels)

3

Jessica Benton = fantome documentaire, absente de tout autre fichier du corpus (1.8M+ pages) [ESTABLISHED]

4

Montant inhabituellement precis (non-rond) suggere un paiement contractuel [HYPOTHESIS]

5

Date coincide avec periode d'activite intense pre-investigation Palm Beach [HYPOTHESIS]

Evidence FOR (3)

Facture documentee dans le releve Shoppers Travel (DOJ-OGR-00015296, p.6)

Source : Corpus DOJ

Strength : fort

Montant precis ($227,842) suggestif d'un calcul contractuel ou forfait

Source : Analyse

Strength : moyen

Fantome documentaire: 1/1.8M+ pages, absente contact book/vols/messages/acteurs

Source : Enquete Deep Throat BS-085

Strength : moyen

Evidence AGAINST (3)

Z-score de 143x est un artefact methodologique — compare facture consolidee (vol prive?) a billets individuels

Source : Analyse Themis BS-085-FC

Strength : fort

Peut etre un vol prive affrete ou forfait voyage de luxe multi-destinations consolide sous un seul nom

Source : Hypothese alternative

Strength : moyen

Absence de contexte additionnel dans le corpus

Source : Limite corpus

Strength : moyen

Factchecks (1)

FC-0382 MIXED 47% Le Factchecker

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Key actors (2)

Jessica Benton
Beneficiaire nommee sur la facture — identite inconnue, fantome documentaire
Shoppers Travel Inc.
Agence de voyage emettrice de la facture

Connected theories (3)

Anomalie Jessica Benton — Facture unique de $227,842 comme couverture financiere
0.95
evidential THEORY-1128
Shoppers Travel — Systeme logistique a deux niveaux pour le reseau de trafic
0.7
financial THEORY-1127
JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank et le reseau financier Epstein
0.65
financial THEORY-0008

Document corpus

DOJ-OGR-00015296

Sources (3)

DOJ-OGR-00015296, Shoppers Travel Inc. Find Report (page 6) [PRIMARY]
EFTA corpus, Shoppers Travel transaction records [PRIMARY]
Pipeline financial analysis BS-085 (internal) [SECONDARY]