Crimefighting for fun and profit: data-mining Medicare fraud and likely whistleblowers
by Cory Doctorow from on (#169D4)
John Mininno is an ex-malpractice lawyer who raised money from a Wall Street angel and founded the National Healthcare Analysis Group, which uses public data sources to uncover Medicare fraud, then does further data-mining to predict which current or ex-employees will turn whistleblower, cold calls them, and splits the bounty the government offers for whistleblowing with them. (more")