Poland - Fraud Detection COVID-19 support

AI system supporting fraud prevention. It consists in automatic verification of statements submitted in applications, mainly financial data from National Tax Administration and The Social Insurance Institution databases. Additionally, some irregularities are analyzed, e.g. too high amounts in relation to the number of employees. Among other things the system analyzes the criterion of a decline in turnover. It must be directly related to the pandemic and not, for example, to a failed business plan or a failed investment. The system will also examine what the subsidy money was spent on. - The rule is that financial subsidy money can only be used to pay for business expenses. The above mentioned information are the only available sources describing the system and were shared with the press by the Polish Development Fund which is responsible for granting subsidies.