Lie detectors used in £280,000 campaign to catch fraudsters
Council chiefs used lie detectors as part of a £280,000 campaign to catch out fraudulent benefits claimants.
In 2011, Derbyshire Dales District Council used voice risk analysis (VRA) software as part of a review of council tax – a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed.
The technology is supposed to identify signs of stress in a person’s voice to determine whether they are lying, however it was denounced by the Department of Work and Pensions in 2010 as it was found to be unreliable.
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