Every underground subculture uses parlance that identifies them as a sect of common interests. No one knows this better than corporate investigators and anti-fraud sleuths.

And thanks to anti-fraud technology, they can now identify about 3,000 words and phrases, including “nobody will find out” and “off the books,” frequently found in email conversations among dodgy fund managers and corporate wheeler dealers.

A report in the Financial Times says linguistic analysis software can detect conversations with out-of-the-ordinary language and tone in electronic conversations and can be employed to help compliance departments and law enforcement authorities find rogue employees.

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