Model a Fraud Ring as a Graph
Design a graph model around traversal questions instead of table-shaped entities.
Find account clusters that share devices, cards, or shipping addresses within a short window. Model the relationships the analyst will traverse, not only the entities the system stores. A graph that stores nodes without meaningful relationship types becomes a slower document store. Analysts pivot exported documents to find shared identifiers by hand. Accounts, devices, cards, and addresses are connected by typed, timestamped relationships. Name traversal Account -> Device -> other Accounts -> Address The path is the product question, so design it first. Choose nodes Account, Device, Card, Address, Order Use node labels for things that can connect to many…
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