Techniques for managing fraud information

A metadata data structure implemented in a computer-readable medium for defining a fraud case, the metadata structure executed computer-implemented services that are processed by a computer and the metadata data structure includes:

• user information for a fraud investigator that is designated as a user;
• repository information;
• and
• presentation information, wherein the user information includes authentication and security levels associated with the fraud investigator and the authentication information includes the identity of the fraud investigator and an authentication technique for authenticating the fraud investigator, and wherein the user information includes preferences and profiles defined by the user and contact information associated with the user, the repository information includes schemas for tables that house query results and report results, and schemas for templates accessed by the fraud investigator for fraud cases, the repository information also identifying sources of data information and specific queries associated with fraud patterns for the fraud cases, and wherein the presentation information defines customized views for and interfaces associated with the fraud investigator and the fraud cases, wherein the presentation information permits data from several different data sources or tables to be presented in a single generic data store table as the customized views for the fraud investigator.