Cash Larceny Research Paper
Here are the 5 main types of cash larceny -
Stealing money from the till
Writing IOUs against personal cheques
Reversing cash transactions
Removing auditing tape
Altering cash counts
Here they are again, with more detail and the means to detect/prevent them -
STEALING MONEY FROM THE TILL
Till, or register, theft has to be the most common form of cash larceny simply because it involves direct access to cash receipts.
When cash is stolen from the register, there is already a record of the transaction on the audit roll.
Till theft leads to an imbalance between the cash in the drawer and the transaction totals on the audit roll.
In order to detect till theft it is necessary to reconcile both cash balances, and track individual …show more content…
WRITING IOUs AGAINSTS PERSONAL CHECKS
This method of cash larceny is less effective than stealing directly from the till because it requires the fraudster to cover the balance with a personal cheque in order to allow the till balance to reconcile.
Of course, the fraudster is no better off after a while as the cheque will eventually be cashed, thereby counteracting the cash that they have already taken.
They also run the risk of having the cheque being spotted during the reconciliation process.
The best means of preventing this type of fraud is for companies to make it a matter of policy that employees cannot cash cheques, or pay for goods and services at work with them, under any circumstances.
This would make it extremely easy to detect when an employee cheque is subsequently found.
REVERSING CASH TRANSACTIONS
Reversing transactions is a means for fraudsters to cover their tracks after committing till theft. By entering or recording fraudulent returns or voids on the register, they then decrease the amount of cash that will be recorded as being in the
Stealing money from the till
Writing IOUs against personal cheques
Reversing cash transactions
Removing auditing tape
Altering cash counts
Here they are again, with more detail and the means to detect/prevent them -
STEALING MONEY FROM THE TILL
Till, or register, theft has to be the most common form of cash larceny simply because it involves direct access to cash receipts.
When cash is stolen from the register, there is already a record of the transaction on the audit roll.
Till theft leads to an imbalance between the cash in the drawer and the transaction totals on the audit roll.
In order to detect till theft it is necessary to reconcile both cash balances, and track individual …show more content…
WRITING IOUs AGAINSTS PERSONAL CHECKS
This method of cash larceny is less effective than stealing directly from the till because it requires the fraudster to cover the balance with a personal cheque in order to allow the till balance to reconcile.
Of course, the fraudster is no better off after a while as the cheque will eventually be cashed, thereby counteracting the cash that they have already taken.
They also run the risk of having the cheque being spotted during the reconciliation process.
The best means of preventing this type of fraud is for companies to make it a matter of policy that employees cannot cash cheques, or pay for goods and services at work with them, under any circumstances.
This would make it extremely easy to detect when an employee cheque is subsequently found.
REVERSING CASH TRANSACTIONS
Reversing transactions is a means for fraudsters to cover their tracks after committing till theft. By entering or recording fraudulent returns or voids on the register, they then decrease the amount of cash that will be recorded as being in the