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    Burning Down the House: Mortgage Fraud and the Destruction of Residential Neighborhoods Ann Fulmer March 2010 DRAFT Burning Down the House: Mortgage Fraud and the Destruction of Residential Neighborhoods Mortgage fraud is bank robbery without a gun. 1 It is a high-yield‚ 2 low risk enterprise that has been reported in all 50 states‚ Puerto Rico‚ Guam‚ American Samoa‚ 3 Canada‚ 4 New Zealand‚ 5 Australia‚ 6 and England. 7 In the United States‚ it is committed by organized international and domestic

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    Emerging issues in Accounting Below is the list of some of the emerging issues we have seen recently. These emerging issues have raised many questions on the functioning of accounting around the globe. Continuing demand for skilled professionals Globalization and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) The accountant and Corporate scandals. The call for Auditor rotation. Need for Global Code of ethics Technology advances We will discuss one of the emerging issues in details. We will

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    “Criminal phenomenon” is known as white collar crime. White collar crime was firstly talked by Edwin H. Sutherland who was a criminologist. He defined white collar crime in a presidential meeting of the American Sociological Society. This meeting was held at the state of Philadelphia in December 1939 to 1940s. He defined white collar crime as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation”. (“Sutherland‚ 1949:9”). White collar crime includes

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    283). Stolen funds were used to support Madoff’s luxurious lifestyle and to bribe employees to conceal the fraud (p. 284). Elaborate falsifications were also created to hide the fraud (p. 289). However‚ Madoff finally confessed to his family on December 10‚ 2008 (Gregoriou & Lhabitant‚ 2009‚ p. 91)‚ due to the steady flow of redemptions following the financial crisis (Rhee‚ 2009‚ p. 365). Madoff

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    high social status in the course of his occupation" Since technology has come into play many issues have come to surface and the crime rates have increased causing one particular branch of white collar crime known as computer fraud   White collar crime: Computer Fraud White Collar crime has been Identified by Edwin Sutherland as “A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation" (Sutherland‚ 1939) White Collar crimes are serious‚ but

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    Peregrine Fraud

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    eleven quarters during the years 2000‚ 2001 and 2002‚ decreasing incomes formerly reported of 1.34 billion by more than$ 507 million.” The center of Peregrine’s fraud consisted in recording revenue on the inappropriate basis of non-binging contracts with resellers (channel partners)‚ a complete violation of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles‚ – these resellers would purchase Peregrine’s software for resale to end-users. The agreements would not meet the requirements for revenue recognition

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    Occupational Fraud and Abuse Maia Cunningham-Fortson Concordia University Abstract What is abusive conduct? How does abusive conduct apply to occupational fraud and abuse? What if anything can be done to eradicate the behavior? Are there any methods that can be put in place to deter or prevent this conduct? What is meant by fraud deterrence being a “modification of behavior through the perception of negative consequences?” Do internal controls have an impact on deterring or modifying

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    Michael Wine’s article‚ “Anger Follows an Accusation of Voter Fraud” was published less than a week ago in the New York Times. In this article‚ Wine summarizes the Trump Voter Fraud Panel and the recent controversies since it was created in May. Wines does a great job of specifically focusing in on the main point of the article right when he begins writing. The main idea is that the fraud panel is causing controversies when prying into vote fraud situations. For instance‚ the commission’s leader suggested

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    situation given. (One mark for each matching) A. Corporate governance F. Liabilities B. Going concern concept G. Financial Accounting Information. C. Reliability (Objectivity) Principle H. Generally accepted accounting principles D. Stable-dollar assumption I. Realization principle E. Accrued basis accounting J. Matching principles ____1. Future payment the business owes to creditors. ____2. The rule that requires financial statements to reflect

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    Credit Card Fraud

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    Running Head: Credit Card Fraud Impact of Credit Card Fraud Outline Card Credit Fraud Thesis Statement: Credit card fraud is an inclusive term for larceny and deception committed using a credit card or any similar payment mechanism as a fraudulent source of funds in a transaction. The purpose may be to attain goods without paying‚ or to achieve illegal resources from an account. Credit card fraud is also an appendage to identity theft. According to the Federal Trade Commission‚ while identity

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