M1. Case Study Assignment: Fraud at WorldCom 1. Who were the major characters in WorldCom? There are a couple of major characters that played their roles in the downfall of WorldCom. Mr. Bernard J. (Bernie) Ebbers‚ one of the founders of the original small long-distance carrier‚ was asked to take charge of the company during its early struggles. It was under his tenure that WorldCom began its expanding pursuits and aggressive acquisitions. Although Mr. Ebbers was he head of the company‚ their CFO
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majority of the company’s costs are fixed. With its high profit margin ratio‚ the company has the potential to increase profitability significantly with incremental increases in revenues. The corresponding downside is that the company is at risk of incurring significant losses if it does not generate enough revenue to cover fixed costs. The financial analysis estimates the projected Net Income for each option in “Low”‚ “Moderate”‚
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Fraud is a serious crime that should concern all parties of the U.S. health care system and is a costly reality that the government cannot overlook. While not all fraud can be prevented‚ by learning about the many different types of fraud‚ patients can be educated on how to protect themselves from fraud. If we use government programs to inform the public that they can be targeted‚ the dollar amount for these cases for fraud can be reduced. An informed public and a properly funded FBI will go a
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Laurent Bailey ACC 501 Module 1 Case May 9‚ 2015 Mr. Dixit To: Serious Reader Company From: Laurent Bailey‚ Sr. Accountant Date: May 4‚ 2015 Subject: Quarterly Review Serious Reader Company‚ I’ve attached our completed income statement to this email‚ but I also wanted to quickly discuss the outcome your results. Overall Result Over the past year you have sold 4300 books‚ which look great on the surface. However you have experienced a severe profit loss. From the
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JB Accounting Fraud‚ the Investor and the Sarbanes Oxley Act Throughout the past several years major corporate scandals have rocked the economy and hurt investor confidence. The largest bankruptcies in history have resulted from greedy executives that “cook the books” to gain the numbers they want. These scandals typically involve complex methods for misusing or misdirecting funds‚ overstating revenues‚ understating expenses‚ overstating the value of assets or underreporting of liabilities
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Kevin Keyes and Richard Diedrich. “The company was focus on developing enterprise solutions that would help organizations address precise business problems‚ and asset management practices for reduced costs‚ improved productivity and service and lower risk.” Peregrine Systems was headquartered in San Diego‚ California and had offices in America‚ Europe and Asia Pacific. Peregrine Systems went public in April 1997‚ and after his first public offering‚ the company reported seventeen uninterrupted quarters
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3.How to detect the fraud? There are many ways to detect the fraud .They can simply be divided into two categories One is quantitative analysis‚another is qualitative analysis. In quantitative analysis‚the sample is fifty thousand investment company which issued form ADV ‚ form ADV is required to issue to SEC when the investment company’s client number more than 15 people or the size of asset under management is larger than $ 25 million ‚ if you did not issue the document or it is not correctly
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Any contract for the sale of goods that exceeds $500 falls under the statute of frauds and must be in writing to constitute an enforceable contract. The contract between Tidwell and Anthony amounts to $50‚000 and must be in writing to be enforceable‚ which presents the first issue in this problem. There are‚ however‚ alternative means of satisfying the Statute of Frauds. In this case‚ Tidwell provided Anthony with a good faith payment of $10‚000 when the oral contract was entered into on June
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only targeting to a group of homosexuality‚ rather than targeting a specific. Although Dr. Jass findings sound odd and absurd‚ but there is no law about conducting a study on the broadcast just as long no individual is being defamed. 3. In this case of scenario‚ no rights have been potentially violated. The government has the right to prevent Helen Weills from using the device to penetrate a person’s brain to achieve spiritual awareness‚ which is constitutional. The Supreme Court has to put some
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The Global Fraud Survey not only provides information about different types of frauds schemes and characteristics of fraud perpetrators but also provide a deep insight into the red flags associated with it. According to Survey‚ Two thirds of frauds were committed by males‚ between the age of 31 and 45‚ and male perpetrators have caused twice the loss as compared to women perpetrators. According to the article‚ only 7% of fraud perpetrators had previously been convicted or charged with fraudulent
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