Bernie Madoff Fraud Case Bernie Madoff Fraud Case Introduction One of the largest fraud cases of all times is that of the “Bernard Madoff Case.” According to Armstrong (2008)‚ “for a number of years Madoff managed to lure billions of dollars away from huge charities‚ as well as wealthy individuals in both the United States and Europe by getting them to invest in his hedge fund. This he did by offering extraordinary returns to investors‚ until his scheme eventually reached a staggering $50
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Apollo 13 Case Study Apollo 13 has experience a major malfunction which changes the mission from landing on the moon to a spacecraft that is now is in a desperate struggle to return to earth with the crew alive. The team work needed to achieve this is substantial and many of the staff at mission control center will in some degree be a leader. Aside from Gene Kranz‚ one of the first people to emerge as a leader and take control of the situation is Sy Liebergot. His review
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Question 1: Name two cases in which companies have committed frauds by misstating inventory. Crazy Eddie and Goodner Brothers case are the good example for the inventory fraud cases. Question 2: What makes the intentional misstatement of inventory difficult to detect? When you have the most senior management of the company‚ particularly its financial management‚ consciously setting out to fool the auditors‚ to hide information from them‚ as they testified in the Monus trial‚ it’s very hard to
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MODULE 3: CIT CASE QUESTIONS 1. The three aspects of fraud - Perceived pressure‚ Rationalization‚ and Opportunity were present in the CIT case as follows: Pressure- Niakan was placed under much pressure to meet monthly targets. The senior VP Ms. Thompson had earlier criticized his performance when it fell below expectations. Niakan had also been warned in his 2002 annual review that his team needed to improve end of lease sales and inventory returns. Apart from this work angle Niakan had personal
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Planning This student began planning the planning process for “In Her Shoes” the summer before the semester even started. This student first decided that she wanted to address the topic of domestic violence. After choosing this topic‚ this student considered several options for addressing this topic on a macro level. This student ultimately decided that the goal would be to host the “In Her Shoes: Living with Domestic Violence” simulation. This student contacted and met with the director and
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payments in place of wages (functioning in this case as a form ofdisability insurance)‚ compensation for economic loss (past and future)‚ reimbursement or payment of medical and like expenses (functioning in this case as a form of health insurance)‚ and benefits payable
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Inventory-Related Fraud Detection: • Beside revenue related fraud‚ the Antars also overstated their inventory. If inventory is overstated‚ the cost of goods sold is understated‚ and gross margins and net incomes are overstated. o Crazy Eddie had a close relationship with one of their vendors known as Wren Distributors. Crazy Eddie was Wren’s largest customer‚ accounting for 35% of their revenues. o Crazy Eddie ordered 10% of their total inventory from Wren so Sam Antar asked Wren to ship $3
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Case Study1: And the Fraud Continues A business can not work out without an account system‚ which includes internal. Internal controls are used by companies to make sure financial information is accurate and valid. Strong internal controls are signs of a financially healthy company and protect the company’s integrity. Strong internal controls can also increase a company’s profitability. There are several types of internal controls
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HealthSouth Corporation Case Study By Robert H. Barr‚ Jr. - © 2012 In 2002‚ HealthSouth Corporation was one of North America’s largest outpatient surgery‚ rehabilitation and diagnostic imaging companies. HealthSouth had over 1800 facilities in all 50 states plus the United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Puerto Rico‚ Canada and Saudi Arabia. In 2002 HealthSouth had over 50‚000 people on staff in sales revenues in excess of $4 billion per year. HealthSouth worked with more than 85‚000 referring physicians
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rewards program‚ Laura Walkins‚ should follow the industry leader by adopting a dollar based reward system and focus on targeting business travellers. But in doing so Olympic needs to be careful not to enter into a price war with Enterprise. To avoid the risk of this happening‚ Olympic should look to diversify and differentiate their rewards program to steal a share of the business traveller market. Olympic’s current performance is greatly contributed to by its strong presence in the airport rental segment
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