evaluate the events that occurred prior (causes) and subsequent (outcome) to the fraud‚ and the accounting schemes employed to get the fraud done. It presents examples of companies who have used inappropriate accounting practices. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ Tyco‚ HealthSouth and Adelphia were selected for analysis because of the availability of information regarding specific events occured before‚ during and after the fraud period as well as the ethical issues involved . There is abundant literature presented
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........................................ OTHER NAMES......................................................... STUDENT NUMBER................................................. MOCK FINAL EXAMINATION SEMESTER 2‚ 2009 PAPER A Unit: ACCG340 Auditing and Assurance Services Time Allowed: 2 hours plus 10 minutes reading time Total Number of Questions: FIVE (5) Instructions: Answer question 1 on the computer marking sheet provided. Answer questions 2 to 3 in the space provided in
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|PROJECT ON | | | |BANKING FRAUDS | | | SUBMITTED BY: • PRAJAKTA JADHAV - 9
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[pic]Accounting 408 Test 2 Review 1. An auditor obtains knowledge about a new client ’s business and its industry to a. Make constructive suggestions concerning improvements in the client ’s internal control structure. b. Develop an attitude of professional skepticism concerning management ’s financial statement assertions. c. Evaluate whether the aggregation of known misstatements causes the financial statements taken as a whole to be materially misstated
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Consumer Fraud Yolanda Garnett Wilmington University Consumer Fraud Introduction Consumer fraud is a purposeful‚ unlawful act that deceives‚ manipulates‚ or provides false statements to damage others. Fraud is described in the dictionary as “deceit‚ trickery‚ sharp practice‚ or breach of confidence‚ perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage (fraud). Consumer fraud is usually associated with a person or group of people manipulating something to deceive others
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1. Where does the Madoff fraud fit into the ACFE taxonomy of occupational fraud and abuse: asset misappropriation‚ corruption or fraudulent financial statements? Which specific type(s) of fraud does it exemplify? (Primary author: Yeseul Jeong) Madoff was one of the biggest and most trusted firm in Nasdaq traded stocks. Many people trusted his firm and made investments to it. Madoff’s firm was called “BMIS”: “Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC” (Gregoriou‚ and Lhabitant 89). Madoff made
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Bank fraud is a crime that has been around as long as banks themselves. Anytime there is a large amount of money floating around‚ there are going to be people trying to figure out ways to get to it. In the United States‚ and most other developed countries‚ bank fraud is a serious problem that causes billions of dollars in damages every year‚ and is considered a federal offense. In China bank fraud is even punishable by death. Bank fraud is defined as attempting to wrongfully take money or property
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MIT765801 AUDITING Individual Assignment HIH Insurance Report Student Name: Jinyun Wang Student ID: MIT122634 Lecturer Name: Susan Currie Tutor Name: Susan Currie Due Date: 29 / 1 / 2014 Submitted date: 7/ 2/ 2014 by email Executive Summary The auditing profession plays a significant role in industrialized economies for many years. In the insurance industry‚ the manner of auditing profession is regulated. The collapse of Health International Holdings (HIH) was recorded
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Agency Problems‚ Auditing‚ and the Theory of the Firm: Some Evidence Author(s): Ross L. Watts and Jerold L. Zimmerman Source: Journal of Law and Economics‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 3‚ (Oct.‚ 1983)‚ pp. 613-633 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/725039 Accessed: 29/06/2008 23:14 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and
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Financial Research – The Xerox 1 Financial Research Xerox Financial Fraud Case Analysis This paper was prepared for Auditing Procedures Financial Research – The Xerox Abstract On April 8th‚ 2002‚ the Xerox Corporation ("Xerox") announced its willingness to accept the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reach a settlement with the conditions. Thereafter‚ its financial fraud became surfaced. On June 28th‚ Xerox Corporation in accordance with the requirements of the settlement
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