ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 28‚ No. 4 2013 pp. 901–912 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/iace-50542 Lessons of the HealthSouth Fraud: An Insider’s View Weston L. Smith INTRODUCTION T he night was December 6‚ 2005. I could not go to sleep. As I tossed and turned‚ my entire life replayed in my mind. How did I get to where I was? I went all the way back to my childhood. I was raised in a middle-income home with an older brother and sister and two loving parents. We were far from
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Auditing and Assurance Services‚ 14e (Arens) Chapter 1 The Demand for Audit and Other Assurance Services Learning Objective 1-1 1) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act applies to which of the following companies? A) All companies. B) Privately held companies. C) Public companies. D) All public companies and privately held companies with assets greater than $500 million. Answer: C Terms: Sarbanes-Oxley Act Diff: Easy Objective: LO 1-1 AACSB: Reflective thinking skills Topic: SOX 2) Which
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Credit Card Fraud: Prevention How can you prevent credit card fraud? New technology makes it harder and harder to prevent credit card fraud because thieves are always discovering new ways on how to crack and steal credit card and bank account numbers. There is no prevention that can stop credit card fraud 100% of the time‚ but there are ways of helping prevent this from happening. There are many ways and tips that can help prevent this from happening. One way is that credit card companies are
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Study CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Introduction 2. Types of Bank Frauds 3. Causes of Fraud 4. Effects of Fraud on Banks 5. Internal Audit function 6. Fraud and Internal Audit 7. Fraud Prevention 1. General Measures 2. Specific Preventive Measures 8. Elements of Fraud Auditing 9. Measures of Controlling Fraud in Banks 10. Statement of Internal Audit Standard No. 3 2.10.1 Deterrence of Fraud CHAPTER THREE: Research Methodology 1. Area of Study 2. Research Design
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B1 – Ethics‚ fraud and internal control at Bern Fly Company The main purpose that a good internal control must fulfil is to protect the firm’s assets from fraud and theft. As we can see from the description of Bern Fly Company’s case‚ the internal control within the company leaves much to be desired. As it can be read in the case the salespersons get commission promptly after each order taken by their customers without any control to check if that order is real or only a fictitious one. This
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Cendant Corporation Evaluating Risk of Financial Statement Fraud and Assessing the Control Environment Describe the auditor’s responsibility for considering a client’s internal controls Describe the auditor’s responsibility to detect material misstatements due to fraud Identify red flags present during the audits of CUC International‚ Inc.’s financial statements‚ which suggest weaknesses in the company’s control environment (CUC was the predecessor company to Cendant Corporation) Identify
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Analysis on Credit Card Fraud Detection Methods 1 1 S. Benson Edwin Raj‚ 2A. Annie Portia Assistant Professor (SG)‚ P.G.‚ 2Scholar Department of CSE Karunya University‚ Coimbatore counter the credit card fraud effectively‚ it is necessary to understand the technologies involved in detecting credit card frauds and to identify various types of credit card frauds [20] [21] [22] . There are multiple algorithms for credit card fraud detection [21] [29]. They are artificial neural-network models which
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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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August 2008 10 Ways to Improve Internal Controls and Prevent Fraud in your Small to Medium Sized Business There aren’t too many “universal truths” in this world – but - I’ll go out on a limb and say this - everyone hates getting ripped off or taken advantage of. As the CEO‚ President or owner of a small to medium-sized business you are more vulnerable to being taken advantage of by unscrupulous employees and vendors. There are several reasons for this‚ including; It is harder for smaller
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local charity‚ and creating jobs. But in reality‚ “he was a con man who built a building on smoke and mirrors”. Russell Wasendorf‚ Sr. sentenced on variety of factors‚ such as financial loss‚ sophistically executed the fraud‚ and stole money of large number of victims and so on. The fraud was started in early 1990’s‚ when Wasendorf partner of Peregrine
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