Forensic Accountants: Fraud Busters Daniel ****** Dr. Brian Collins Contemporary Business 8/12/2012 Abstract The field of forensic accounting is a profession that is in high demand because of the technological and financial complexity of today’s companies. Because of the Enron scandal forensic account has come to the forefront with some major universities even offering it as a major. There are several skills that are required in forensic accounting and they include an expertise in accounting
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The Fraud of the Century The Case of Bernard Madoff Summary of the case In December 2008‚ the highly respected American businessman Bernard Madoff made the headlines when the US authorities accused him of orchestrating a $65 billions Ponzi scheme which is the biggest financial frauds of all time and made of him “ The Conman of the Century”. Bernard Madoff also called "Bernie" is a former American businessman‚ stockbroker‚ investment advisor‚ financier and the former non-executive
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Financial Fraud- Qwest Communications Introduction In the late 90’s‚ early 2000’s‚ Qwest Communications International Inc. (Qwest) was a rapidly growing telecommunications company that provided global internet and telephone services. At their pinnacle‚ Qwest was one of their industry’s top leaders‚ reporting revenues of $16.7 billion in 2001 (Anonymous‚ 2013). Through continued expansion and acquisitions of other large telecommunications companies‚ it seemed things were only headed in a positive
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Dr. Nassar‚ In the case of Bernard Madoff‚ an overview was provided that describes the fraud of the century. As a result of the Ponzi scheme‚ social attitudes toward the investment industry were lukewarm. I will describe the highlights of the case. First‚ Bernard Madoff started a stock trading business in 1960 that was highly successful. This business consisted of buying and selling stocks that were not on the New York Stock Exchange. Conversely‚ once Pete Madoff came into the business‚ Bernard
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What Is Involved In Identity Theft Fraud? “Identity Theft” is a term that you have probably heard a lot in recent years. As things become increasingly automated and electronic‚ your personal data is at a higher risk of being stolen or compromised‚ resulting in a loss of money‚ credit‚ and time. And although most people have heard of identity theft fraud at some point‚ lots of people still don’t understand exactly how it works. First‚ the thief has to obtain information about the victim. There
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ACC 461 Auditing Financial Statement Fraud: Lessons from the ZZZZ Best Case The video “Cooking the Books” discussed the ZZZZ Best case of fraud‚ it tells how and why fraud was perpetrated by Barry Minkow and why it was undetected for so long. According to the video‚ ZZZZ Best was founded by Barry Minkow in 1982; when he was sixteen years old‚ it started as a carpet cleaning company. But‚ due to high competition in the industry‚ low entry barriers‚ and bad internal control‚ this young entrepreneur
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA COURSE CODE :MBA 754 COURSE TITLE: FRAUD DETECTION AND ELECTRONIC BANKING MBA 754 COURSE GUIDE COURSE GUIDE MBA 754 FRAUD DETECTION AND ELECTRONIC BANKING Course Developer/Writer Programme Leader Gerald C. Okereke National Open University of Nigeria Dr. O.J. Onwe National Open University of Nigeria Abdullahi .S. Araga National Open University of Nigeria Course Coordinator NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ii MBA 754 COURSE GUIDE
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My Life and Statute of Frauds In 1677‚ the English Parliament passed the Statute of Frauds. It is a state statute under which certain types of contracts must be in writing to be enforceable. The primary purpose of the Statute of Frauds is to ensure that there is reliable evidence of the contracts and terms‚ and it is to prevent the possibility of a nonexistent agreement between two parties being "proved" by perjury or Fraud. There are 5 categories to which the contracts must to fall within the
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Grantham University Motivators of Fraud in Health Care: Paul L. Ewing G00019834 White-Collar Crime Mrs. Sandra J. Putnam December 25‚ 2012 What are the motivators of Health Care fraud? At first thought‚ I suspect it was for the love of money but then I felt like it has to be more to it than that. Why would people risk it all to defraud insurance companies and even the government? After a while‚ it’s clearly not about the money because the longer a company goes without being caught
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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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