activities. Other federal laws that address hacking include the following: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984 The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) of 1984 protect certain types of information that the government maintains as sensitive. The Act defines the term “classified computer‚” and imposes punishment for unauthorized or misused access into one of these protected computers or systems. The Act also mandates fines and jail time for those who commit specific computer – related actions
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company appeared to have had high sales; however‚ Sunbeam’s warehouses were full of unsold product. This practice was uncovered by a financial analyst at investment firm Paine Webber‚ who downgraded the value of Sunbeam’s stock. Bill and hold isn’t illegal‚ but Sunbeam’s shareholders felt deceived and filed lawsuits. Sunbeam’s accounting firm‚ Arthur Andersen (later ruined by its involvement with Enron)‚ performed an audit and reported that Sunbeam’s books were accurate and in accordance with federal
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08.15 Latin Lives! Interview Project Interview #1 Name: Tina Brennan Profession: Tennis Instructor Term #1: Racket Term #2: Court Term #3: Serve Term #4: Ball Term #5: Volley Etymology of Term #1: "handled hitting device used in tennis‚ etc.‚" c. 1500‚ probably originally "tennis- like game played with open hand" (late 14c.)‚ from Middle French rachette‚ requette (Modern French raquette) "racket for hitting; palm of the hand‚" Etymology of Term #2: late 12c.‚ from Old French cort (11c
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Summary of Tan Sri Eric Eng Hock cases Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock or commonly known as Eric Chia is a millionaire in Malaysia ad is a former chairmain of Perwaja Steel. In June 2007‚ Chia discharge committing criminal breach of trust 13 years ago when embezzling money from the company of Perwaja Rolling Mail and Development Sdn Bhd of RM $76.4 million at 19 February 1994 when was the Managing Director. In his cases‚ Perwaja Rolling Mill and Development Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur instructed American
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Freddie Mac Fraud Thanaphan Darnsomboon PME604 Project Financial Management National University December 18‚ 2012 Freddie Mac Fraud The definition of fraud is “an intentional deception or deceit‚ perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage” (dictionary.com). Fraud is a breach of law and can be punishable by law. Mortgage fraud is one of the financial crimes where a company materially misrepresents or omits information on its mortgage loan documentation in order to
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Illegal Immigration: Dream Act Voluminous of illegal immigrants leave their country in hoping to come to the United States to receive a better education and standard of living. Immigrants truly believe that coming to America could open a diverse of opportunities for them. However‚ when the issue of illegal immigration comes to play there are debates‚ opinions‚ and doubts that discriminate them in our society. Each year in the United States‚ thousands of students graduate from high school and have
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Management and Auditors can do to Help Prevent Fraud‚ Errors and Illegal Acts Fraudulent‚ erroneous‚ and illegal acts committed by a public company‚ usually at a managerial or executive level‚ have been a very serious problem for many years and have prompted development of strict and updated regulations‚ such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ in an attempt to prevent these occurrences. Unfortunately‚ these new or updated regulations are not enough to prevent these acts from happening‚ thus not alleviating the
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Case 08-4 The Bear Minimum Big Bear Power (Big Bear) is a widely held public utility company that has posted strong financial results for several years. Big Bear has positive cash flow‚ and it is in compliance with all its debt covenants. Big Bear leases a combustion turbine from Goliath Co. (Goliath) for a 10-year non-cancelable term. The lease agreement is signed on December 15‚ 2010‚ and Big Bear’s right to use the turbine begins on January 1‚ 2011. Various provisions and other facts from the
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As a follow up to my questions last week on Halyard $HYH I did some more digging on the fraud case and thought I would pass along what I found out. Pete said that Mike did more work on this so it may be repetitive but here goes. I talked to Michael Avenatti the lawyer on the class case. He said the case is ongoing and should go to trial in the next few months. He said it is a Qui Tam case to recover money for the whistle blowers. He is not sure HYH will survive this as they have no insurance
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