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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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 created the investment management business‚ which is where the fraud occurred
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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 financial pressures too; he and
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Fraud Prevention and Management Recommendations Paper CJR-334-Z1 Economic Crime Investigation October 29‚ 2012 Fraud Prevention and Management Recommendations The purpose of this Fraud Prevention Plan is to set out the approach to dealing with fraud risk within our organization. In order to prevent the types of frauds that have already occurred within our organization it will be necessary to create “a culture of honesty‚ openness‚ and assistance…..fraud prevention is where the big savings
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The Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on Auditing Practice In business‚ there should have various rules and regulation governing in order to avoid mismanagement and frauds associated. In the United States‚ several bodies have been put in place to oversee‚ create registration‚ reporting and‚ providing transparency. Such bodies include‚ the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) which eventually resulted in the creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
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University Online: ACCT 320-1203A-01 Professor White 6 August 2012 Abstract This paper will provide an overview of Starbucks Coffee Company and identify seven red flags of possible fraudulent behavior within the organization. Steps to design a fraud prevention program will also be discussed based on the identified red flags. Starbucks Coffee Company opened its first store in Seattle‚ Washington in 1971 offering fresh-roasted whole bean coffees. “Howard Schultz (Starbucks chairman
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II. CAUSE AND EFFECTS The fraud at DHB Industries developed directly from collusion of upper-management‚ poor oversight by the board of directors‚ and equity based compensation. Knapp and Knapp (2012) note the constant involvement of Brooks‚ Hatfield‚ and Schlegel in falsifying accounting records and attempting to conceal the fraud. With the ability to override controls within the company which identify such irregularities‚ the involvement of practically all executives allowed for the concealment
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Prior to his fraud discovery‚ Russell Wasendorf‚ Sr. was falsifying and forging manual bank confirmations to verify the company’s “increasing” cash balances. In addition‚ he utilized scanners‚ printers‚ and post office boxes to fool external auditors as well as the National Futures Association. Eventually Wasendorf’s twenty-year fraud scheme unfolded when electronic bank confirmations proved that he had been falsifying records and stealing from Peregrine Financial Group customers. If the electronic
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Vanessa Gail Woods Strayer University Connor-Green/ACC 576 March 21‚ 2010 Accounting Fraud at WorldCom The break up of AT&T opened the long distance service market to small companies during the mid- to late-1980s and 1990s. Long Distance Discount Service (LDDS) opened in 1983 with moderate growth until its stock went public in 1989. CEO Bernie Ebbers decided to grow the organization through acquisitions (70 companies over the course of its lifetime)
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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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