ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION Vol. 18‚ No. 2 May 2003 pp. 137ñ173 The Tallahassee BeanCounters: A Problem-Based Learning Case in Forensic Auditing Cindy Durtschi ABSTRACT: You are auditing the books of the Tallahassee BeanCounters (TBC)‚ a minor league baseball team in Tallahassee‚ Florida. During your audit the teamís owner‚ Franklin Kennedy‚ approaches you and offers an additional fee if you will quietly investigate the possibility of fraud within the firm. Mr. Kennedy reports that he received
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HealthSouth Corporation Case Study By Robert H. Barr‚ Jr. - © 2012 In 2002‚ HealthSouth Corporation was one of North America’s largest outpatient surgery‚ rehabilitation and diagnostic imaging companies. HealthSouth had over 1800 facilities in all 50 states plus the United Kingdom‚ Australia‚ Puerto Rico‚ Canada and Saudi Arabia. In 2002 HealthSouth had over 50‚000 people on staff in sales revenues in excess of $4 billion per year. HealthSouth worked with more than 85‚000 referring physicians
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or professional athlete. In addition there are jobs that numerous people do not think of being when they grow up. One of these is a financial examiner. A financial examiner requires a Bachelor’s degree and must have math‚ writing‚ people skills to become successful. To be a financial examiner there are many different skills needed to be a financial examiner. First they must have some writing skills. They must be able to present their work in a way that is easy to understand. In addition they will
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more basic concepts in fraud deterrence and detection is the fraud triangle. The fraud triangle is also known as Cressey’s Triangle‚ or Cressey’s Fraud Triangle. Cressey’s Fraud Triangle gets its name from Donald Cressey. Cressey was one of the “nations leading experts on the sociology of crime”. He authored a few books including Other People’s Money‚ Theft of the Nation‚ and co-authored Principles of Criminology with Edwin H. Sutherland. Cressey is honored by many anti-fraud organizations‚ including
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Chapter 1 Discussion Questions 1. Fraud always involves deception‚ confidence‚ and trickery. The following is one of the most common definitions of fraud: “Fraud is a generic term‚ and embraces all the multifarious means which human ingenuity can devise‚ which are resorted to by one individual‚ to get an advantage over another by false representations. No definite and invariable rule can be laid down as a general proposition in defining fraud‚ as it includes surprise‚ trickery‚ cunning and unfair
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education *4849274249* 0580/42 MATHEMATICS October/November 2012 Paper 4 (Extended) 2 hours 30 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials: Electronic calculator Mathematical tables (optional) Geometrical instruments Tracing paper (optional) READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you
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Examiners’ commentaries 2011 Examiners’ commentaries 2011 21 Principles of sociology – Zone A Important note This commentary reflects the examination and assessment arrangements for this course in the academic year 2010–11. The format and structure of the examination may change in future years‚ and any such changes will be publicised on the virtual learning environment (VLE). Comments on specific questions Section A Answer all parts of question 1 (50 marks in total) Question 1 Sociologists
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Bahrain Collage of Business Administration A Paper Highlighting: How accounting fraud has changed merger valuation Prepared For: Professor Omar Al-‐Jahmani Course: Advanced Financial Accounting (ACC 610) Term: Second Semester‚ 2012-‐2013 Prepared By: Mohamed S Sultan‚ MBA
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Running head: CASE ANALYSIS OF THE ACCOUNTING FRAUD AT WORLDCOM Case Analysis of the Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Angela Crossley Troy University October 27‚ 2008 History The origin of WorldCom can be traced back to 1983. The CEO‚ Bernard J. Ebbers‚ of WorldCom had very interesting beginnings. He invested in Long Distance Discount Services (LLDS) with eight other investors‚ and believed that the telecommunications industry was a very good business venture. In the beginning
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examples of Accounting Frauds. The founder of ZZZZ best was Barry Minkow. He was a very smart young entrepreneur when he started the company. He was involved in credit card forgeries prior to starting his own carpet cleaning business “ZZZZ Best Company”. Minkow began his business with small carpet cleaning jobs and he became a multimillionaire in a very short period of time. Minkow met a person named Tom Padgett at Los Angeles Health club. This was the beginning of Minkow’s big fraud scheme. Padgett
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