patient to be able to safely discharge home‚ and back to their daily lives. The company is publicly traded‚ and has seen its share of controversy in the early 2000s. Richard Scrushy‚ founder and former CEO‚ was ultimately acquitted of accounting fraud‚ but was found guilty in civil court. The scandal was colossal‚ and rocked the industry and brought down top executives. The rapid growth of the company and the fraudulent activity impacted thousands of stakeholders. Scrushy was not thinking about
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Occupational Fraud and Abuse Maia Cunningham-Fortson Concordia University Abstract What is abusive conduct? How does abusive conduct apply to occupational fraud and abuse? What if anything can be done to eradicate the behavior? Are there any methods that can be put in place to deter or prevent this conduct? What is meant by fraud deterrence being a “modification of behavior through the perception of negative consequences?” Do internal controls have an impact on deterring or modifying
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A How to Manual to Commit Medicare Fraud “Biggest Medicare Fraud in History Busted.” “Dallas Doctor Arrested for Alleged Role in Nearly $375 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.” These are headlines from www.abcnews.com and a press release from the US Department of Health and Social Services from February 28‚ 2012. The press release continues‚ “The FBI views health care fraud as a severe crime problem. It causes increased costs for consumers‚ tax payers and health insurance plans‚ and degrades
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom 1) What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books?” After the rapid evolution of the telecommunication industry in the 1990s‚ WorldCom shifted its strategy to focus on building revenues and acquiring capacity sufficient to handle expected growth. Their biggest goal was to be the No. 1 stock on Wall Street rather than capturing the market share. As a result‚ their Expense-to-Revenue (E/R) Ratio was their measurement for their main objective
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2012 Payroll fraud schemes happen when an employee generates overcompensation for themselves. There are three types of payroll fraud schemes; ghost employees‚ bonus and commission schemes and falsified hours and salary (Shields‚ 2009). This type of fraud accounts for 17% of fraud that is committed in organizations (Shields‚ 2009). Back in May of 2009‚ a payroll manager and a retired employee of the Detroit Public School system worked together to steal over $400‚000 from the school. They scammed
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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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Invisible Epidemic: Preventing Financial Fraud among Elderly Yi Yao San Diego State University April 8‚ 2013 America’s Invisible Epidemic: Preventing Financial Fraud among Elderly Senior citizens have long been the target of financial fraud and material abuse. The fraud can be perpetrated by someone does not know the victim which is classified as consumer fraud or perpetrated by someone who knows the victim. According to the 2010 Investor Protection Trust (IPT) Elder Fraud Survey‚ more than seven
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to Consider Fraud and Error in an Audit of Financial Statements. The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions established on Safar 1‚ 1410 Hijri (February 26‚ 1990) at Algiers and registered in Bahrain on Ramadan 11‚ 1411 Hijri (March 27‚ 1991) has so far (April‚ 2004) set the following Financial Accounting Standards‚ Auditing Standards‚ Governance Standards & Code of Ethics for Accountants & Auditors of Islamic Financial Institutions: □ Financial Accounting Standard:
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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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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a law passed by the United States Congress in 1986 intended to reduce cracking of computer systems and to address federal computer-related offenses. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (codified as 18 U.S.C. § 1030 governs cases with a compelling federal interest‚ where computers of the federal government or certain financial institutions are involved‚ where the crime itself is interstate in nature‚ or computers used in interstate and
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