Fraud Examination & Forensic Accounting Professor: David L. Cotton Meriann El Haddad Student Travel Agent Fraud Analysis Christopher Ryan Thomas‚ who ran a travel business‚ was sentenced for stealing students’ spring break funds. In September 2006‚ Thomas was selected as a travel agent by the senior class at Hampton University who were planning a spring break trip to the Sunset Beach Resort and Spa in Jamaica. From November 2006 through April 2007‚ Thomas collected approximately
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Payroll Patty Scam The Payroll Patty Scam is a payroll scam were a company nearly lost three quarters of a million dollars. The payroll clerk‚ known at Payroll Patty‚ was creating “ghost” employees in order to hide the fraud she was committing. The payroll clerk was adding these “ghost” employees to a separate cost center which was not noticed since the company typically had seasonal contract labor employees anyways. No red flags were noticed for a long time because it was typical for the company
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Case 1.9 ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. Delta. Describe the elements of the Fraud Triangle that apply to this case. Assume you are the perpetrator. Is there a better way to perpetrate this fraud? If there is‚ describe your method. Specify practical recommendations for the client to prevent this fraud from occurring in the future. The first element of the Fraud Triangle in the case of ZZZZ Best‚ case 1.9 is Incentives/Pressure. Incentives/Pressure- As a result of the pressure placed on a person who
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ACC460 –Auditing Video Case Fraud and Tone at the Top - Video Case Questions This video is an informative video made for accounting students and employees that outlines the danger of corruption and fraud in the workplace. The majority of the video is an interview with Walt Pavlo of MCI Worldcom. He explains his case and the steps that lead him to take the actions that landed him in prison. While he is telling his story two gentalmen describe how Walt’s story relates to the world of auditing
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The Statute of Frauds clearly identifies what contracts have to be presented in the written format in order to remain enforceable (Reilly‚ 2000)‚ therefore written agreements should be signed by all parties to be binding. The Statute of Frauds is a rule of law requiring certain kinds of written contracts‚ not oral contracts since they are vague and frequently don’t provide sufficient proof of the terms agreed upon by each parties. Oral contracts create more complications and are the main reason for
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Worker’s Compensation frauds committed by employers consist of the biggest percentage of all. According to Johnson‚ employers is the real problem behind the frauds as it is the most expensive for insurance companies. While some states like Florida‚ California‚ Texas and Ohio is fighting all types of Worker’s Compensation fraud‚ others do not. In the estimate provided by the Department of Labor‚ between 10 to 30 percent of employers misclassified some employess15. Since the premiums are extremely
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ACCG927 CURRENT ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING & Corporate Governance Week 1 Introduction and Overview of Accounting Theories 1 Introduction • • • • • • • • • • About the unit Teaching and learning strategy Assessments In-class essays Essay writing workshop Research essay Turnitin requirements Oral team presentation Required readings Importance of written answers each week 2 The Nature of Accounting & Corporate Governance Theory • What is a theory? Kerlinger‚ 1964: "A set of interrelated
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Accounting Fraud Case Review the SEC’s case against Waste Management in order to answer the following questions: What were the incentives for committing the fraud? What was the relationship between management and the auditors? Why didn’t the auditors prevent the fraud? What (specifically) accounting methods were used to fraudulently inflate Waste Management’s profits? What accounting methods did they use to try to conceal part of the fraud? What were the financial and social costs of the fraud and
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Characters: In the movie Frauds there are a few characters who play major roles. Jonathan Wheats portrayed by Hugo Weaving‚ plans a scam to claim insurance money for things that were not actual destroyed or stolen. He his married to Beth Wheats and is a very smart person but becomes paranoid very easily. Furthermore‚ Beth Wheats played by Josephine Byrnes‚ married to Jonathan‚ is a teacher and is unaware of Jonathans plans. Beth becomes annoyed and frustrated by the actions of Roland‚ due to her
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