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    Click fraud

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    WEB TECHNOLOGIES Click Fraud Bernard J. Jansen The Pennsylvania State University Unchecked‚ click fraud could undermine the sponsored search business model. T oday‚ Web search engines are the primary method for millions of users throughout the world to access information on a topic‚ navigate to Web sites‚ keep up with the news‚ and shop online. Most major search engines generate revenue via sponsored search‚ a process whereby content providers pay for traffic from specific links

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    Fraud Investigator

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    Fraud Investigator NAME COURSE NUMBER DATE Fraud Investigator If I were to be a part of the fraud examiner career field‚ I would have to choose the fraud investigative field. There are a wide variety of companies that hire fraud investigators; for example insurance agencies‚ realtors‚ banks‚ online retailers and also the government. There are plenty of other types of companies that need fraud investigators‚ because it is‚ unfortunately‚ an all too common crime. The job posting I found is

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    Fraud in the Business World

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    Fraud in the Business World Sean P. Dixon Business 670: Legal Environment Instructor: Jennifer Stephens April 4‚ 2011 Abstract Americans lose hundreds of millions of dollars each year to fraud. Billions more are lost world-wide to con artists touting the next great investment idea‚ guaranteed loans and diets that can ’t fail. These con artists do not discriminate between the rich and poor‚ the young and old‚ nationality or race. They target the well-educated‚ so-called smart individuals

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    Adelphia's Fraud

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    remaining deadlocked on most of the counts against him. Because the Adelphia scandal emerged after the one at Enron‚ and the company was smaller in size than WorldCom or Tyco‚ it has garnered less public attention. But for the sheer audacity of the fraud‚ it ranks high up on the list. Adelphia executives testified that they routinely made up numbers that they gave to investors and lenders‚ even while the Rigases regularly withdrew money from the company without making reimbursements. Testimony at the

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    Fraud Paper

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    Assignment: R2-1‚ R2-3‚ R2-8 Fraud Homework #1 1. R2-1 : How is “skimming” defined? - Skimming is defined by the theft of cash prior to its entry into the accounting system. 2. R2-3 : How do sales skimming schemes leave a victim organization’s books in balance‚ despite the theft of funds? - They leave a victims organization’s books in balance because neither the sales transaction nor the stolen funds are ever recorded. 3. R2-8 : What are the six principal methods used to

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    FRAUD AND CORRUPTION

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    BUSINESS VALUES AND ETHICS ASSIGMENT: FRAUD AND CORRUPTION TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………………...3 Ethical issues………………………………………………………….....3 Impact on organization………………………………………………....3 Measures to be enforced………………………………………………..4 References………………………………………………………………6 INTRODUCTION Fraud and corruption is one of the biggest issues

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    Welfare Fraud

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    Lisa D. Green Ms. Fahle English 112 15 Jul 2013 When Help Turns to Abuse I can remember the conversation as if it was yesterday. While in a grocery store walking in the grocery aisle‚ I overheard a woman talking to another woman and her husband. The part that caught my attention was the young lady saying‚ “I can get you the cheese‚ milk‚ and eggs with my WIC‚ and all you have to do is give me the money when we leave the store.” I knew this wasn’t right‚ so I made sure I was at

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    Shakespeare Is a Fraud

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    SHAKESPEARE IS A FRAUD January 25th 2012 Shakespeare is a Fraud One cannot write thirty-six plays‚ one hundred and fifty-four sonnets and two long narrative poems if they were ordinary. But unbelievably‚ William Shakespeare did just that from 1564 – 1616. People have questioning how Shakespeare achieved writing such great pieces of literature‚ when the behind the scenes story does not add up. There are no records to prove he wrote anything and there is proof

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    Parmalat Fraud

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    What specific audit procedures might have uncovered the Parmalat fraud earlier? Parmalat went from recording annual sales of 7.6 billion euros in 2002 to being declared insolvent a year later. The collusion at Europe’s Enron made it possible for Parmalat to defraud its investors of billions. The auditing procedures used by Grant Thornton and Deloitte were inadequate. Many of Parmalat’s assets were overstated and its liabilities understated. The auditors did not adequately test the Special Purpose

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    Corporate Fraud

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    "Corporate Fraud"…when you hear those words the first‚ most recent incident‚ many think of is The Enron Scandal. This same scandal produced the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002. This much needed act created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board under the Security Exchange Commission ’s supervision. This board sets accounting standards and investigates Certified Public Accountants and companies to ensure they are following the guidelines set forth. This

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