1. Identify the fraud risk factors at Peregrine‚ especially control environment factors and the tone at the top‚ using the fraud triangle. The fraud risk factors could be identified as incentives/pressures‚ opportunities‚ and attitudes/rationalization in fraud triangle. According to the case‚ Peregrine’ control environment had an essential issue on separation of duties. In PFG‚ only Russell Wasendorf could open the real bank balance‚ which gave the opportunity to Wasendorf. Peregrine was suffer from
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My Life and Statute of Frauds In 1677‚ the English Parliament passed the Statute of Frauds. It is a state statute under which certain types of contracts must be in writing to be enforceable. The primary purpose of the Statute of Frauds is to ensure that there is reliable evidence of the contracts and terms‚ and it is to prevent the possibility of a nonexistent agreement between two parties being "proved" by perjury or Fraud. There are 5 categories to which the contracts must to fall within the
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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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within the past few years. At this point‚ if you are not concerned about identity fraud‚ you need to be. Just this past week‚ Americans found out that an attack on the Office of Personnel Management had impacted 14 million more people than initially reported. Given the growing market for personal data‚ consumers need to be on the knowledgeable on how best to protect themselves. While most of us do not have control over whether or not our data is sold (or whether or not a certain organization is
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Introduction: The past decade has been witness to some of the worst accounts of corporate fraud ever recorded‚ with multi-billion dollar companies such as Enron‚ Tyco‚ and World-com involved in serious financial scandals. CEOs and senior executives are often the driving force behind such unscrupulous activities by adopting shady accounting practices and other forms of short-termist actions for the purpose of increasing their firm’s stock price and their own personal wealth. The following paper will
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Dollmation $100.00 ‚Gap club NONE‚ Collegiate NONE ATM: ATM access ATM Fees No Wells Fargo ATM access fee for two non-Wells Fargo ATM cash withdrawals (combined U.S. and international) Surcharges imposed by non-wells Fargo ATM owners or operators may apply. No fees for Wells Fargo ATMs. ATM access to other ATM providers. Carter Bank & trust does not have their own ATM. Free Unlimited ATM Access No ATM Fees Credit Cards Interest Rates Offered Annual Fees Interest rate offers depends on the
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COVENANT UNIVERSITY‚ COLLEGE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES‚ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS‚ DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING COURSE: FORENSIC ACCOUNTING COURSE CODE: ACC 416 WEEK: 10 TOPIC: FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AND FRAUD AUDITING OBJECTIVE: To acquire the knowledge and skills about forensic audit‚ its reporting and documentation. THE CONTEXT OF FORENSIC AUDITING Forensic audit encompasses the examination of evidence regarding an assertion to determine its correspondence to establish criteria carried out in a manner
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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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CHAPTER 3 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENTATION TECHNIQUES SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 3.1 Data Flows: merchandise‚ payment‚ cash and register tape Date Source: customer Processes: capture sales and payment‚ give cash and register tape to manager Storage: sales file (register tape)‚ cash register 3.2 It is usually not sufficient to use just one documentation tool. Every tool documents a uniquely important aspect of a given information system. For example‚ system
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The article that I was read is called‚ The wild schemes people will use to commit tax fraud‚ written by Matt Pearce. The article talks about schemes that people use to get out of paying their taxes and crimes commit with tax fraud. The main purpose of this article is to show that tax fraud is a massive problem in the United States and there are consequence to face for committing the crimes.The article starts off by introducing Michael D. Brandner‚ an Alaskan plastic surgeon with a wife‚ who filed
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