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 Program ID#: 20121025 Date: May 20th‚ 2013
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scholarlinkresearch.org Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences (JETEMS) 2(5):357-363 (ISSN:2141-7024) Fraud as a Negative Catalyst in the Nigerian Banking Industry Akindele R.I Department of Management and accounting Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile Ife‚ Nigeria ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Fraud in the Nigerian Banking Industry before the recent merger and acquisition and recapitalisation efforts was at alarming rate
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From reading the article “Widespread Nature of Chapel Hill’s Academic Fraud is Laid Bare‚” I’m not really surprised at what went on. I don’t see stuff like this going on in my high school but I know in some places it does happen‚ but it’s never brought to attention. In this case as a student there’s not much I would do. From my understanding Ms. Crowder‚ and Mr. Nyang’oro are the ones that persuaded the students to take those “fake classes.” Do I believe if this were to happen at my school‚ would
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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 was the
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ANDREW WAKEFIELD AND THE MMR AUTISM FRAUD In February 1998‚ Dr. Andrew Wakefield‚ a British gastroenterologist‚ published a research paper in which he linked autism and bowel disease to the measles‚ mumps‚ and rubella (MMR) vaccine – creating a public health crisis in England and raising questions about vaccine safety in North America. Additional studies have since shown that the data presented was fraudulent‚ and after ten years of controversy and investigation‚ Dr. Wakefield was discredited
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In December 2013‚ Target learned that hackers had entered their data system‚ gaining access to 40 million customer’s credit and debit card information. While undergoing investigation‚ Target determined that certain guest information was also stolen. The information consisted of names‚ email/mailing and phone numbers. There is much speculation and claim that Target could have prevented the cyber-security breach‚ had they not ignored the warnings. The CIA and the Pentagon has the same security system
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ABC never planned to keep that promise and brought in BVT‚ which is owned by ABC‚ in order to keep all the revenue within the corporation. Because of this misrepresentation‚ Celador received nothing from the profits of the show. Constructive fraud: ABC misrepresented the truth regarding how theprofits from the show were to be divided in order to induce Celador to sign the contract. Celador relied on ABC’s promises‚ which resulted in damages to Celador. Unfair competition under California Business
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offer reasonable assurance that the financial statements are correct and fair. (b) The two main categories of fraud that affect financial reporting include misstatements arising from fraudulent financial reporting and misstatements arising from misappropriation of assets. (c) Factors that auditor’s should consider when assessing the likelihood of material misstatements due to fraud include: whether or not the company has a reason to make something seem consistent (rationalization)‚ whether or
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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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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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