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    concentrates on identification methods and business preventive measures. Why do people fail to notice that credit fraud is a growing problem and what could continue if business and consumers stop believing the seriousness of credit card fraud? The Business community needs increased research and preventive controls that prevent credit and identity fraud. Unless changes are instituted fraud will continue to be a persistent problem. More than half of all adults have experienced some type of cybercrime

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    embezzled a total of $2‚447‚000 in this manner” (Chief Financial Officer Plead Guilty). In addition‚ during the same time period Solo also stole and additional approximate of $333‚000 from the petty cash fund of the company. “Solo had exclusive control over the company’s petty cash fund and although the actual petty cash fund never exceeded $1‚000‚ Solo had multiple checks prepared that were $3‚000 or more. After cashing the checks‚ purportedly for the petty cash fund‚ Solo replenished the petty

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    Bankruptcy America: Fraud‚ waste‚ abuse and the federal deficit “The American republic will endure until the day congress discovers that it can bribe the republic with their money” as stated by Alexis de Tocqueville. We as Americans take many privileges for granted. We want so much and will do the least amount of work to get it-and our government does the same. Fraud‚ waste‚ and abuse has made this country engulf itself into self pity and has conned the government into thinking that this method

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    Pyramid schemes are very harmful towards investors‚ and are hard to watch out for unless you know exactly what they are‚ why they fail‚ the effect of the failure‚ common victims‚ how to avoid them‚ and how to prevent them from spreading. More individuals are hurt than are helped when dealing with these scams. Individuals should be more informed about pyramid schemes‚ because they can be easily disguised. Participating in scams‚ will more than likely lead to a loss in money. “A pyramid scheme is a get-rich-quick

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    Trueblood Case Analysis 08-9: Fraud and Illegal Acts Sean Chang‚ Billie Sayavong‚ John Hamilton‚ ACC 695M September 24‚ 2011 Background Our project team analyzed the Fraud and Illegal Acts Case (True blood Case Studies- Case 08-9)‚ which involves a questionable sales transaction made between Jersey Johnnie’s Surfboard‚ an SEC registrant‚ and Mr. Sinaloa‚ an independent sales representative of the company. As a simplified overview of the case‚ an external

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    Auditing Financial Statement Fraud: Lessons from the ZZZZ Best Case The video “Cooking the Books” discussed the ZZZZ Best case of fraud‚ it tells how and why fraud was perpetrated by Barry Minkow and why it was undetected for so long. According to the video‚ ZZZZ Best was founded by Barry Minkow in 1982; when he was sixteen years old‚ it started as a carpet cleaning company. But‚ due to high competition in the industry‚ low entry barriers‚ and bad internal control‚ this young entrepreneur started

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    CPR & First Aid to a healthcare worker. There are so many reasons why the healthcare worker should learn these two things. The healthcare worker will never know day to day what kind of situation they will be put in. They will need to be able to handle any and all situations that they may come across as a healthcare worker. The Importance in learning CPR & First Aid to a Healthcare Worker CPR and First Aid is very important to learn for a healthcare worker. CPR is the abbreviation for

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    The term Ponzi scheme was named after Charles Ponzi‚ a con man from the 1920s. Ponzi began his “business” by buying and selling international reply coupons. He was able to persuade some friends to invest in this endeavor‚ by telling them that he could double their investments. Essentially‚ Ponzi made no profit off of this scheme because the circulation of money from new investors is what sustained his “business”. Unfortunately for Ponzi‚ many investors and the media began to question the legitimacy

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    summer holidays at my grandparent’s in Point Place‚ Wisconsin. It is a small suburban somwhere near Kenosha. This town is extremely small and has a dismally low population. However‚ I like this place. There are a lot of things to do in such a small town. There is the Lake‚ Mount Hump‚ Bargain’s Bob or the Point Place Shopiing Mall. But my favorite part is undoubtely the Old Point Place. Indeed‚ this area which dates back to the 60s is actually the place to go for young people who want to hang out

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    The place I will be describing is located in a small town‚ in the four corners region‚ that is called Shiprock. On the east side of Shiprock‚ next to 7-2-11 and the laundry mat. It’s a small like warehouse. This place is called the MOD‚ where everyone is brought together to have fun and enjoy the local music. The place is an empty building‚ with no windows‚ cement floor‚ blue walls‚ two doors and filled with memories as time goes on. It’s your typical local DIY music venue. We protect this place

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