Open Journal of Accounting‚ 2013‚ 2‚ 26-38 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojacct.2013.22006 Published Online April 2013 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojacct) Corporate Accounting Fraud: A Case Study of Satyam Computers Limited Madan Lal Bhasin Bang College of Business‚ KIMEP University‚ Almaty‚ Republic of Kazakhstan Email: madan.bhasin@rediffmail.com Received January 15‚ 2013; revised March 12‚ 2013; accepted March 28‚ 2013 Copyright © 2013 Madan Lal Bhasin. This is an open access article distributed
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Satyam Story: Many Lessons to be Learnt Ramalingam Raju along with 2 other accused of the scandal‚ were granted bail from Supreme court on 4 November 2011 as the investigation agency CBI failed to file the chargesheet even after more than 33 months of Raju being arrested. Raju had appointed a task force to address the Maytas situation in the last few days before revealing the news of the accounting fraud. After the scandal broke‚ the then-board members elected Ram Mynampati to be Satyam’s interim
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CASE STUDY: MARCH 2012 SEMESTER I. Analyze the case and respond to the following questions: a) Discuss the earnings management techniques employed by the management of Satyam. Earning management or creative accounting is referred to the manipulation or misrepresentation of the company’s financial earnings in order to achieve stable and positive financial position. This was achieve through directly or indirectly use of the accounting methods. Even though the manipulation may follow all
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Introduction Satyam Computer Services is a global IT service company with clients including Telstra‚ Coca-Cola‚ Qantas‚ NAB and Suncorp. Satyam was once a leader in IT services in India until pressures to keep up with the growing outsourcing industry overwhelmed the company. This convinced company chairman Raju to falsify operation figures‚ embezzle funds and purchase lands resulting in fraud. Raju’s admission to fraud in 2009 caused Satyam share value to drop by 70% and the collapse of the Indian
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Case 1a: Satyam Accounting Scandal Mahindra Satyam is an IT company in India that recently perpetrated a large accounting scandal. To complete this assignment‚ you should first conduct research using the Internet to better understand Satyam and its fraud. Second‚ use the Internet and your understanding of class material to answer the following questions. Questions: 1. (a) In general‚ what is the role of information asymmetry in accounting scandals? Information asymmetry generally
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In early 2009 the chairman of Satyam Computer Services admitted publicly to a fraud taking place in the company. Satyam reported in the financial statements billions of dollars in profits and cash assets that never existed. The public auditor’s responsible for auditing the financial statements of Satyam Computer Services at the time was PW India‚ an affiliate of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. The Securities and Exchange Commission determined that Satyam was able to commit the financial statement fraud
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Ethics Case Satyam Computer Services – The Enron of India Founded in 1987‚ Satyam Computer Services Ltd. was founded by B. Ramalinga Raju. Operating globally in 66 countries‚ Satyam had a growth of 53‚000 employees from just 200 employees. By 2009‚ it was India’s fourth largest information technology company. Services included customer service and outsourcing of accounting and finance. 185 companies of those listed‚ as the Fortune 500 including Nestle‚ General Motors and General Electric were
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Satyam was the fourth largest information technology group in Indian and won various award pertained to innovation‚ governance and corporate accountability. However‚ Satyam was involved into a massive accounting fraud. As mentioned in the case‚ corporate governance at Satyam is unsuccessful due to the lack of obligation of the company interest to serve the stakeholders. Given that the shareholders have the right to obtain key information regarding to acquisition‚ request transparency of managing
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The Satyam Computer Services scandal was a corporate scandal that occurred in India in 2009 where chairman Ramalinga Raju confessed that the company’s accounts had been falsified. The Global corporate community was shocked and scandalised when the chairman of Satyam‚ Ramalinga Raju resigned on 7 January 2009 and confessed that he had manipulated the accounts by US$1.47-Billion. Contents [hide] 1 Role of Auditors 2 Aftermath 3 New CEO and special advisors 4 Acquisition by Mahindra Group 5
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& GOVERNANCE Case Study: The Satyam Fiasco July 7 2014 Submitted to: Prof. Dr. Syed Abdul Hamid AlJunaid Submission Deadline: July 18th‚ 2014 This Project Paper is a Second partial fulfillment of Module IE-2002 of part II of Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) INCEIF – The Global University of Islamic Finance - January 2014 Case Study: Satyam Fiasco Describe India’s environment that investors should consider while investing in companies like Satyam? Investors play
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