Introduction By June 2002‚ it had become evident to the SEC that WorldCom had engaged in a significant corporate accounting fraud scheme which had overstated pretax income by about $7 billion since 1999. At the time‚ this was the largest deliberate misstatement in US corporate history. Although there are many interesting elements and players involved with this incident‚ for the purpose of this case study I will focus on the role played by Betty Vinson‚ the Director of Management Reporting and
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Task: How would you describe the roles of accountants and finance managers in your own country? You should give a preference and justification for the role you would prefer to have. You should also consider the ethical foundations for the accountant’s role. Your response to the task Accountants and finance managers both playing vital roles in any corporation. Accountants are practitioners of accounting which is a system that does the research of financial activities and collects‚ analyzes and
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When does employee fraud occur? It is commonly accepted that the presence of the three elements of the “Fraud Triangle” increases the risk of employee fraud: Motivation: The employee is somehow motivated to commit a fraud. Economic factors such as personal financial distress‚ substance abuse‚ gambling‚ overspending‚ or other similar addictive behaviors may provide motivation. The current national economic recession may serve to increase the incidence of such financial motivations. Opportunity:
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Waste Management Fraud Waste Management‚ Inc. today is dedicated to serving our communities by collecting and disposing of garbage and recycling. Over the years they have had to deal with a rise of issues such as environmental and global warming. Waste Management has also tried to reduce its waste collections while turning any valuable resources it can into clean and renewable energy. Waste Management has been around since the late 1800’s‚ and is a holding company that has all its daily operations
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Professional Accountants in the Modern era | Term Report | | | Submitted by:Komal BashirHumayun BabarSubmitted to:Prof Abdul Rahim SuriyaDate:6th January‚ 2010 | Sohail Wajahat‚ CEO Siemens Pakistan Limited‚ at a recently held award ceremony at ICAP said the role of a Professional accountant was similar to a doctor. “You know the financial problems and their solutions as doctors know the problems of a human body‚” Courtesy: the Financial Daily Professional accountant: A professional
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changed. I realized that this had happened to me not once but twice. I didn’t expect it to happen because I was a very athletic person. This brings me to the events that changed my life from wanting to be a soccer player to now wanting to be an accountant. It all began when I wasn’t born yet. According to my mom she always told me that I used to kick a lot inside of her whom. She always said that I would be a famous soccer player. When I was six years old I saw my first soccer match on TV. It was
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May 2011 pp. 19–50 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-50009 Financial Statement Fraud Detection: An Analysis of Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms Johan Perols SUMMARY: This study compares the performance of six popular statistical and machine learning models in detecting financial statement fraud under different assumptions of misclassification costs and ratios of fraud firms to nonfraud firms. The results show‚ somewhat surprisingly‚ that logistic regression and support
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The Fraud of Digi Corporation For Fraud Examination The Fraud of Digi Corporation Suramanian Krishnan‚ better known as Kris Krishnan was once the CFO of Digi Corporation based in Plymouth‚ Minnesota. He was a graduate of Bangalore University who further studied at Minnesota State University and finished up at the Wharton School of Finance. His career began back in 1979 at Hansen Company as a CPA‚ and he soon moved though several positions as an International tax manager at Eco Lab and
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in the previous argument is problematic. For example‚ testifying about CBLA and including these in trials poses a significant threat. This could have a huge impact on the jurors since‚ Cole (2012) reports that 185 out of 250 cases used had forensic evidence‚ and 169 of these presented forensic testimony‚ and of these 169 trials‚ and that in sixty-one percent of these trials‚ forensic scientist’s delivered invalid testimonies. Therefore‚ we have forensic evidence that is inculpatory‚ exculpatory‚ and
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role of an accountant has changed over time. Discuss the role of the accountant in modern business. I. Introduction A. Background B. Why is it important? C. Thesis statement: This essay will argue that the role of an accountant has dramatically changed over time because of three main reasons‚ focussing on the improvement of technology‚ the expansion of knowledge and the complexities of business. II. Body A. Descriptive questions ( the basic information of accountants) 1. What
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