And the Fraud Continues Tiketa Heard Strayer University Forensic Accounting & Fraud Examination ACC571 Professor Timothy Brown [pic] 1.) Discuss the Internal control weaknesses that existed at MCI that contributed to the commission of this fraud: MCI biggest internal control weaknesses at was Pavlo. Pavlo was able to manipulate MCI account receivable system which he helped to create and develop. When the same employee is able to receive and update payments
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A Case Study of Interstate Business College Three Men and A lady 1. Based on the information you have gathered during your first task‚ what discrepancies/irregularities exist in Shawn Davidson’s file? * Signatures on Enrollment Agreement do not seem to be the same (pg. 507) * 1st Enrollment Agreement Total should equal $9995.00 (508) Total Tuition 8750.00 Textbooks (approx.) 970.00 Application Fee 0.00 Lab Fee 200.00 General Fee 75.00 TOTAL DUE 9‚995
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Question 1: Name two cases in which companies have committed frauds by misstating inventory. Crazy Eddie and Goodner Brothers case are the good example for the inventory fraud cases. Question 2: What makes the intentional misstatement of inventory difficult to detect? When you have the most senior management of the company‚ particularly its financial management‚ consciously setting out to fool the auditors‚ to hide information from them‚ as they testified in the Monus trial‚ it’s very hard to
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Smoking should be illegal in the United States. Not only is smoking annoying for non-smokers‚ but it carries many big problems with it. Smoking should be banned because of the environment and economic factors‚ health risks and the negative effects it has on nonsmoker and children. Cigarettes have large effects on society in the area of environmental problems it carries with it. Smoking pollutes the air and causes a lot of litter. People who smoke usually throw their butts anywhere such as out the
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Employee Fraud and Purchasing Department There is a phenomenon in middle/small size companies in China that purchasing agents of the companies collaborate with vendors to create fake receipts‚ in order to receive more reimbursement from the company. This also happened in the hospital I used to work for‚ where the purchasing agent had to buy food from different vendors for everyday dinning purpose. The fraud got exposed when one day a vendor called us and revealed the fact that
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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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Salami Fraud (1) by M. E. Kabay‚ PhD‚ CISSP Associate Professor‚ Computer Information Systems Norwich University‚ Northfield VT The recent disclosure that WorldCom concealed almost $4 billion of expenses as if they were asset acquisitions and thus falsified its accounting reminds me of the very opposite kind of fraud – one that involves lots of little thefts instead of one gigantic theft. In the _salami fraud_‚ criminals steal money or resources a tiny bit at a time. Two different etymologies are
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Comment on the 10 major steps in the fraud risk model 1. Understand the nature of fraud by identifying the factors associated with fraud that are outlined in the fraud triangle. The factors include rationalization‚ opportunity‚ and incentive (ROI). Incentive/pressure to commit fraud Fraudulent financial reporting Management compensation schemes Financial pressures to improve company’s earnings and balance sheet Personal wealth tied to either financial results or survival of company Defalcation
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Its objectives consist of promoting viable and effective future markets and protecting investors against abusive trade practices and fraud. Both these agencies play a role in inspecting the trade losses in the case of JPMorgan Chase. While SEC is entitled to investigate the suitability and entirety of JPMorgan Chase financial‚ Chairman Mary Schapiro states that this agency ’s investigation
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Ponzi scheme. Why do we fall for it over and over again? What is a Ponzi scheme? A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors. Ponzi scheme organizers often solicit new investors by promising to invest funds in opportunities claimed to generate high returns with little or no risk. In many Ponzi schemes‚ the fraudsters focus on attracting new money to make promised payments
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