Medicare Fraud | Ms. Iris Hobson- Introduction to Logic | Atinuke Adumatioge | Medicare Fraud Healthcare today is one of the most lucrative businesses in America and many people are trying to take advantage of that. One of the reasons in the transition of street crimes is how much safer it is compared to the drug business. If we take a look at South Florida‚ we can see hundreds of people living the “high life”. The truth is rarely anybody sells drugs and more than half of those people
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journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2001/Aug/IrrationalRatios... FRAUD The numbers raise a red flag. BY JOSEPH T. WELLS AUGUST 2001 inancial statements tell a story‚” says accounting professor W. Steve Albrecht‚ “and the story should make sense.” If not‚ it’s possible the story is a fake. By standing far enough back from the numbers to get a good picture of the client’s business‚ auditors frequently can detect signs of financial statement frauds. Because the balance sheet‚ income statement and statement
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Case study on WorldCom THE WORLDCOM FRAUD:- Presented By: Pratik WorldCom’s Background • Awoke the sleeping giant by leading the telecom industry into profitability in the 90’s. • During the 1990’s‚ WorldCom was deeply involved in acquisitions and completed several “mega-deals” • Purchased over 60 firms in 2nd half of the 90’s • WorldCom moved into Internet and data traffic • Handled 50% of US Internet traffic • Handled 50% of e-mails worldwide WorldCom’s Background (cont.) • Purchased MCI for
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AICPA‚ “Forensic Accounting is the application of accounting principles‚ theories and discipline to facts or hypothesis at issues in a legal dispute and encompasses every branch of accounting knowledge.” According to The Accountant’s Handbook on Fraud and Commercial Crime‚ Forensic Accounting is the application of financial skills and an investigative mentality to unresolved issues‚ conducted within the context of the rules of evidence. Forensic Accounting borrows knowledge from Accounting‚ Finance
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There were several situations that lead the executives and managers of WorldCom to "cook the books." Acquisition of other companies drove WorldCom to spend beyond their means; managers were told to spend whatever was necessary to increase revenue‚ even if it meant that long-term costs would outweigh the short-term gains. This fiscally unhealthy mentality led to a very bad decision to enter into long-term fixed rate leases for network capacity with extensive punitive termination provisions. Once the
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devices‚ consumer appliances and smart mobile devices. • The company is based in Austin‚ Texas‚ and has design‚ research and development‚ manufacturing and sales operations around the world. Regulatory bodies that are involved to eliminate Financial Fraud 1. COSO And Tradeway Commission: The Bodies are very much involved in establishing an integrated internal system for companies‚ their managements and their auditors. They are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the company achieve its objectives
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Introduction A white collar crime is a category that includes embezzlement‚ insider trading and bank fraud just to name a few. These crimes are committed for monetary gain and are highly illegal. Martha Stewart known for her creative decorating‚ her craftiness and her multi-million dollar business was convicted in 2004 for what many call securities fraud or insider trading. In 2001 she sold all of her stocks of ImClone Systems‚ Inc after being tipped off by her stockbroker.
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already bad situation worse. Finn as the CFO should not have allowed himself to be involved in financial frauds of any sort just to show a profit. Finn should taken control of the situation right then and told Monus what he was doing was wrong and he wouldn’t take part in any of it. Shapir was just as wrong because he was aware of what Monus and Finn were doing and he just ignored it until it the fraud got out of hand. Coopers & Lybrand as the auditors did not exercise due professional care in performing
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getting the insurance company to pay for all the services provided‚ the psychologist was unethical in not disclosing all the appropriate information to the insurance company. In fact‚ not disclosing this information could be perceived as insurance fraud and the company could pursue legal action if they found out that the therapist had purposefully withheld this information (Koocher & Keith-Spiegel‚
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unreasonably high or unfair. *predatory pricing: the or acting of selling a product or service at a very low price‚ intending to drive competitors out of the market *robber barons: (Rockefeller‚ Carnegie) were involved in every manner of bribery‚ fraud‚ stock manipulation‚ price gouging‚ exploitation of labor‚ etc. *Sherman Antitrust Act: prohibits any agreement among competitors to: -Fix prices -Rig bids -Engage in other anticompetitive activity *Adulterated goods: when ingredients
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