Acevedo Paper #1 Assignment Insurance Fraud and PIP Automobile fraud has increased in the past years costing insurance companies millions of dollars in fraudulent claims. Further‚ this cost is being passed to consumers through increased insurance premiums. Insurance fraud is committed through staged accidents‚ fake medical treatment‚ and billing for services not rendered. PIP (Personal Injury Protection) is the primary target of auto insurance fraud in Florida. PIP was implemented by the
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Fraud in the Business World Sean P. Dixon Business 670: Legal Environment Instructor: Jennifer Stephens April 4‚ 2011 Abstract Americans lose hundreds of millions of dollars each year to fraud. Billions more are lost world-wide to con artists touting the next great investment idea‚ guaranteed loans and diets that can ’t fail. These con artists do not discriminate between the rich and poor‚ the young and old‚ nationality or race. They target the well-educated‚ so-called smart individuals
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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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Name: Institution: Professor: Psychology Date Sigmund Freud: The Founding Father of Psychoanalysis. Sigismund Schlomo Freud was an Australian neurologist born on 6th May 1856. He worked at the Vienna General Hospital where he carried out research in Celebral Palsy‚ aphasia and microscopic Neuroanatomy. Due to his researches‚ the university got awarded in neuropathology. He later developed theories concerning the unconscious mind and the mechanism of repression which led to psychoanalysis
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Reynoso‚ Rheyniel Manaog January 6‚ 2014 Forensic Accounting/AIA1010/EB-301/7:30-9:00 Professor Dorega 2010244321 Part 1 Mr. Manuel V. Pangilinan has been a director of PLDT since November 24‚ 1998. He was appointed as Chairman of the Board of PLDT after serving as its President and CEO from November 1998 to February 2004. He is the Chairman of the Governance and Nomination‚ Executive Compensation and Technology Strategy Committees of the Board of Directors of PLDT. He
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9-104-071 REV: SEPTEMBER 14‚ 2007 ROBERT S. KAPLAN DAVID KIRON Accounting Fraud at WorldCom WorldCom could not have failed as a result of the actions of a limited number of individuals. Rather‚ there was a broad breakdown of the system of internal controls‚ corporate governance and individual responsibility‚ all of which worked together to create a culture in which few persons took responsibility until it was too late. — Richard Thornburgh‚ former U.S. attorney general1 On July 21‚ 2002
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In 1996‚ a city manager in California’s Contra Costa County became suspicious when a local disposal service company asked for help keeping itself afloat. Orinda-Moraga Disposal Services wanted to raise rates on its customers and needed the Contra Costa Sanitation District’s approval. However‚ the company had recently stated its desire to lower rates. The wary city manager hired forensic accountant Dan Ray to uncover the truth. After examining Orinda-Moraga’s records‚ Ray discovered that the company
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Khanani and Kalia was one of the largest currency exchange companies in the country‚ founded in 1983 by Hanif Kalia. Khanani and Kalia claims to be Pakistan’s first ISO 9001 and 27001 certified Exchange company. The directors of the company were accused of violating the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act‚ the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance and the Pakistan Penal Code by operating a money transfer system based on personal contacts‚ known as Hawala. Munaf Kalia and Javed Khanani‚ directors
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Natalie Blenker Mrs. Harris I.B. Theatre HL2 Period: 7 March 1‚ 2012 A research investigation on what specific skills an actor would need learn in order to convincingly portray the role of Silvio in Carlo Goldoni’s‚ A Servant of Two Masters. Carlo Goldoni wrote the comedy “Arlecchino servitore di due padroni”‚ which translates into modern English as The Servant of Two Masters‚ a commedia dell’Arte-style play. The performers of Commedia were often illiterate‚ and as such there was
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nvestigation into the Factor of Light and Dark Affecting Woodlice Predictions It was expected that a woodlice would prefer a damp‚ dark‚ but moderately warm surrounding. Normally one would expect to find slaters under logs or concrete slabs in one’s garden. Under these large objects‚ the sun cannot reach directly; therefore it is darker‚ damper and colder than the surroundings. Nevertheless‚ in winter we do not see woodlice crawling around very often‚ and‚ also at night‚ it may
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