Inventory-Related Fraud Detection: • Beside revenue related fraud‚ the Antars also overstated their inventory. If inventory is overstated‚ the cost of goods sold is understated‚ and gross margins and net incomes are overstated. o Crazy Eddie had a close relationship with one of their vendors known as Wren Distributors. Crazy Eddie was Wren’s largest customer‚ accounting for 35% of their revenues. o Crazy Eddie ordered 10% of their total inventory from Wren so Sam Antar asked Wren to ship $3
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Impact and Prevention of Inventory Fraud The root of this problem lies within the organizations’ employees. Honest employees are a valuable asset‚ since the theft of inventory costs US companies a great deal of money every year. Perpetrators of this act may rationalize their behavior as not being criminal‚ so where does it begin or where does it stop? There is no easy solution or one way to combat inventory fraud‚ but companies can take measures to prevent this from occurring. Also‚ Organizations
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MiniScribe’s success continued well into the first half of 1988‚ when the company seemed to be the only disk drive manufacturer in the industry to buck another slump. The improved financial results of the company were mostly fabricated‚ including fictitious shipments to boost revenue and manipulated reserves to reduce expenses. The measures the group took to meet its announced annual profit goal for 1987 included: False inventory was generated by packaging bricks as finished products and shipping
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The Leslie Fay Companies‚ which is a manufacturer of women’s apparel‚ was founded by Fred Pomerantz. It was named after Fred’s daughter‚ Leslie Fay. The company is based out of New York‚ and Fred Pomerantz made the company public in 1952. Paul Polishan‚ who became CFO and senior vice president of finance‚ was hired personally by Fred Pomerantz. However‚ Fred Pomerantz ended up taking the company back to a private entity for a few years in the 1980’s due to a buy out from his son John Pomerantz.
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Financial fraud is a significant problem faced by organizations of all types‚ sizes‚ locations and industries. Groupon company is trying to shed its image as a failed email-based daily-deals website after a lot of allegations of false financial accounting about their profit to the public. In this case Groupon has to go through again its business model about the spending and earnings for its company. It is expensive to hire 15‚000 workers that works for the company in sending email to Groupon subscribers
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fairly‚ and that is what happened when Michael Fay was caned and imprisoned. Michael Fay deserved to be punished for vandalism because he had to be responsible for his actions. He also needed to be taught a lesson‚ and since he is living in Singapore‚ he should have abided by their laws. People who commit crimes should not get off on just a fancy argument. Being responsible for one’s actions is a quality that everyone wants from each other. Michael Fay should be responsible for vandalizing eighteen
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THE NATION’S NEWSPAPER BS2003-01b Collegiate Case Study Adelphia founder‚ 2 sons‚ 2 others arrested in fraud By David Lieberman and Greg Farrell www.usatodaycollege.com Accounting fraud Part II: The results “Creative accounting” is not a new technique‚ but it can certainly be a costly one. Businesses feel the pressure to appear profitable in order to attract investors and resources‚ but deceptive or fraudulent accounting practices often lead to drastic consequences. Are these so-called
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The Xerox Corporation Fraud case (1997 – 2000) Xerox Corporation is a global document management company which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers‚ multifunction systems‚ photo copiers‚ digital production printing presses‚ and related consulting services and supplies. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk‚ Connecticut‚ though its largest population of employees is based in and around Rochester‚ New York‚ the area in which the company was founded. The history of
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ZZZZ Best Company Fraud Case Study 1) At an early age‚ Barry Minkow was introduced to the carpet cleaning industry by his mother who worked part time as a telephone solicitor for a small carpet cleaning company. This insight of the industry allowed Minkow to understand that the carpet cleaning industry was one which had very few barriers to entry‚ no licensing requirements‚ and required only a small amount of capital to enter. Also‚ because of these few barriers to entry‚ the industry has historically
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The effect of occupational fraud and abuse on the company Occupational fraud and abuse is defined as “The use of one’s occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organization’s resources or assets” (2012 Report To Nations On Occupation Fraud And Abuse‚ 2012). Occupational fraud entails deceiving employing organization to obtain resources or assets for personal gain and abuse involves misapplication of the resources provided by the employer
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