ANDREW WAKEFIELD AND THE MMR AUTISM FRAUD In February 1998‚ Dr. Andrew Wakefield‚ a British gastroenterologist‚ published a research paper in which he linked autism and bowel disease to the measles‚ mumps‚ and rubella (MMR) vaccine – creating a public health crisis in England and raising questions about vaccine safety in North America. Additional studies have since shown that the data presented was fraudulent‚ and after ten years of controversy and investigation‚ Dr. Wakefield was discredited
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University Of Bahrain Collage of Business Administration A Paper Highlighting: How accounting fraud has changed merger valuation Prepared For: Professor Omar Al-‐Jahmani Course: Advanced Financial Accounting (ACC 610) Term: Second Semester‚ 2012-‐2013 Prepared By: Mohamed
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2008 Bernie Madoff was arrested under the suspicion of fraud. His Wall Street firm‚ Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC‚ was founded in 1960. Madoff was the chairman of this company through its entire existence until his arrest. Ponzi Schemes such as the one Bernie Madoff started at his company have been around for years; the first being Charles Ponzi’s scheme in the 1900’s. Madoff made history through his scheme as it is considered one of the largest financial frauds ever. Madoff pulled the
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Analysis on Credit Card Fraud Detection Methods 1 1 S. Benson Edwin Raj‚ 2A. Annie Portia Assistant Professor (SG)‚ P.G.‚ 2Scholar Department of CSE Karunya University‚ Coimbatore counter the credit card fraud effectively‚ it is necessary to understand the technologies involved in detecting credit card frauds and to identify various types of credit card frauds [20] [21] [22] . There are multiple algorithms for credit card fraud detection [21] [29]. They are artificial neural-network models which
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Ideal Hero or Freudian Fraud? The entire cast of characters in the Scandinavian epic tale Beowulf all possess archetypal qualities that make them less complex in psychological development than the standard characters in the majority of literature in existence. Beowulf‚ the hero from the land of the Geats‚ acts as a representation of good‚ while each of the monsters he consecutively faces are forms of evil. Since Beowulf appears to be an unstoppable force for the good of the people‚ it would be
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FRAUD PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: THE NEED FOR A DIMENSIONAL APPROACH BY BELLO SABO Department of Business Administration‚ A.B.U. Zaria ABSTRACT This article addresses some fundamental issues on fraud prevention and control and their implications on socio-economic development of Nigeria using its public sector machinery. Using the records compiled from early study covering 637 reported fraud cases in Nigeria‚ which were committed between 1970-1990 in respect
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Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting Vol. 2‚ Issue 2 Bankruptcy and Fraud Analysis: Shorting and Selling Stocks Hugh Grove Tom Cook Eric Streeper Greg Throckmorton* To auditors‚ investors‚ fund managers‚ short sellers‚ and other external users‚ fraud and bankruptcy models may serve as important tools in analyzing the financial information presented by companies. Along with the earnings management ratios‚ quality of earnings and quality of revenue (Schilit 2003)‚ more elaborate
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I. Executive Summary There is plenty of blame to go around the “Madoff Scandal”; there are multiple theories how Bernie Madoff was able to pull such a cunning scheme for so long‚ but the question is‚ amidst all the finger pointing who is really to be held responsible for it? Upon reading the article‚ I cannot help but feel the same uneasiness in the situation Madoff is facing with the dilemma the Philippines is struggling with right now – the Napoles scam. He was caught up in a huge tangle of problems
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Chapter 1--The Nature of Fraud MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. One way that criminal law differs from civil law is that it: a. | Provides remedies for violations of private rights. | b. | Must yield a unanimous verdict. | c. | Can have a jury of fewer than 12 persons. | d. | Allows for various claims in one action. | ANS: B | Feedback | A | Incorrect. This is a characteristic of civil law; criminal law deals with crimes against the public. | B | Correct. Criminal trials must
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The discussion topics for the I-130 Immigration Benefit Fraud Assessment (IBFA) before the Technical Working Group (TWG) are: 1) the sample size‚ 2) the operational definitional of fraud‚ and 3) the cut-off date for case inclusion. OP&S is dedicated to ensuring USCIS stakeholders and senior leaderships have relevant information in order to develop realistic expectations of the study. The role of the TWG is to discuss and provide consolidated recommendations to USCIS Senior Leadership so that they
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