Financial Statement Fraud - Recognition of Revenue and the Auditor’s Responsibility for Detecting Financial Statement Fraud - Tiina Intal and Linh Thuy Do Graduate Business School School of Economics and Commercial Law Göteborg University ISSN 1403-851X Printed by Elanders Novum Abstract Financial reporting frauds and earnings manipulation have attracted high profile attention recently. There have been several cases by businesses of what appears to be financial statement fraud‚ which have
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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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types of fraud have occurred since the 1800s. As the economy fluctuates‚ many people and organizations believe they must commit fraud in order to have financial gain. Organizations and individuals must understand fraud and the types of fraud‚ in order to protect themselves. There are professionals trained that have received anti-fraud certification in order to fight against fraud. The anti-fraud professional assist companies and individuals in order to detect fraud. Theses anti-fraud specialists
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Healthcare Fraud and Abuse As we head into the next four years under the Obama administration‚ many Americans are hearing more and more about healthcare reform and what needs to be done to fix the ailing healthcare system. Part of the dramatic increase in healthcare costs is due to Medicare fraud abuse. Healthcare fraud is defined as making false statements or representations of material facts in order to obtain benefits or payment. Healthcare abuse is defined as practices involving the overuse
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School 6-1-2008 Detecting financial statement fraud: Three essays on fraud predictors‚ multi-classifier combination and fraud detection using data mining Johan L. Perols University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation Perols‚ Johan L.‚ "Detecting financial statement fraud: Three essays on fraud predictors‚ multi-classifier combination and fraud detection using data mining" (2008). Graduate
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must remain ethically cautious to circumvent falling into such a trap. Accountants need to be educated on what forms of financial statements frauds can be committed and ways to prevent financial statement fraud. A strong system of internal controls helps companies deter employees from committing fraud. Financial Statement Fraud Categories Financial statement fraud is deliberate misrepresentation‚ misstatement or omission of financial statement data for the purpose of misleading the reader and creating
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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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Credit Cards Fraud Nowadays‚ computer technology is growing bigger and bigger. This tremendous and powerful improvement has its good and bad connotations. Credit cards are one popular invention of the computer era. According to www.1stamericancardservice.com‚ a credit card is a plastic card bearing an account number assigned to a cardholder with a credit limit that can be used to purchase goods and services and to obtain cash disbursements on credit‚ for
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newspapers are filled with stories of fraud and financial shenanigans. It has become daily occurrence that frauds of high profile cases break out and become headlines. Case after case has become routine. The shocking publicized financial scandals have shaken the underpinnings of our economic system. In the recent years there is enormous increase in occupational fraud. We have witnessed that our national enterprises have disclosed millions of rupees in financial fraud. Millions of rupees of public money
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Freddie Mac Fraud Thanaphan Darnsomboon PME604 Project Financial Management National University December 18‚ 2012 Freddie Mac Fraud The definition of fraud is “an intentional deception or deceit‚ perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage” (dictionary.com). Fraud is a breach of law and can be punishable by law. Mortgage fraud is one of the financial crimes where a company materially misrepresents or omits information on its mortgage loan documentation in order to
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