ENRON CORPORATE FRAUD (2001) Submitted by: AMIT SHARMA PGDM (016)/09-11 What is FRAUD? In the broadest sense‚ a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime‚ and is also a civil law violation. Many hoaxes are fraudulent‚ although those not made for personal gain are not technically frauds. Defrauding people of money is presumably the most common type of fraud‚ but there have
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Card Fraud Impact of Credit Card Fraud Outline Card Credit Fraud Thesis Statement: Credit card fraud is an inclusive term for larceny and deception committed using a credit card or any similar payment mechanism as a fraudulent source of funds in a transaction. The purpose may be to attain goods without paying‚ or to achieve illegal resources from an account. Credit card fraud is also an appendage to identity theft. According to the Federal Trade Commission‚ while identity theft had been holding
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accounting firm failed to comply with the General Standards rule 201‚ which states that agencies must exercise due professional care‚ professional competence‚ planning and supervision and having sufficient relevant data. In order for Nay to keep himself from being detected of committing fraud he had established a “mail rule‚” where no one was allowed to open or touch any letters that was for him or sent to him. Auditors relied on internal evidence as their source of evidence on documents provided in
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head: HEALTHCARE FRAUD AND ABUSE Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Abstract Rising costs of healthcare is a valid concern for many households in America. A factor in the cost of healthcare insurance is fraud. Fraud is often very difficult to detect. The magnitude of healthcare fraud is unknown. Initial reimbursement and payment and billing timeframe of 90 days allows for fast payment of services‚ however‚ many times before there is an indication of fraudulent billing the company has closed up and moved
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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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Patty‚ was creating “ghost” employees in order to hide the fraud she was committing. The payroll clerk was adding these “ghost” employees to a separate cost center which was not noticed since the company typically had seasonal contract labor employees anyways. No red flags were noticed for a long time because it was typical for the company to see employees added and taken away often as seasonal workers. When the payroll clerk would take vacation she would deactivate the “ghost” employees to keep
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The Statute of Frauds clearly identifies what contracts have to be presented in the written format in order to remain enforceable (Reilly‚ 2000)‚ therefore written agreements should be signed by all parties to be binding. The Statute of Frauds is a rule of law requiring certain kinds of written contracts‚ not oral contracts since they are vague and frequently don’t provide sufficient proof of the terms agreed upon by each parties. Oral contracts create more complications and are the main reason for
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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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SUBJECT: Accounting fraud at WorldCom Problem Statement WorldCom penetrated the largest accounting fraud in U.S history by overstating its tax income between 1999 and 2002. The main players in WorldCom’s accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan‚ the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments‚ external auditor Arthur Andersen‚ and the board of directors. While individuals did have their own sins‚ employees cowardice and self-interested‚ the board passive and ineffective‚ external auditors
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Organizational Responsibility and Current Health Care Issues Paper - Health Care Fraud Roberta Roelofs HCS / 545 November 17‚ 2014 Michael Grossman Health care fraud is a current health care issue throughout the health care industry from hospitals to home care services. “The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) estimates that health care fraud accounts for at least three‚ but as much as ten percent of total health care expenditures”(Hubbell‚ 2006). Health care organizations
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