Fraud Examination & Forensic Accounting Professor: David L. Cotton Meriann El Haddad Student Travel Agent Fraud Analysis Christopher Ryan Thomas‚ who ran a travel business‚ was sentenced for stealing students’ spring break funds. In September 2006‚ Thomas was selected as a travel agent by the senior class at Hampton University who were planning a spring break trip to the Sunset Beach Resort and Spa in Jamaica. From November 2006 through April 2007‚ Thomas collected approximately
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general and its information technology sector in particular when he confessed fraud running into millions of dollars in a letter he wrote to the company’s board of directors (Ramachandran‚ 2009). This report is going to focus on‚ an overview of the events that happened in Satyam‚ its consequences on Satyam’s stakeholders‚ the auditors involved and their role in the scam and the current situation of those responsible for the fraud. OVERVIEW OF EVENTS IN SATYAM FROM 1987-2009 Raju formed Satyam in 1987
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Accounting Fraud Case Review the SEC’s case against Waste Management in order to answer the following questions: What were the incentives for committing the fraud? What was the relationship between management and the auditors? Why didn’t the auditors prevent the fraud? What (specifically) accounting methods were used to fraudulently inflate Waste Management’s profits? What accounting methods did they use to try to conceal part of the fraud? What were the financial and social costs of the fraud and
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that are smuggled and taxes have not been paid on them. This could happen when the raw materials used are imported‚ or are stolen. Fraudulent bonds‚ permits and entries Bonds are like insurance. These are promises or declarations that in case of non-performance the bond shall be taken by the beneficiaries. In the tax of tax fraud the bond referred to here are actually non-existent and are never enforceable in the tax authorities decide to exercise the right to take the bond such as failure to pay an
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an accountant 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
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Preproduction costs such as advertising‚ sets and costume were incurred prior to the opening of a production. In respect to Livent’s accounting policies‚ preproduction costs were to be amortized and expensed once a production began and only for a period not to exceed five years. However fixed assets were depreciated over their useful life not to exceed forty years. As a result‚ Livent significantly decreased expenses and inflated its income by improperly
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Uncovering Fraudulent Workers Compensation Claims One of the most common and popular fraud types is Workmans Compensation Fraud. This also happens to be the type of fraud that any employer is in the position to help and assist with uncovering the truth. Fraud is actually committed when an employee deliberately lies so that he or she will receive benefits. This usually happens when an employee claims a work-related injury when in fact‚ it isn’t. Another case is when he or she exaggerates a minor
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The Fraud of Digi Corporation For Fraud Examination The Fraud of Digi Corporation Suramanian Krishnan‚ better known as Kris Krishnan was once the CFO of Digi Corporation based in Plymouth‚ Minnesota. He was a graduate of Bangalore University who further studied at Minnesota State University and finished up at the Wharton School of Finance. His career began back in 1979 at Hansen Company as a CPA‚ and he soon moved though several positions as an International tax manager at Eco Lab and
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offstage than onstage! (Jackson 2015). As the “fraud architects‚ Drabinsky and Gottelieb were the masterminds behind Livent’s fraud schemes and delegated their wishes down the chain of command. Upon the two controllers’ completion
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The Financial Executive Magazine conducted an interview in Spring 2014 with the members of Anti- Fraud Collaboration (AFC) about fraud and complacency. The members who participated in the interview were; Cindy Fornelli‚ executive director of the Center for Audit Quality; Ken Daly‚ president and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors; Marie Hollein‚ president and CEO of Financial Executives International; Richard Chambers‚ president and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors; and
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