When does employee fraud occur? It is commonly accepted that the presence of the three elements of the “Fraud Triangle” increases the risk of employee fraud: Motivation: The employee is somehow motivated to commit a fraud. Economic factors such as personal financial distress‚ substance abuse‚ gambling‚ overspending‚ or other similar addictive behaviors may provide motivation. The current national economic recession may serve to increase the incidence of such financial motivations. Opportunity:
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Vulnerable Children Be It Enacted By The Princeton Model Congress 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Preamble: Whereas in recent years more and more people have been coming out as victims of sexual abuse‚ when they were children. Whereas the publicity centered on Jerry Sandusky of Penn State University as a child molester has encouraged many other victims of abuse to come forward. Whereas two victims
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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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Phar-Mor declared bankruptcy due to fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriation of assets‚ making it one of the largest frauds in U.S. history. Below‚ we will use auditing standard AU 316.85 Appendix A in conjunction with the video “How to Steal $500 million” to analyze how incentives/pressures‚ opportunities‚ and attitudes/rationalizations allowed for fraud to start and continue at Phar-Mor. Incentives/Pressures Annual reoccurring losses due to small margins put pressure on the
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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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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 a false impression of an organization ’s financial strength (Bradford). Public and private businesses commit financial statement
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Jersey Or Criminal of Fraud The TV series “Real Housewives of New Jersey” super star Teresa Giudice and husband Joe have been accused of more than 39 counts of Fraud. The Fraud accounts range from mail and wire fraud‚ bank fraud‚ making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud. Teresa is obviously a woman that has money and has fame and an image attached with her name. The question is why would she commit fraud with so much going for her? The Fraud Triangle has three different
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SUBJECT: Forensic Accounting Introduction In this memorandum‚ I will explain the reasons as to why managers feel more pressure than in past years. Also‚ I will discuss several ways that managers can commit fraud for personal gain‚ and how these schemes are eventually caught by forensic accountants. Rising Pressure There has been a growing trend to hold managers accountable for their company’s performance. Wall Street analysts have become enemies of CEOs. These analysts set target quarterly
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Government Contractor Fraud John Graham CJ 415 Section 1 Winter 2013 In his book titled Trusted Criminals‚ Friedrichs defines white collar crime as “illegal or unethical acts…by persons of high or respectable social status for personal or organizational gain” (Friedrichs‚ 2010). This may well be true in the corporate world‚ but in the world of Defense Contractors‚ many are just regular people performing a job. These people seize an opportunity to steal sometimes millions of tax payer dollars
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