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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Khanani and Kalia was one of the largest currency exchange companies in the country‚ founded in 1983 by Hanif Kalia. Khanani and Kalia claims to be Pakistan’s first ISO 9001 and 27001 certified Exchange company. The directors of the company were accused of violating the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act‚ the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance and the Pakistan Penal Code by operating a money transfer system based on personal contacts‚ known as Hawala. Munaf Kalia and Javed Khanani‚ directors
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Internet Banking and Commerce An open access Internet journal (http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/) Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce‚ December 2009‚ vol. 14‚ no.3 (http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/) The Role of IT/IS in Combating Fraud in the Payment Card Industry Jan Devos Lecturer at the Ghent University Association‚ Howest Kortrijk‚ Belgium Graaf Karel de Goedelaan 5‚ 8500 Kortrijk‚ Belgium Author ’s Personal/Organizational Website: www.pih.be/opleiding/elektronica/~jdv/index
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Andhra High Court Ledalla Ravichandar And Another vs M/S Satyam Computer Services ... on 7 February‚ 2011 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CITY CIVIL COURT APPEAL No. 259 OF 2002 07-02-2011 Ledalla Ravichandar and another M/s Satyam Computer Services Limited‚ A Public Limited Company‚ represented by Authorised Signatory Counsel for the Appellants: Ledalla Ravichandar and another Counsel for the Respondent: M/s Satyam Computer Services Limited‚ a Public Limited Company
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An obstacle to Aaron Beam’s moral behavior is when he moved some of the businesses start up costs as expenses and list them as capital investments‚ which inflates the company profit margins. Beam initially did this because of the pressure from Scrushy to make the company appear more profitable. Then the cycle continues. The way I understand the meaning of the “loyal agent’s argument” is that you do what you are instructed to do by your employer regardless. However‚ I do not believe Aaron
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the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both those charged with governance of the entity and with management. ISA/HKSA 240 (Clarified) also provides expanded operational guidance for auditors to consider the existence of material misstatement due to fraud in a financial statement audit. It emphasizes the auditor’s increased responsibility for detecting fraud‚ and the auditor is now required to be more proactive in searching for fraud during the whole audit process
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Financial Statements Fraud Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 Definition ............................................................................................................. 1 Purpose of Financial Statements Fraud ..................................................... 1 Financial Statement Fraud Schemes .....
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Abstract A fraud is an act of deceiving others for personal gain but is not usually followed by a crime. The symptoms of fraud or the red flags help understand the slight difference between a corporate fraud and a corporate crime. The continual financial frauds leading to corporate collapse and the failure of the statutory audit to detect and prevent fraudulent activities of the perpetrators lead investors and the firms and individuals to suffer. This contributed to the increased need for investigating
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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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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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