Enron and WorldCom Scandals Matthew Morrison ACC/260 8/18/12 Enron and WorldCom Scandals Question number one of the Enron case focuses on the corporations that got Enron into its difficulties these were the special purpose entities for joint partnerships including Chewco‚ LJM1‚ LMJ2 and the Raptors. Number three of the Enron case shows us that the board was divided into five divisions‚ all of which were full of well-educated financial employees who
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the scandal was one of Americas largest accounting investigations into a firms illegal accounting practices and their attempt to conceal it from the shareholders and credit lenders. Divulging themselves into the scandal and solving the problems at hand are several organizations such as: United States Congress‚ US Department of Justice‚ IRS‚ Securities and Exchange Commission‚ and the United States Penal System. Each organization is handling a different approach to unfolding the scandal. The
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What Went Wrong: Case Study of a Selected Corporate Scandal “In Texas‚ Robert Allen Stanford appeared to be yet another flamboyant billionaire. But in the breezy Caribbean money haven of Antigua‚ he was lord of an influential financial fief‚ decorated with a knighthood‚ courted by government officials and basking in the spotlight of sports and charity events on which he generously showered his fortune.” This quote from an article in The New York Times portrays the life of Mr. Stanford‚ owner of
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Duke Lacrosse scandal‚ which decimated a top collegiate athletic program and cast a negative shadow over one of the top academic universities. Duke University had one of the top men’s lacrosse programs in the county‚ which had won numerous national championships. Unfortunately‚ the decisions and actions of some of the team members threatened to destroy the reputation of the lacrosse program and the entire university. The media and society have developed a large appetite for scandal that is still
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the first things that Ford did when he became president was to pardon Nixon. His decision caused a lot of controversy across the American public‚ but he claimed that he needed to pardon Nixon in order for the nation to move on from the Watergate Scandal as quickly as possible. President Ford faced a variety of problems throughout the remaining two years of his presidency. He faced the continued effects of OPEC’s decision as well as high rates of unemployment. He tried to get Congress to allow him
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pressure and a lack of internal control‚ AIG have committed frauds resulting in several scandals. One of the accounting scandals was disclosed during 2005 which involved a material mis-statement due to false transactions during 2000. This scandal set to prelude leading the downfall of AIG in 2008. In this paper‚ I will analyze the cause‚ the transactions and finally effects of the scandal. The Accounting Scandal The Players The CEO of AIG was Maurice “Hank” Greenberg. Greenberg joined AIG in 1962
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lWatergate Scandal Timeline A Complicated President There have been many scandals throughout American presidential history‚ but only one has ever brought down a presidency. To understand Watergate‚ it is helpful to have an understanding of the culture of the administration‚ and of the psyche of the man himself. Richard M. Nixon was a secretive man who did not tolerate criticism well‚ who engaged in numerous acts of duplicity‚ who kept lists of enemies‚ and who used the power of the presidency to
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BANK OF PUNJAB (BOP) SCANDAL OF 9 BILLION RUPEES LOAN TO HARIS STEEL The Bank of Punjab (BOP) hit by a massive scandal‚ a unique fraud that involves billions of rupees. The State Bank of Pakistan expressed its great concern over the Bank’s “system and controls”‚ terming them “quite weak” while the internal audit of the Bank has repeatedly cautioned the management on the huge facilities offered to certain companies. The recipients of the huge loans include owners of some companies that do
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The Lucent Accounting Scandal Abstract The case discusses the accounting frauds committed at the US-based telecommunications giant‚ Lucent Technologies Inc. (Lucent) during early 2000. It provides an insight into the ways by which the financial statements were manipulated at Lucent. It examines the loopholes in the financial management of the company and the price it had to pay for circumventing the provisions of law. The case examines the allegations against Lucent and its officers with reference
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Salacious Rock Star Scandal Background Details Whilst touring America for the second time around in 1969‚ the four members of Led Zeppelin were taking residence at Seattle’s Edgewater Inn‚ a common favourite within the musician crowd as guests could fish from their rooms. Richard Cole (tour manager) and Bonzo (the drummer‚ John Bonham) were fishing from Richard’s room and they were persistently being bothered by female groupies‚ but the two fishermen were too involved in their catches than the
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