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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May 2011 pp. 19–50 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-50009 Financial Statement Fraud Detection: An Analysis of Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms Johan Perols SUMMARY: This study compares the performance of six popular statistical and machine learning models in detecting financial statement fraud under different assumptions of misclassification costs and ratios of fraud firms to nonfraud firms. The results show‚ somewhat surprisingly‚ that logistic regression and support
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Health Care Management Cluster 14 November 2011 Research Paper U.S. Health Care and Compliance A System Challenged By Schemes‚ Scams‚ Fraud‚ and Abuse “Laws are made to restrain and punish the wicked; the wise and good do not need them as a guide‚ but only as a shield against rapine and oppression; they can live civilly and orderly‚ though there were no law in the world.” John Milton (1608-1674) On August 31‚ 2010‚ in Los Angeles‚ California‚ the former chief
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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 that work with medicare and medicaid are at higher risk for being a
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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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Running Head: Credit 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
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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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Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; conducts comprehensive fraud studies; Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud & Abuse * Fraud - deception that includes: a representation‚ about a material point‚ which is false‚ and intentionally or recklessly so‚ which is believed‚ and acted upon by the victim to the victim’s damage. Fraud is an act of dishonesty with the intention to deceive or cover the truth to gain an advantage. Most critical element: confidence. Fraud can be classified as (in
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For example‚ ethicists might study a society ’s mores or morals to determine what effect they would have on humankind if they were used as universal standards. Ethics are not merely social conventions‚ like table manners. Ethics define the social conditions necessary for human beings to thrive. Ethical wisdom is the product of a long history of human struggle. By trial and error societies discover how to create mutually enhancing relationships. Yet ethics also come from the reality-producing function
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