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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Case 1.9 ZZZZ Best Company‚ Inc. Delta. Describe the elements of the Fraud Triangle that apply to this case. Assume you are the perpetrator. Is there a better way to perpetrate this fraud? If there is‚ describe your method. Specify practical recommendations for the client to prevent this fraud from occurring in the future. The first element of the Fraud Triangle in the case of ZZZZ Best‚ case 1.9 is Incentives/Pressure. Incentives/Pressure- As a result of the pressure placed on a person who
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Healthcare Fraud and Abuse As we head into the next four years under the Obama administration‚ many Americans are hearing more and more about healthcare reform and what needs to be done to fix the ailing healthcare system. Part of the dramatic increase in healthcare costs is due to Medicare fraud abuse. Healthcare fraud is defined as making false statements or representations of material facts in order to obtain benefits or payment. Healthcare abuse is defined as practices involving the overuse
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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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commit fraud? Erica Miller Southern Technical College Table of Content Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Definition of Terms 5 Methodology 5 Results 6 References 8 Abstract When people who hear about executives that commit fraud the thing that first comes to mind may be: “They must have really hated their job or company to do such a thing”. That may not always be the case. In some cases it is the CEO or even the founder of the company that committed the fraud. The
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The latest Report to the Nations On Occupational Fraud and Abuse‚ the biennial study of global fraud by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners‚ finds that organizations lose an average of 5 percent of revenues to fraud each year‚ with a median loss of $140‚000. However‚ just over one-fifth of fraud schemes results in losses topping $1 million. Perhaps even more disturbing was the median length of time before the frauds were detected: 18 months. And‚ that’s not all; the study found that almost
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newspapers are filled with stories of fraud and financial shenanigans. It has become daily occurrence that frauds of high profile cases break out and become headlines. Case after case has become routine. The shocking publicized financial scandals have shaken the underpinnings of our economic system. In the recent years there is enormous increase in occupational fraud. We have witnessed that our national enterprises have disclosed millions of rupees in financial fraud. Millions of rupees of public money
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Perhaps‚ no where are frauds more serious and more pronounced than in the banking sector of the economy. They are one of the biggest single causes of bank failure and distress in the Nigerian banking system. This study therefore sets out to find the common types of bank fraud that are frequently carried out in the banking system‚ the underlying causes‚ level of staff involvement‚ consequences and possible means of ameliorating the problem. A sample of 100 respondents taken in Benin City‚ capital
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9-104-071 REV: SEPTEMBER 14‚ 2007 ROBERT S. KAPLAN DAVID KIRON Accounting Fraud at WorldCom WorldCom could not have failed as a result of the actions of a limited number of individuals. Rather‚ there was a broad breakdown of the system of internal controls‚ corporate governance and individual responsibility‚ all of which worked together to create a culture in which few persons took responsibility until it was too late. — Richard Thornburgh‚ former U.S. attorney general1 On July 21‚ 2002
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several lawsuits from furious investors and created rumors about the future viability of the company. The purpose of this study is to determine the facts and critically analyze the cause and effect of Diamonds Food’s allegedly financial statement fraud and attempt to make a prediction about the future of this company. Allegations of Diamond Foods Inc.’s’ Understatement of Accounts Payable Introduction Diamond Foods’ core competency is in its innovative food packaging
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