ACCT20040—Auditing and Ethical Practice Assignment 1 The collapse of Harris Scarfe----Auditing failure Submitted by: Due date: 16/08/2007 Word count: 3020 Table of content Introduction 1 History of retailer Harris Scarfe 2 Audit committee of Harris Scarfe 3 Audit independence 5 Legal liability of auditors 6 Implications for the future of the Australian auditing profession 7 Conclusion 9 Reference 11 The collapse of Harris Scarfe----Auditing failure Introduction
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financial fraud case Crazy Eddie was an American retail store chain run by the Antar family‚ which was established as a private company in 1969 in Brooklyn‚ New York by businessmen Eddie and Sam M. Antar. The fraud at Crazy Eddie was one of the longest running in modern times‚ lasting from 1969 to 1987. Crazy Eddie became a known symbol for corporate fraud in its time‚ but has since been eclipsed by the Enron‚ Worldcom and Bernie Madoff accounting scandals. Commencement of fraud The fraud began almost
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When it Comes to Fraud‚ Strike the Shepherd‚ and the Sheep will Scatter. A few weeks ago‚ the story of Nirav Modi‚ an Indian jeweler turned scammer‚ hit the global headlines with the local dailies reporting that he had defrauded the Punjab National Bank a whopping $1.73 billion. Even more amazing is the fact that the fraud did not happen overnight but in six years and under the watch of bank officials. Questions have been raised about how such a blatant scam would happen undetectably and without
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Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) should take action in order to prevent high-risk gambles in securities‚ banking‚ a foundation of the economy. The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect stockholders and preserve fair market trade. The SEC takes an expressive
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Subject: Understanding the scope and limitations of the fraud examination and the responsibilities of the CFE On October 5th‚ 2010‚ the fraud examination unit received an assignment from the owner of school regarding to the possibility of fraud disbursements occurred in his school. He suspected that someone is illegally and intentionally stealing money from his school. Based on his suspicion‚ a fraud examination was conducted by collecting information‚ reviewing & analyzing relevant records‚ and
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Case Study1: And the Fraud Continues A business can not work out without an account system‚ which includes internal. Internal controls are used by companies to make sure financial information is accurate and valid. Strong internal controls are signs of a financially healthy company and protect the company’s integrity. Strong internal controls can also increase a company’s profitability. There are several types of internal controls
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Impact and Prevention of Inventory Fraud The root of this problem lies within the organizations’ employees. Honest employees are a valuable asset‚ since the theft of inventory costs US companies a great deal of money every year. Perpetrators of this act may rationalize their behavior as not being criminal‚ so where does it begin or where does it stop? There is no easy solution or one way to combat inventory fraud‚ but companies can take measures to prevent this from occurring. Also‚ Organizations
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In 2003‚ Martha Stewart was facing prison time and her empire in domestic art was at risk because of “nine-count federal indictment” which she was charge will “perjury and conspiracy” because of a “high profile stock trading scandal” (Hurtado‚ N. P. (n.d.). James Comey‚ a U.S. Attorney‚ said that “she brought trouble on herself and her company by lying to her shareholders and investors in an attempt to cover her tracks and keep her stock from plummeting” (Hurtado‚ N. P. (n.d.). Comey believe that
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Employee Fraud and Purchasing Department There is a phenomenon in middle/small size companies in China that purchasing agents of the companies collaborate with vendors to create fake receipts‚ in order to receive more reimbursement from the company. This also happened in the hospital I used to work for‚ where the purchasing agent had to buy food from different vendors for everyday dinning purpose. The fraud got exposed when one day a vendor called us and revealed the fact that
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misappropriation fraud happens when people who are entrusted to manage the assets of an organization steal from it. Asset misappropriation fraud involves third parties or employees in an organization who abuse their position to steal from it through fraudulent activity. It can also be known as insider fraud. This type of fraud can be committed by company directors‚ or its employees‚ or anyone else entrusted to hold and manage the assets and interests of an organization. Asset misappropriation fraud could include
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