coercion‚ fraud‚ undue influence‚ misrepresentation and mistake. Without free consent‚ the contract can be voidable or void‚ depending on the circumstances. English | BM/Mandarin | Example | Effect on contract | Coercion | | | | Fraud | | | | Undue influence | | | | Misrepresentation | | | | Mistake | | | | 3. Difference between fraud and misrepresentation: Fraud (Section 17 of Contracts Act) | Misrepresentation (Section 18 of Contracts Act) | Fraud involves intention
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countries. There are now over 50 million people online. All kinds of information are available through the Internet at less cost or no cost at all. The Internet provides facts and ideas that are useful for the society‚ but the Internet is also a tool for fraud. The Internet “is a system of linked computer networks‚ worldwide in scope that facilities data communication services such as remote login‚ file transfer‚ electronic mail‚ and news group. The Internet is a ways of connecting existing computer
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Tax Fraud Fraud Examination Wed. 7-10pm Millions of people all over the world pay taxes each year. These taxes could include amounts collected by the government or similar organization on behalf of the federal government‚ state government‚ local governments and even other taxing authorities. In 2009 alone‚ the Internal Revenue Service received $1.9 trillion dollars in revenue‚ and completed over 236 million returns. “The tax system in the United States depends on voluntary compliance‚ which
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Overview: An e- fraud is considered to be an electronic crime that affects not only individuals businesses and governments but also allows for very negatively intelligent people and hackers to use their intelligence to log into other’s accounts use their credit card numbers and banking password and transact huge amounts of trade and money . it has been seen that e fraud is on the increase and this is because of the low levels of awareness‚ the inappropriate counter measures that are ineffective
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Parmalat‚ Europe’s Enron of fraud‚ undermined European accounting and reporting standards. The fraud‚ totaling nearly 18 billion euros‚ brought down the Italian dairy giant and ruined investors across the globe. Such a enormous fraud‚ some would assume‚ would need to be highly complex and fully developed in plan as well as execution. However‚ as Parmalat executives began to cooperate in the investigation‚ it was uncovered how rudimentary their fraud was despite the enormity in which it occurred.
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1 Fraud Fraud can be defined as any activity that leads to the obtaining of financial advantage of causing of loss by implicit or explicit deception. It is the mechanism through which the fraudster gains an unlawful advantage or causes unlawful loss. There are many different types of fraud‚ I would like to mention some of the well known fraud types in the area of the Internet‚ which is an area where more than one billion peole are in touch with everyday. Fraud Terminology • Auction Fraud : involves
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The accounting fraud is frequent‚ widespread and familiar in many countries and organization. It brings a loss to firms and investors. But there is no research trying to explain factors comprehensively influencing it. The obyectives of the research are to test and explain the effect of the internal control effectiveness‚ suitability of reward‚ compliance to accounting rules‚ information asymmetry‚ management morality toward unethical behavior and intention to accounting fraud. More particularly
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3.How to detect the fraud? There are many ways to detect the fraud .They can simply be divided into two categories One is quantitative analysis‚another is qualitative analysis. In quantitative analysis‚the sample is fifty thousand investment company which issued form ADV ‚ form ADV is required to issue to SEC when the investment company’s client number more than 15 people or the size of asset under management is larger than $ 25 million ‚ if you did not issue the document or it is not correctly
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Medicaid Fraud HCS/545 July 9‚ 2012 Medicaid fraud comes in many forms. A provider who bills Medicaid for services that he or she does not provide is committing fraud. Overstating the level of care provided to patients and altering patient records to conceal the deception is fraud. Recipients also commit fraud by failing to report or misrepresenting income‚ household members‚ residence‚ or private health insurance. Facilities have also been known to commit Medicaid fraud through false billing
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How is Fraud and Embezzlement defined as? Fraud is defined “the abuse of a position‚ or false representation‚ or prejudicing someone’s rights for personal gain (Serious Fraud Office‚ 2013). In Moore v. United States‚ (1895)‚ the Supreme Court defined embezzlement in the following terms: Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom such property has been entrusted‚ or into whose hands it has lawfully come. It differs from larceny in the fact that the original taking
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