is it important for external auditor to be independent? Throughout the years‚ banks‚ shareholders‚ possible investors and creditors always relied on the financial statements produced by a company. Since the management of a company is producing these documents it has been assumed that the managers may act dishonestly so that their performance looks better. To monitor the company’s performance better the directors along with the shareholders employ external auditors to check all these financial
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Freddie Mac Fraud Thanaphan Darnsomboon PME604 Project Financial Management National University December 18‚ 2012 Freddie Mac Fraud The definition of fraud is “an intentional deception or deceit‚ perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage” (dictionary.com). Fraud is a breach of law and can be punishable by law. Mortgage fraud is one of the financial crimes where a company materially misrepresents or omits information on its mortgage loan documentation in order to
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detected of committing fraud he had established a “mail rule‚” where no one was allowed to open or touch any letters that was for him or sent to him. Auditors relied on internal evidence as their source of evidence on documents provided in order to base their opinion. Nay’s illegal act caused financial statements to be materially misstated and external auditors were not aware of his illegal acts. This type of ineffective internal control risk would have been detected by auditors if only they did their
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PROPOSAL Promoting Good Governance in Public Institutions of Ghana: The Role of the Internal Auditor Introduction All over the world there is a realization that the Internal Audit activity has the potential to provide hitherto unparalleled services to management in the conduct of their duties. This potential has been turned into a challenge and embodied in the new definition of Internal Auditing from the Institute of Internal Auditors (the IIA). Background of the Study The Government of the Republic of
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Chairman of the Board of Trustees of San Beda College‚ PLDT-Smart Foundation‚ Inc.‚ the Hongkong Bayanihan Trust and the Philippine Business for Social Progress‚ the Vice Chairman of the Foundation for Crime Prevention‚ a private sector group organized to assist the government with crime prevention‚ and a member of the Board of Trustees of Caritas Manila and Radio Veritas- Global Broadcasting Systems‚ Inc. In February 2007‚ he was named the President of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas‚ a newly formed
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Lisa D. Green Ms. Fahle English 112 15 Jul 2013 When Help Turns to Abuse I can remember the conversation as if it was yesterday. While in a grocery store walking in the grocery aisle‚ I overheard a woman talking to another woman and her husband. The part that caught my attention was the young lady saying‚ “I can get you the cheese‚ milk‚ and eggs with my WIC‚ and all you have to do is give me the money when we leave the store.” I knew this wasn’t right‚ so I made sure I was at
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KPMG United States- Oct. 17‚ 2015 1. Issuer O: “The Firm identified a fraud risk related to revenue. The Firm’s testing of controls over revenue and accounts receivable‚ however‚ was insufficient. Specifically: With respect to one of the issuer’s segments‚ which consisted of three business units‚ the Firm failed to identify and test any controls over revenue and accounts receivable for two of the business units‚ which‚ in combination‚ represented a significant portion of the issuer’s total revenue
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Accounting fraud at WorldCom Problem Statement WorldCom penetrated the largest accounting fraud in U.S history by overstating its tax income between 1999 and 2002. The main players in WorldCom’s accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan‚ the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments‚ external auditor Arthur Andersen‚ and the board of directors. While individuals did have their own sins‚ employees cowardice and self-interested‚ the board passive and ineffective‚ external auditors preoccupied
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must remain ethically cautious to circumvent falling into such a trap. Accountants need to be educated on what forms of financial statements frauds can be committed and ways to prevent financial statement fraud. A strong system of internal controls helps companies deter employees from committing fraud. Financial Statement Fraud Categories Financial statement fraud is deliberate misrepresentation‚ misstatement or omission of financial statement data for the purpose of misleading the reader and creating
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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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