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    profit and began his fraudulent activities. He was running false credit card charges on clients’ cards and check kiting.  However‚ he was able to commit fraud on a large scale‚ when he gathered enough of a balance sheet built off fraudulent transactions.  His major crimes were perpetrated against banks and investors by committing financial statement fraud. Such activities enabled him to obtain cash through bank loans and investment funds.  Barry had fixed assets on the balance sheet that were fictitious

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    Qwest Financial Fraud Essay

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    Financial Fraud- Qwest Communications Introduction In the late 90’s‚ early 2000’s‚ Qwest Communications International Inc. (Qwest) was a rapidly growing telecommunications company that provided global internet and telephone services. At their pinnacle‚ Qwest was one of their industry’s top leaders‚ reporting revenues of $16.7 billion in 2001 (Anonymous‚ 2013). Through continued expansion and acquisitions of other large telecommunications companies‚ it seemed things were only headed in a positive

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    crazy Eddie fraud case

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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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    Cited: Kessler‚ B. (2007). Fashioning A Fraud. Journal Of Accountancy. Wells‚ J. (2008). Principles of Fraud Examination. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc.

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    Forensic Accountants: Fraud Busters Daniel ****** Dr. Brian Collins Contemporary Business 8/12/2012 Abstract The field of forensic accounting is a profession that is in high demand because of the technological and financial complexity of today’s companies. Because of the Enron scandal forensic account has come to the forefront with some major universities even offering it as a major. There are several skills that are required in forensic accounting and they include an expertise in accounting

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    Fraud in Corporate America

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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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    Martha Stewart Fraud Case

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    (Hurtado‚ N. P. (n.d.). Comey believe that the criminal case was all about lying and he said that Martha is being prosecuted for what she did and not who she is. When she went to court she plead not guilty. Stewart was also charge with “securities fraud stemming” (Hurtado‚ N. P. (n.d.).‚

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    Salami Fraud (1) by M. E. Kabay‚ PhD‚ CISSP Associate Professor‚ Computer Information Systems Norwich University‚ Northfield VT The recent disclosure that WorldCom concealed almost $4 billion of expenses as if they were asset acquisitions and thus falsified its accounting reminds me of the very opposite kind of fraud – one that involves lots of little thefts instead of one gigantic theft. In the _salami fraud_‚ criminals steal money or resources a tiny bit at a time. Two different etymologies are

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    HealthSouth Fraud Richard Scrushy was the founder of HealthSouth he graduated from Jefferson State Community College and become a registered respiratory therapist after studying at Alabama Birmingham University. He later went to St. Louis and became the regional director of the respiratory therapy department at Lifemark. He eventually moved to Houston and became the COO. In 1984 He left to follow his dream of creating a rehabilitation center in Little Rock. The company changed their name from Amcare

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    Welfare Fraud

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    Welfare fraud refers to various intentional misuses of state welfare systems by withholding information or giving false or inaccurate information.  Some common types of welfare fraud are failing to report a household member‚ claiming one or more imaginary dependents‚ failure to report income‚ or providing false information about not being able to work. There have been cases of people feigning illness in conjunction with welfare fraud.             Welfare fraud seems to be a big and expensive problem

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