Corporate Accounting Frauds: A Case Study of Satyam Computers Limited Madan Bhasin Professor in Accounting‚ Bang College of Business‚ KIMEP University‚ Almaty‚ Republic of Kazakhstan ABSTRACT Corporate entities of all sizes‚ across the globe‚ are easily susceptible to frauds at any points of time. From Enron‚ WorldCom and Satyam‚ it appears that corporate accounting fraud is a major problem that is increasing‚ both in its frequency and severity. According to ACFE Global Fraud Study 2012‚ “The typical
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supervisor owns and operates a boutique carrying many of the same labels as the chain store. The general manager is unaware of the ownership interest. -- It is a red flag warning so it is a fraud because there is a conflict of interest situation which should have alerted the auditor to the possibility of fraud. b. The receiving supervisor signs receiving reports showing that the total quantity shipped by a supplier was received and then diverts 5% to 10% of each shipment to the boutique.
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Running Head: PLUTONIUM COMPANY Week 3 Case Study: Plutonium Company Fraud Kyle Harrison Keller Graduate School of Management AC 572: Accounting Fraud Examination Concepts Instructor Sherwin Cord January 25‚ 2009 Week 3 Case Study: Plutonium Company Fraud Plutonium‚ an Internet start-up company founded in 1988‚ was in the midst of a massive project to improve integration and internal data quality of its disparate information systems. At the heart of this project was an endeavor to implement
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proceeding with the bid. The information covered will include: * The effect of occupational fraud and abuse on the company * U.S. governmental oversight of accounting fraud and abuse and its effect on the company Potential corruption schemes to be aware of in the company Recommendation of types of accounting evidence and methods of gathering such evidence to support the financial status review. Fraud deterrence occurs in several stages‚ and the key is to know that prevention is not to same as
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Dr. Nassar‚ In the case of Bernard Madoff the fraud of the century‚ did he have help in creating and sustaining the Ponzi scheme? I believe that the prolonged nature of the scheme required assistance from other parties. First‚ the stock trading company that was heavily involved in until the arrival of his brother Peter Madoff has been cleared of wrongdoings. Family members were employed at this company. However‚ the investment company where the fraud occurred did not employ family members. Bernard
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of living. Business fraud has been around for just as long as business has. Every person to this day and in the future was and will be looking for ways to save and earn money. The best know earliest case of fraud deals with the whites and Indians in 1626 with land swindling. Business fraud is on the rise and needs to be stopped. This is a job for forensic accounts. Forensic accounting should be the core of any business to help any business avoid sudden collapse due to fraud. A study conducted
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There has been a corresponding increase in illegal financial activity according to separate surveys by the U. S. Department of Justice‚ Pricewaterhouse-Coopers‚ and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) (Houck‚ Kranacher‚ Morris‚ Riley‚ Robertson‚ & Wells‚ 2006). An understanding of effective fraud and forensic accounting techniques can assist forensic accountants in identifying illegal activity and discovering and preserving evidence. Forensic accounting is a science that deals with
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existence of related parties • Fraud team included several former auditors from C & L who knew what the auditors were looking for and were thus able to hide the fraud • Fraud was discovered when a travel agent received a Phar-Mor check for World Basketball League expenses and signed by Monus (Monus was the founder of the World Basketball League) • Travel agent showed check to her landlord who was a Phar-Mor investor. Landlord called Phar-Mor CEO • Fraud resulted in the closing of 200
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CASE 4: ACCOUNTING FRAUD AT WORLDCOM Betty Vinson: victim or villain? Should criminal fraud charges have been brought to her? How should employees react when ordered by their employer to do something they do not believe in or feel uncomfortable doing? In discussing whether Vinson should been charged with criminal fraud‚ it can be analyzed from ethical perspective which can truly judge whether she was morally responsible for the wrong or not. In order to determine whether Vinson was morally responsible
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Accounting Conservatism in Fraud Firms: An Empirical Investigation* Keith Jones Assistant Professor George Mason University kjonesm@gmu.edu Gopal Krishnan Professor Lehigh University gkrishn1@gmu.edu Mikhail Pevzner** Assistant Professor George Mason University mpevzner@gmu.edu Partha Sengupta Associate Professor George Mason University psengupt@gmu.edu We examine whether Ball and Shivakumar (2006) and Basu (1997) models of conservatism identify fraud firms as anti-conservative. We
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