SATYAM SCANDAL I. Analyze the case and respond to the following questions: (a) Discuss the earnings management techniques employed by the management of Satyam. In this case of Satyam‚ I can conclude that the obvious technique employed by the said management are: 1. “Big Bet on The Future”. When an acquisition occurs‚ the company acquiring the other is said to have made a big bet on the future. As refer to this case‚ Ramalingam Raju the Chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd
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Charles Ponzi .. The Scandal !!! By: Rawan Al-Deraibi Class of: Prof. Alan J. Pan Who is Ponzi?!! Born in 1882 in Parma‚ Itlay‚ Charles Ponzi was the infamous swindler who payed out returns (To give money in exchange for goods or services) with other investors’ money. The "Ponzi scheme" is named after him. After running a highly profitable and expansive investment scheme‚ Ponzi was arrested on August 12‚ 1920‚ and charged with 86 counts of mail fraud. Owing an estimated $7 million‚ he pleaded
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HIH Insurance Company Background HIH was originally found in 1968 by Ray Williams‚ then was acquired by British company CE Health PLC in 1971‚ and renamed as "HIH" in 1995. Before its collapse‚ HIH was the second largest insurance company in Australia‚ and covered several insurance segments‚ including worker’s compensation‚ public and private liability‚ property‚ industrial and commercial insurance. It also expanded globally into the US and UK markets. On March 15‚ 2001‚ HIH insurance was
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White Collar Crime White collar crime is prevalent and brought to our attention more and more by the media since the mid to late 1990s. With the downfall of companies such as Enron‚ Tyco Toys and WorldCom MCI white collar criminals are facing lengthy prison sentences. Greed and personal vendettas are what have led our country to understand and gain more knowledge about these corporations and the corrupt CEOs that have brought them to their demise. “White collar crime is defined as various crimes
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2013 The Many Meanings of Scandal Themes * Slander * Attacks on personal and public reputation * Take people to court for slander * Print Media * Publicity * Personal Attacks * Gossip * The engine of scandal * Doesn’t have to be true * Public figures * The most likely figures. They invite scandal because they are in the public sphere. Slander has been limited to people who stay private. Etymology of Scandal * Greek meaning – Skandalon
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increase the companies’ profit and reputation‚ and it allows the general public to purchase its stock. In August of 2000‚ Enron reaches its peak market value of $68 Billion. By December 2001‚ Enron was in bankruptcy. Under the cloud of its financial scandals‚ the price per share plummeted from nearly $100 a share to less than 50¢ a share. On May 25‚ 2006‚ Enron was convicted of defrauding the public. Arthur Andersen‚ Enron’s auditors‚ allowed the chaos‚ and they had no paid for the responsibility of
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questionable acts by traders and executives. Deep debt and surfacing information about hiding losses gave the company big problems and in the late 2001 Enron declared bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Enron scandal‚ revealed in October 2001‚ eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation‚ an American energy company based in Houston‚ Texas‚ and the de facto dissolution of Arthur Andersen‚ which was one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in
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almost $16.2 billion over a 15 year period‚ leading the company into a $9.2 billion bankruptcy. Grant Thornton‚ the auditor at the time of the events‚ was replaced by Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu‚ claiming to be a victim of deceit in the Parmalat audit scandals. ii. Adelphia (2002) - Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu Adelphia Communications was under Pennsylvania and New York federal grand jury‚ and SEC investigations for making off-balance-sheet loans‚ amounting to $3.1 billion‚ to the founders and former
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Management Scandal in 1998. They reported 1.7 billion in fake earnings by increasing the length of depreciation time for property‚ plant and equipment on the balance Page 2 sheets. The fraud was detected when a new CEO was brought in and the new management team went through the books. Motivation seems to be that this publicly traded company needed to keep stock prices up to keep investors and shareholders happy. Incentive‚ opportunity and rationalization are all at play here. The Enron Scandal in 2001
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to the benefit of the businesses it should be regulating. “Fraud has never been legal‚ so why has it not been prosecuted?” (Prasch) Renewed interest of ethical issues in the accounting profession is due to scandals involving accounting fraud‚ i.e. Enron‚ WorldCom‚ and Tyco. “Client pressure to present a favorable financial picture of a corporation’s health may lead to ethical breaches” (Adkins & Radke) “New calls for regulations…are specifically concerned with violations of ethical standards
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