COMPANIES: THE WORLDCOM FRAUD Introduction The purpose of this report is to investigate and discuss the accounting fraud that occurred at WorldCom in order to recommend improved strategies to Berkshire Hathaway’s management for avoiding investments in companies with fraudulent financials. Accounting fraud is a crime committed by high level employees at an organization to manipulate the organization’s financial statements and intentionally disguise company performance. The fraud is committed without
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CHAPTER - 1 INSURANCE 1.1 Introduction In law and economics‚ insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent‚ uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss‚ from one entity to another‚ in exchange for payment. An insurer is a company selling the insurance; an insured‚ or policyholder‚ is the person or entity buying the insurance policy. The insurance rate is a factor used to determine the amount to be charged
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Payroll Patty Scam The Payroll Patty Scam is a payroll scam were a company nearly lost three quarters of a million dollars. The payroll clerk‚ known at Payroll Patty‚ was creating “ghost” employees in order to hide the fraud she was committing. The payroll clerk was adding these “ghost” employees to a separate cost center which was not noticed since the company typically had seasonal contract labor employees anyways. No red flags were noticed for a long time because it was typical for the company
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Kathleen Sibelius announced “nationwide takedown” by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations‚ in eight cities that resulted in charges against 89 individuals‚ which included doctors‚ nurses and other licensed medical professionals‚ for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $223 million in false billings. In Chicago‚ seven individuals were charged‚ including two doctors‚ with a variety of health care fraud schemes. This (sixth) nationwide takedown targeted eight cities:
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identity verification process used in ATMs. An ATM model that is more reliable in providing security by using facial recognition software is proposed .The development of such a system would serve to protect consumers and financial institutions alike from intruders and identity thieves. This paper proposes an automatic teller machine security model that would combine a physical access card‚ a PIN‚ and electronic facial recognition that will go as far as withholding the fraudster‟s card. If this technology
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Chapter 1 Discussion Questions 1. Fraud always involves deception‚ confidence‚ and trickery. The following is one of the most common definitions of fraud: “Fraud is a generic term‚ and embraces all the multifarious means which human ingenuity can devise‚ which are resorted to by one individual‚ to get an advantage over another by false representations. No definite and invariable rule can be laid down as a general proposition in defining fraud‚ as it includes surprise‚ trickery‚ cunning and unfair
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water‚ air and soil. Environmental pollution is the accumulation and doping of toxic levels of chemicals in the natural ecosystems‚ which detracts the capability of the influenced region to support life (2001‚ pp. 1). In addition to the stated meanings‚ pollution is categorised into several groups. First one is Air pollution which means all particulates‚ dust and smoke are results of man-made and anthropogenic emissions into the air can be nominated air contamination‚ because with their entry into
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As a follow up to my questions last week on Halyard $HYH I did some more digging on the fraud case and thought I would pass along what I found out. Pete said that Mike did more work on this so it may be repetitive but here goes. I talked to Michael Avenatti the lawyer on the class case. He said the case is ongoing and should go to trial in the next few months. He said it is a Qui Tam case to recover money for the whistle blowers. He is not sure HYH will survive this as they have no insurance
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Financial Research – The Xerox 1 Financial Research Xerox Financial Fraud Case Analysis This paper was prepared for Auditing Procedures Financial Research – The Xerox Abstract On April 8th‚ 2002‚ the Xerox Corporation ("Xerox") announced its willingness to accept the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to reach a settlement with the conditions. Thereafter‚ its financial fraud became surfaced. On June 28th‚ Xerox Corporation in accordance with the requirements of the settlement
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By: Mahlet Seleshi Submitted to: Ato Chala Amdissa A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor in Public Administration and Development Management in the Faculty of Business and Education and Department of Public Administration and Development Management July‚ 2009 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Thank to the almighty God. I want to express my deepest gratitude to my advisor Ato Chala Amdissa
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