CASE STUDY: MARCH 2012 SEMESTER I. Analyze the case and respond to the following questions: a) Discuss the earnings management techniques employed by the management of Satyam. Earning management or creative accounting is referred to the manipulation or misrepresentation of the company’s financial earnings in order to achieve stable and positive financial position. This was achieve through directly or indirectly use of the accounting methods. Even though the manipulation may follow all
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Question 1 At the time Cynthia Cooper discovered the accounting fraud‚ WorldCom did not have a whistle-blower hotline process in place. Instead‚ Cynthia took on significant risks when she stepped over Scott Sullivan’s head and notified the audit committee chairman of her findings. Discuss the key criteria for the operation of an effective corporate whistle-blower hotline. Be sure to highlight potential pitfalls that should be avoided and reference professional codes‚ legislation and academic
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words all describing the same thing‚ FRAUD. Fraud affects the company‚ the consumers and it puts the entire economy at risk. According to the Huffington Post the top scandals of all time produced losses due to fraud totaling over one hundred and sixty nine BILLION dollars. ("The biggest accounting‚" 2010) Upon first glance the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 which was signed into law on July 30th 2002 seemed like a great policy geared towards preventing fraud. Investors as well as the general public
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CASE 1.8 Crazy Eddie‚ Inc. In 1969‚Eddie Antar‚ a 21-year-old high school dropout from Brooklyn‚ opened a consumer electronics store with 150square feet of floor space in New York City 1 Despite this modest beginning‚ Antar would eventually dominate the retail consumer electronics market in the New York City metropolitan area. By 1987‚Antar’s firm‚ Crazy Eddie‚ Inc.‚ had 43 retail outlets‚ sales exceeding $350 million‚ and outstanding stock with a collective market value of $600 million. Antar
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plot involved 10 doctors‚ 9 separate clinics in New York and 105 different corporations‚ and all in service in a health care fraud ring. It all stems from Russian-speaking immigrant population‚ to who grew up in a communist society that bred despite for the rules and a willingness to cheat around them. Come to find out this scheme is the largest single no-fault insurance fraud case our nation has ever seen. | Mikhail Zemlyansky‚ the alleged mastermind behind the scam. After being picked
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and teeter on the edge of legality. The Fight Against Fraud: A Look At Best Practices Used in the Effort to Defeat Corporate Fraud. (2004‚ April) Internal Auditor‚ 34 (5) Retrieved July 1st from Gale Power Search Database The methods of beating fraud in corporations are discussed along with how certain situations have been squashed. Many individuals have worked very hard to beat these crimes and it shows how they did it. Signs Of Fraud (2000‚ December) The CPA Journal‚ 60‚ retrieved July 1st
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A breakdown of the responsibilities shows that the UK cybercrime policing in 2010 involves services run by both state policing and partner agencies. Cases of fraud and related forms of cybercrime such as identity theft are reported to the new action fraud reporting centre was established in late 2009 in conjunction with the National Fraud Authority; both are policing agencies. Cases involving obscene images and racial abuse are forwarded to The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) an independent organisation
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business they were forced to close their doors. The reason were practices unethical and fraudulent activities which lead to exposing the business. WorldCom was one of the largest accounting fraud scandals in corporate history. WorldCom had to file for bankruptcy after the organization admitted to accounting fraud. How this came up was a long and drawn out investigation. In the financial statements determined that the auditor was right about that the corporation was making false transactions that could
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include the impact of occupational fraud and abuse on the company and how the governmental oversight of accounting and fraud affects the company. The report will also provide potential corruption schemes to be aware of in the company and a recommendation of types accounting evidence and methods of gathering such evidence to support the financial status review. The Impact of Occupational Fraud and Abuse on the Company According to Wells (2011)‚ Occupational fraud and abuse is defined as the use of
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Harrington 1 Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002: A Comprehensive Review By Hennessey T. Harrington For Business 102 Ethics & Public Policy Dr. Jasso TA Josh December 7‚ 2010 Harrington 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002: Spectrum of Objectives 1.1 On History 1.2 On Accountability 1.3 On Corporate Social Responsibility 2.0 Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002: A Historical Account 2.1 On Necessity 2.2 On Defective Oversight 2.3 On Corruption 2.4 On Conflict of Interest 2.5 On Imperfect
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