JB Accounting Fraud‚ the Investor and the Sarbanes Oxley Act Throughout the past several years major corporate scandals have rocked the economy and hurt investor confidence. The largest bankruptcies in history have resulted from greedy executives that “cook the books” to gain the numbers they want. These scandals typically involve complex methods for misusing or misdirecting funds‚ overstating revenues‚ understating expenses‚ overstating the value of assets or underreporting of liabilities
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of Jurisdiction” * Code of Criminal Procedure‚ 1973 * Computer Fraud and Abuse Act‚ 1984 * Cox Noel‚ Cyber Crime and Jurisdiction in New Zealand * Crimes Act‚ 1961 * Csonka Peter‚ Internet Crime: The Draft Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime : A Response to the Challenge of Crime in the Age of the Internet * Data Accountability and trust Act‚ 2006 * Date Protection Act‚ 1998 * Digital La Costa Nostra‚ The Computer Fraud and Abuse’s Act’s Failure to Punish and Deter Organized Crime *
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Digital Crime Evidence and Procedures Digital TITLE: Compare and contrast the four different categorizations of computer crimes Abstract Computers are used for many different types of personal and work related activities. Getting on the Internet and researching a topic for a college paper‚ researching types of flat screen televisions and their various prices‚ or what about getting on the computer and playing games‚ or using computers to watch movies and chat with friends and family. From
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The accounting fraud is frequent‚ widespread and familiar in many countries and organization. It brings a loss to firms and investors. But there is no research trying to explain factors comprehensively influencing it. The obyectives of the research are to test and explain the effect of the internal control effectiveness‚ suitability of reward‚ compliance to accounting rules‚ information asymmetry‚ management morality toward unethical behavior and intention to accounting fraud. More particularly
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participants and pay off the initial investors. As years went on‚ the sequence of events continued through the third and subsequent rounds of investors. In 1999‚ questions started to surface about Madoff’s investment practices. Financial analyst and Fraud Investigator Harry Markopolos informed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about the unorthodox practices Madoff was employing within his investment firm. (Wikipedia 2013) He (Markopolos) was skeptical about the legality and felt is
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more than once a week and focus more on the administrative side of business to increase controls and governance. #3. PowerPoint presentation Slide #1 Definition of Fraud Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen. Slide #2 1. Causes and Impact of Fraud Slide #3 1. Fraud responsibility * Slide #4 Fraud Prevention Policies investigation Slide #5 -
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of organizations to be able to communicate across vast areas for planning‚ execution of a crime‚ recruiting‚ and general propaganda. Financial fraud consists of money laundering‚ illegal exports‚ arms trafficking and counterfeit pharmaceuticals. This type of fraud consists of crimes such as credit card fraud which is one of the top reported crimes. Frauds that involve a
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AIG Accounting Scandal Contents 1.0 Introduction ………………………………………………. 2 1.1 Overview of AIG …………………………………….. 2 2.0 Scandal Methodology Used by the Company………… 3 2.1 Accounting Practices Errors ……………………….. 3 3.1 Ways to Hide Accounting Improprieties ………………. 4 4.1 Who the scandal effected ………………………………. 7 5.1 Recommendations ………………………………………. 8 6.1 Conclusions ………………………………………………. 9 7.1 References ………………………………………………. 10
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Course Description In this course‚ students are introduced to the conduct of fraud examinations‚ including a discussion of specific procedures used in forensic accounting examinations and the reasoning behind these procedures. Topics include an overview of fraud and abuse‚ forensic evidence‚ substantive procedures for cash outflow irregularities‚ substantive procedures for asset irregularities‚ financial statement fraud‚ and examination reporting. Policies Faculty and students/learners will
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report will cover the possible impacts that occupational fraud and abuse will have on the company‚ U.S. Governmental oversight of accounting fraud and abuse‚ and potential corruption schemes within the company. Impact of Occupational Fraud and Abuse To understand the impact of occupational fraud and abuse‚ it must be defined. Occupational fraud is a crime committed by employees against their employer. Occupational fraud accounts for almost 5% of all the economic losses suffered
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