Parmalat‚ Europe’s Enron of fraud‚ undermined European accounting and reporting standards. The fraud‚ totaling nearly 18 billion euros‚ brought down the Italian dairy giant and ruined investors across the globe. Such a enormous fraud‚ some would assume‚ would need to be highly complex and fully developed in plan as well as execution. However‚ as Parmalat executives began to cooperate in the investigation‚ it was uncovered how rudimentary their fraud was despite the enormity in which it occurred.
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Anti Fraud Programs and Controls (Deloitte) What is Fraud? The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) defines fraud as “an intentional act that results in a material misstatement in financial statements that are the subject of an audit. Two types of misstatements relevant to the auditor’s consideration of fraud include: misstatements arising from fraudulent financial reporting and misstatements arising from misappropriation of assets.” There are additional types of fraud that should also
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Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime Accounting Fraud: A White Collar Crime The CEO and CFO of a Swiss security systems company named Tyco‚ stole 150 million dollars from their company before being caught in 2002. At the height of the scandal‚ the CEO threw a 2 million dollar birthday party for his wife on a private island with guest performer Jimmy Buffet. After being caught‚ the CEO and CFO were sentenced to 8-25 years in prison and Tyco had to repay its investors 2.92 billion dollars (The
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Tax Fraud Fraud Examination Wed. 7-10pm Millions of people all over the world pay taxes each year. These taxes could include amounts collected by the government or similar organization on behalf of the federal government‚ state government‚ local governments and even other taxing authorities. In 2009 alone‚ the Internal Revenue Service received $1.9 trillion dollars in revenue‚ and completed over 236 million returns. “The tax system in the United States depends on voluntary compliance‚ which
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How is Fraud and Embezzlement defined as? Fraud is defined “the abuse of a position‚ or false representation‚ or prejudicing someone’s rights for personal gain (Serious Fraud Office‚ 2013). In Moore v. United States‚ (1895)‚ the Supreme Court defined embezzlement in the following terms: Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom such property has been entrusted‚ or into whose hands it has lawfully come. It differs from larceny in the fact that the original taking
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Fraud Investigator NAME COURSE NUMBER DATE Fraud Investigator If I were to be a part of the fraud examiner career field‚ I would have to choose the fraud investigative field. There are a wide variety of companies that hire fraud investigators; for example insurance agencies‚ realtors‚ banks‚ online retailers and also the government. There are plenty of other types of companies that need fraud investigators‚ because it is‚ unfortunately‚ an all too common crime. The job posting I found is
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What is the difference between first-line‚ middle‚ and senior management? Discuss the key skills required to perform effectively at each level of management. Assess your own strengths and development needs in terms of the skills required to be an effective first-line manager. In the operation of any sizeable company‚ different levels of management are responsible for maintaining successful production and development of the business. Over the course of this discussion‚ I will define management
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BUSINESS VALUES AND ETHICS ASSIGMENT: FRAUD AND CORRUPTION TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………………...3 Ethical issues………………………………………………………….....3 Impact on organization………………………………………………....3 Measures to be enforced………………………………………………..4 References………………………………………………………………6 INTRODUCTION Fraud and corruption is one of the biggest issues
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WEB TECHNOLOGIES Click Fraud Bernard J. Jansen The Pennsylvania State University Unchecked‚ click fraud could undermine the sponsored search business model. T oday‚ Web search engines are the primary method for millions of users throughout the world to access information on a topic‚ navigate to Web sites‚ keep up with the news‚ and shop online. Most major search engines generate revenue via sponsored search‚ a process whereby content providers pay for traffic from specific links
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A Power Line Communication Explained (1984) Challenges and Technologies Abstract This paper reviews the sources of attenuation‚ noise and distortion encountered when communicating over AC power wiring. Various technologies which have been used to address these challenges‚ such as spread spectrum and digital signal processing‚ are then examined in light of the known channel conditions. Introduction While the idea of sending communication signals on the same pair of wires as are used for
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