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    Parmalat Case

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    Something Went Sour at Parmalat Parmalat is a multinational Italian dairy food corporation that today represents one of the biggest fraud scandals that has marked history in Europe. What happened and why weren’t the scandalous activities detected beforehand? Parmalat’s investigation was triggered when it “defaulted on a $187 million bond payment in mid-November 2002.” This led to further revelation of the nonexistence of $4 billion worth of claimed bank deposits held by a subsidiary in the Cayman

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    Parmalat Fraud

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    What specific audit procedures might have uncovered the Parmalat fraud earlier? Parmalat went from recording annual sales of 7.6 billion euros in 2002 to being declared insolvent a year later. The collusion at Europe’s Enron made it possible for Parmalat to defraud its investors of billions. The auditing procedures used by Grant Thornton and Deloitte were inadequate. Many of Parmalat’s assets were overstated and its liabilities understated. The auditors did not adequately test the Special Purpose

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    Parmalat Fraud

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    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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    Enron and Parmalat

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    Managua‚ Nicaragua Sept 28th‚ 2013 ENRON Background In 1985 Kenneth Lay merged his company‚ Houston Natural Gas‚ with Nebraska’s InterNorth to create the Enron; a company to be the biggest natural gass corporation to exist in the U.S. During the 1980’s‚ under the presidency of Ronald Raegan‚ there was a considerable lack of regulations regarding the energy markets‚ thus allowing the company to buy and sell contracts for a delivery at some time in the future. By 1990 Jeffery Skilling joined as

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    Parmalat Case Answers

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    Parmalat Finanziaria‚ S.p.A. Case Brief Summary: Case Questions: 1). Identify key factors or circumstances that complicate an independent audit of a multinational company One thing to always keep in mind is that the culture is different across the globe. Auditors of multinational companies may face cultural and communication barriers with their clients‚ which can complicate audit tasks. We also have to account for different currency across different countries and any transactions involving them

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    Ac 465 Parmalat

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    Unit 4: Assignment 1. According to Tapies and Toninato (2007)‚ Calisto Tanzi created the Parmalat Group in 1961. He was a young businessperson that had inherited the business from his father. Originally‚ the business was founded by his grandfather‚ which was called Ditta Tanzi Calisto and Sons. Business began to fail because of health. Therefore‚ he made his son take charge of the business who at the time was only 22 years of age. According to Tapies and Toninato (2007)‚ there were three

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    Parmalat Accounting Scandal Summary After eluding financial analysts and investors for a long time‚ Parmalat went bankrupt later in December‚ 2003 and many of their board of directors have been arrested since then. Here is a brief summary of the events:          In the late 1980’s‚ Parmalat’s financial situation was poor due to investment in side businesses. i.e. TV network‚ Parmatur‚ football teams (Palmeiras‚ Parma‚ etc). Cash siphoning through these companies was estimated to be

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    Case Study-Parmalat

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    auditor did all they could to detect the fraud? Evaluate whether auditors exercised due care and the level of professional skepticism to be expected in an audit the size of Parmalat. After review the material‚ it is apparently the auditors did not do all they could to detect the fraud Parmalat and its management conducted. Parmalat eliminated billions of its debt through various techniques‚ such as fictitious loan participation agreement; mischaracterize its bank loan as intercompany debt‚ etc. Since

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    Parmalat Finanziara‚ the Italian dairy and food giant‚ is fast joining Enron and WorldCom as a household name for corporate scandal. The alleged financial fraud at Parmalat spans more than a decade and involves sums whose estimates have ballooned from EUR 4 billion to more than EUR 8 billion. Founder‚ chairman‚ and chief executive Calisto Tanzi has been ousted from the company and board and is under arrest. Enrico Bondi‚ who replaced Tanzi in December‚ has been given new authority to act as sole

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    International Trade Operations Parmalat Australia Contents 1.1 Abstract 2 2.1 Introduction 2 3.1 Parmalat Company Overview 3 4.1 Method 3 5.1 Costs of production 3 6.1 Determinants of Production Location 3 6.2 Political and Social Environment 3 6.3 Infrastructure‚ Communication and Trade Relations 3 6.4 Factors of Production 3 7.1 Logistics and Distribution 3 7.2 Inbound Logistics 3 7.3 Distribution networks and transportation 3 7.4 Reverse Logistics 3 8.1 Problems‚ Risks and management

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