“Europe’s Enron” – the saga that has engulfed Italy’s milk-processing giant Parmalat and its senior executives‚ blue-chip European and American banks‚ accountancy firms‚ politicians and 130‚000 hapless small shareholders following the discovery in 2003 of a $14bn black hole in its finances. The revelation triggered an eight year marathon of court cases in Europe and America‚ the disgrace of the Tanzi family that controlled Parmalat‚ at least one death‚ the collapse into administration of one of Europe’s
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Running Head: THE BRAZILIAN MILK FRAUD SCANDAL The Brazilian Milk Fraud Scandal Involving the Italian Food Conglomerate Parmalat. A Brief Case Study on a Transnational Corporation In Your Home Country Gabriel Ferreira International Public Relations – PUR6608 class University of Florida 1 THE BRAZILIAN MILK FRAUD SCANDAL 2 The Brazilian Dairy Market background. Over the last decade‚ the Brazilian dairy market has been one of the most fast growing dairy
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Parmalat is a huge and well known dairy product company in Italy. The company does not only operate in Italy‚ but is an international business. The company’s founder and CEO is Mr. Calisto Tanzi. The company was predominantly run by the Tanzi family. The scandal that happened in this company came to light with the discovery of $14bn in its finances that could not be accounted for. The scandal has also come to be known as the Enron of Europe. The scandal brought down the company and its senior executives
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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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THE NATION’S NEWSPAPER BS2003-01b Collegiate Case Study Adelphia founder‚ 2 sons‚ 2 others arrested in fraud By David Lieberman and Greg Farrell www.usatodaycollege.com Accounting fraud Part II: The results “Creative accounting” is not a new technique‚ but it can certainly be a costly one. Businesses feel the pressure to appear profitable in order to attract investors and resources‚ but deceptive or fraudulent accounting practices often lead to drastic consequences. Are these so-called
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The Xerox Corporation Fraud case (1997 – 2000) Xerox Corporation is a global document management company which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers‚ multifunction systems‚ photo copiers‚ digital production printing presses‚ and related consulting services and supplies. Xerox is headquartered in Norwalk‚ Connecticut‚ though its largest population of employees is based in and around Rochester‚ New York‚ the area in which the company was founded. The history of
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fall of Parmalat was an important event as it highlighted the corporate governance issues in the corporate world of Italy. Parmalat was found by Calisto Tanzi‚ CEO and Chairman‚ in 1961 with a pasteurisation plant in Italy. The company was headquartered in Italy and had grown to be a multinational company into all sorts of milk products‚ beverages and bakery goods. Three decades later‚ in 1990‚ it became a publicly traded entity and was listed on the Milan stock exchange. Although Parmalat had become
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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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Summary of Tan Sri Eric Eng Hock cases Tan Sri Eric Chia Eng Hock or commonly known as Eric Chia is a millionaire in Malaysia ad is a former chairmain of Perwaja Steel. In June 2007‚ Chia discharge committing criminal breach of trust 13 years ago when embezzling money from the company of Perwaja Rolling Mail and Development Sdn Bhd of RM $76.4 million at 19 February 1994 when was the Managing Director. In his cases‚ Perwaja Rolling Mill and Development Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur instructed American
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Khanani and Kalia was one of the largest currency exchange companies in the country‚ founded in 1983 by Hanif Kalia. Khanani and Kalia claims to be Pakistan’s first ISO 9001 and 27001 certified Exchange company. The directors of the company were accused of violating the Foreign Exchange Regulations Act‚ the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance and the Pakistan Penal Code by operating a money transfer system based on personal contacts‚ known as Hawala. Munaf Kalia and Javed Khanani‚ directors
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