FRAUD PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: THE NEED FOR A DIMENSIONAL APPROACH BY BELLO SABO Department of Business Administration‚ A.B.U. Zaria ABSTRACT This article addresses some fundamental issues on fraud prevention and control and their implications on socio-economic development of Nigeria using its public sector machinery. Using the records compiled from early study covering 637 reported fraud cases in Nigeria‚ which were committed between 1970-1990 in respect
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why people commit terrorist acts and up to what extent do they explain these people’s behaviour. Miller (2006) states that the word terrorism derives from the Latin word terrere which means to frighten. Merari and Friedman (see Victoroff 2005‚ p.3) claim that terrorism existed even before recorded history. This is echoed by Miller’s (2006) claim that terrorism is as old as civilization and has existed since people discovered that they could influence the majority by targeting a few people. Schmid
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Analysis on Credit Card Fraud Detection Methods 1 1 S. Benson Edwin Raj‚ 2A. Annie Portia Assistant Professor (SG)‚ P.G.‚ 2Scholar Department of CSE Karunya University‚ Coimbatore counter the credit card fraud effectively‚ it is necessary to understand the technologies involved in detecting credit card frauds and to identify various types of credit card frauds [20] [21] [22] . There are multiple algorithms for credit card fraud detection [21] [29]. They are artificial neural-network models which
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Conditt used seven bombs‚ including the one he used to blow himself up as police surrounded him. Strangely enough‚ the recorded message from Conditt did not include any hate-filled statements about terrorism. Therefore‚ many are wondering: why did he commit these horrid crimes? Police are arguing that the confession suggests this was an "outcry of a challenged man." Brian Manley‚ the Austin Interim Police Chief‚ issued a statement
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Who I Was‚ Who I Am‚ Who Will I Be Jeremy Nance Everest Online ENC 1101 I dropped out in my junior year of high school and never thought about how it was going to affect my life. I don’t believe I thought it would have an effect on my life in any way. I was young and I was arrogant for no reason and thought I knew it all. I managed to scrap by begging‚ borrowing‚ and stealing‚ to eat and have a place to sleep at night. I hate to say it but I have to attribute the majority of my decision to
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Abstract For auditors‚ failing to detect fraud at their clients is usually accompanied by substantial monetary penalties and/or negative publicity. Thus‚ the profession has re-evaluated its fraud assessment processes and has attempted to find new ways in which material misstatements due to fraud can be identified. The purpose of this study is to determine whether auditors can effectively use nonfinancial measures (NFMs) in their analyses of fraud. Given that auditors can identify NFMs (e.g.‚ facilities
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2070-0083 (Online) Fraud and Fraudulent Practices in Nigeria Banking Industry (Pp. 240-256) Owolabi‚ S. A. - Accounting Department‚ Babcock University‚ Nigeria E-mail: emilagab05@yahoo.com Abstract The paper reviews the various forms of fraudulent practice their impact and inducement for various reforms in banking industry. It also mentions various legislations targeted at reducing fraud and introducing some forms of control and reporting systems. Various theories of fraud are examined and detailed
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There once was a girl named Tammy. The end she lived in a zoo aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa jdhehdne NJ djdbjksjdjdjdjejdjdjdjdjdjjdjdheh bsbehdbdhdhdhdhdbdbdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdbdhdveh hdhdhshshshshshdhdhdhshs jshehebejehdueheudnejsien Childhood Obesity Are Entertainment Media Devices Making Our Children Obese? English 122 Over the last thirty years obesity is becoming a major threat to the youth of America. “Obesity now affects seventeen percent of all children and adolescents in the United States- triple
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What is Welfare Fraud and who’s paying the price? What is Welfare Fraud and who’s paying the price? Welfare fraud is misuse of various welfare programs; the people who suffer the most from this are the ones who should get benefits but can’t because there is no more funds available and the taxpayers who pay for it. Basically fraudsters withhold certain information or provide inaccurate or false information to receive benefits. The three most common types of welfare fraud are purposely providing
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101-C10 Medicaid Fraud in America: Uncovering Wasteful Spending in Healthcare In 2012‚ the State of South Carolina spent $4.8 billion on the Medicaid program. At the end of that fiscal year‚ the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General reported that nationwide only $1.4 billion had been recovered in fraudulent cases. “The US spends more than $2 trillion on healthcare annually. At least 3% of that spending-or $68 billion-is lost to fraud each year. Fraud accounts for 19
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