MEDICARE FRAUD Bobby Brown Colorado Technical University Medicare Fraud occurs when someone intentionally falsifies information or deceives Medicare (www.medicare.gov). Strike force accused ninety-four people across the U.S. The charges are based on several fraud schemes including Physical Therapy schemes‚ Healthcare schemes‚ HIV infusion schemes‚ and durable medical equipment schemes (Long-Term Living‚ Aug.2010‚ vol.59 issue 8‚ p10-10‚8/9p). These schemes exceeded $225 million in false
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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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Memorandum to file. Date: June 24th‚ 2013. Subject: Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme. The purpose of this memo is to document my research on Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme‚ the biggest fraud case in Florida. Did Scott Rothstein knowingly lie and take money from investors‚ promising high fake returns‚ only to benefit himself and his conspirators? How he got away with this scheme without being caught is outlined. I have also included some of the red flags that were missed. Facts Rothstein
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Fraud at Electronic Game Card‚ Inc. Krista L. Farmer Dr. Randolph A. Stanley‚ Professor ACC499 – Accounting Undergraduate Capstone November 17‚ 2012 Fraud at Electronic Game Card‚ Inc. Discuss the nature of the fraud and the impact to the company as a result of the fraudulent activity. Electronic Game Card Inc. develops‚ produces‚ and markets electronic‚ credit card sized games to the casino‚ lottery‚ toy‚ game‚ education‚ and promotional industry worldwide. Chief
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conspiracy‚ securities fraud‚ money laundering‚ and perjury. Conspiracy is “Agreement between two or more persons to commit an unlawful act or to accomplish a lawful end by unlawful means” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ 2011). Although Madoff originally stated that he was the sole mastermind behind the Ponzi scheme‚ others have come forward and plead guilty to assisting Madoff with covering the scheme. Madoff violated the Securities and Exchange Commission with securities fraud;
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President and Controller) and Buford Yates (Director of General Accounting)‚ used shady accounting methods to mask its declining financial condition by falsely professing financial growth and profitability to increase the price of WorldCom’s stock. The fraud was done in two main ways. First‚ WorldCom’s accounting department underreported “line costs”‚ which are interconnection expenses with other telecommunication companies‚ by capitalizing these costs on the balance sheet rather than properly expensing
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from becoming a victim.’’ (Shelia Robinson) There are so many computer crimes out there‚ but I am only going to explain four of them. These four computer crimes are the most common crimes that are talked about. My first crime is computer fraud. Computer fraud is when a victim is conned into believing that he will receive money or something else of value. A good example is when you get an email that starts off good to get you to open it and then it will say if you fill out this survey you will be
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http://www.freepatentsonline.com/article/Journal-Managerial-Issues/85884300.html Jennings‚ M. M. (2004). Preventing organizational ethical collapse. The Journal of Government Financial Management‚ 53(1)‚ 12-19. Jennings‚ M. M. (2004). Privilege‚ financial fraud and noisy lawyers. Corporate Finance Review‚ 8(4)‚ 43-47. Jennings‚ M. (2009). Business ethics: Case studies and selected readings (6th ed.). Mason‚ OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Lublin‚ J. S.‚ & Carrns‚ A. (2003‚ April 11). Directors had
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A PAPER PRESENTED ON: CYBER LAWS IN PAKISTAN; A SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND WAY FORWARD June 24‚ 2006 Presented by: Zibber Mohiuddin President and CEO ERICSSON PAKISTAN (PVT.) LTD. . TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 Abstract ............................................................................................................3 Background ......................................................................................................4 4 5 6 7 8 9 Internet Origin...
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forms of crime‚ and new ways to commit old forms of crime. For instance‚ phenomena such as phishing‚ pharming‚ and the diffusion of viruses and worms were completely non-existent before the arrival of the internet‚ while long existing crimes such as fraud‚ theft‚ and even terrorism can now all be committed in new (and sometimes easier) ways in the cyber world. Due to its decentralized structure‚ users of the internet can enjoy high levels of anonymity‚ with little risk of being traced. Consequently
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