must remain ethically cautious to circumvent falling into such a trap. Accountants need to be educated on what forms of financial statements frauds can be committed and ways to prevent financial statement fraud. A strong system of internal controls helps companies deter employees from committing fraud. Financial Statement Fraud Categories Financial statement fraud is deliberate misrepresentation‚ misstatement or omission of financial statement data for the purpose of misleading the reader and creating
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In October of 2001 the Enron scandal was revealed‚ which led to their bankruptcy. It was the biggest bankruptcy reorganization in American history at that time. In the movie Jeff Skilling suggest that money is the only thing that motivates people‚ and I agree with him. Money might not directly motivate everybody but it plays a part in everybody’s motivation. Money is the reason people stay in school longer than required‚ the reason people work‚ and the reason why people get out of bed in the morning
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Freddie Mac Fraud Thanaphan Darnsomboon PME604 Project Financial Management National University December 18‚ 2012 Freddie Mac Fraud The definition of fraud is “an intentional deception or deceit‚ perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage” (dictionary.com). Fraud is a breach of law and can be punishable by law. Mortgage fraud is one of the financial crimes where a company materially misrepresents or omits information on its mortgage loan documentation in order to
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Settled a shareholder class-action suit for $457 million. SEC fined ArthurAndersen $7 million. Fun fact: After the scandal‚ new CEO A. Maurice Meyers set up an anonymous company hotline where employees could report dishonest or improper behavior. Enron Scandal (2001) Company: Houston-based commodities‚ energy and service corporation What happened: Shareholders lost $74 billion‚ thousands of employees and investors lost their retirement accounts‚ and many employees lost their jobs. Main players: CEO
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Reynoso‚ Rheyniel Manaog January 6‚ 2014 Forensic Accounting/AIA1010/EB-301/7:30-9:00 Professor Dorega 2010244321 Part 1 Mr. Manuel V. Pangilinan has been a director of PLDT since November 24‚ 1998. He was appointed as Chairman of the Board of PLDT after serving as its President and CEO from November 1998 to February 2004. He is the Chairman of the Governance and Nomination‚ Executive Compensation and Technology Strategy Committees of the Board of Directors of PLDT. He
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the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both those charged with governance of the entity and with management. ISA/HKSA 240 (Clarified) also provides expanded operational guidance for auditors to consider the existence of material misstatement due to fraud in a financial statement audit. It emphasizes the auditor’s increased responsibility for detecting fraud‚ and the auditor is now required to be more proactive in searching for fraud during the whole audit process
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THE VIDSOFT TRIANGLE (A) Case Analysis Assessment of the situation: An employee’s request to be transferred to another department because he does not respect his new manager due to the fact that she does not have the same technical background he does or that she is new therefore he cannot learn anything from her is from an executive management point of view absurd. For one‚ half the mangers out there have a business management degree and are working for technical or construction companies
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Health Care Management Cluster 14 November 2011 Research Paper U.S. Health Care and Compliance A System Challenged By Schemes‚ Scams‚ Fraud‚ and Abuse “Laws are made to restrain and punish the wicked; the wise and good do not need them as a guide‚ but only as a shield against rapine and oppression; they can live civilly and orderly‚ though there were no law in the world.” John Milton (1608-1674) On August 31‚ 2010‚ in Los Angeles‚ California‚ the former chief
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Enron – The Ken Lay Indictment Questions/Answers for Discussion: 1. Is there sufficient evidence of fraudulent intent to convict Ken Lay for stock manipulation "beyond a reasonable doubt"? Why or why not? If we are answering the question with the given facts presented in this case study‚ there are only allegations. To convict Ken Lay for stock manipulation ’beyond a reasonable doubt’ means that a trial must happen and both sides: Prosecutor and Defense will present a case to convince the jurors
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Phar-Mor declared bankruptcy due to fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriation of assets‚ making it one of the largest frauds in U.S. history. Below‚ we will use auditing standard AU 316.85 Appendix A in conjunction with the video “How to Steal $500 million” to analyze how incentives/pressures‚ opportunities‚ and attitudes/rationalizations allowed for fraud to start and continue at Phar-Mor. Incentives/Pressures Annual reoccurring losses due to small margins put pressure on the
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