initiate the payment process someone else authorize payments and accounting should disburse payments. Also the fact the company merge with a bigger company and no one controlled other accounts such as the Jackson & Company shows the lack of internal controls. Due to lack of controls‚ Helen had the opportunity to perpetrate the fraud. Basically‚ she initiated‚ signed vouchers and disburse vendors’ payments. She also let the accounting department about the opening and closure of accounts. Furthermore
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Waste Management Inc. Fraud I. BRIEF HISTORY Waste Management Inc is a company in North America that provides waste and environmental services. This company was founded by Larry Beck in 1894. The company ’s operations also involved managing air and gas‚ environmental and groundwater protection as well as environmental engineering. By 1971‚ the company became more public after the 133 acquisitions and the $82M in revenue that were made and soon became the largest waste hauler in the
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Multiple choice Ch13 Liabilities TRUE-FALSE—Conceptual 1. A zero-interest-bearing note payable that is issued at a discount will not result in any interest expense being recognized. 2. Dividends in arrears on cumulative preferred stock should be recorded as a current liability. 3. Magazine subscriptions and airline ticket sales both result in unearned revenues. 4. Discount on Notes Payable is a contra account to Notes Payable on the balance sheet. 5. All long-term
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9-104-071 REV: SEPTEMBER 14‚ 2007 ROBERT S. KAPLAN DAVID KIRON Accounting Fraud at WorldCom WorldCom could not have failed as a result of the actions of a limited number of individuals. Rather‚ there was a broad breakdown of the system of internal controls‚ corporate governance and individual responsibility‚ all of which worked together to create a culture in which few persons took responsibility until it was too late. — Richard Thornburgh‚ former U.S. attorney general1 On July 21‚ 2002
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examples of Accounting Frauds. The founder of ZZZZ best was Barry Minkow. He was a very smart young entrepreneur when he started the company. He was involved in credit card forgeries prior to starting his own carpet cleaning business “ZZZZ Best Company”. Minkow began his business with small carpet cleaning jobs and he became a multimillionaire in a very short period of time. Minkow met a person named Tom Padgett at Los Angeles Health club. This was the beginning of Minkow’s big fraud scheme. Padgett
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Accounting and Auditing Differences 1. The main difference between auditing and accounting is that accounting is related to the collection‚ recording‚ analysis and interpretation of financial transactions while auditing refers to the examination of books of accounts along with the evidential documents. However‚ both processes are concerned with the accounting records of a business. While‚ audit report are reliable by the users for few reasons such as : a) To verify some information needed about
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Comment on the 10 major steps in the fraud risk model 1. Understand the nature of fraud by identifying the factors associated with fraud that are outlined in the fraud triangle. The factors include rationalization‚ opportunity‚ and incentive (ROI). Incentive/pressure to commit fraud Fraudulent financial reporting Management compensation schemes Financial pressures to improve company’s earnings and balance sheet Personal wealth tied to either financial results or survival of company Defalcation
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Phar-Mor Case Study Phar-Mor Case 4.6 Questions 1. a) By hiring a member of its external audit team a company could gain insight into the auditor’s process and better devise methods of hiding fraud. b) Hiring a former auditor would greatly compromise and possibly impair the existing external auditor’s ability to remain independent. On top of having knowledge about the auditor’s practice‚ preexisting relationships could cause bias in the audit outcome. c) Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 limits the ability
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SUBJECT: Forensic Accounting Introduction In this memorandum‚ I will explain the reasons as to why managers feel more pressure than in past years. Also‚ I will discuss several ways that managers can commit fraud for personal gain‚ and how these schemes are eventually caught by forensic accountants. Rising Pressure There has been a growing trend to hold managers accountable for their company’s performance. Wall Street analysts have become enemies of CEOs. These analysts set target quarterly
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Introduction By June 2002‚ it had become evident to the SEC that WorldCom had engaged in a significant corporate accounting fraud scheme which had overstated pretax income by about $7 billion since 1999. At the time‚ this was the largest deliberate misstatement in US corporate history. Although there are many interesting elements and players involved with this incident‚ for the purpose of this case study I will focus on the role played by Betty Vinson‚ the Director of Management Reporting and
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