Fraud Auditing and Different type of fraud Introduction Over the years‚ the role of auditors become increasingly important especially in a capitalist economy as the process of wealth creation and political stability depends heavily upon confidence in processes of accountability and how well the expected roles are being fulfilled. An auditor has the responsibility for the prevention‚ detection and reporting of fraud‚ other illegal acts and errors is one of the most controversial issues in auditing
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(1) summarizes the factual situation The company was started off by Amelia. The company is a family software company that Aunt Amelia started. She started working in a spare room in her house and was able to bring other relatives together to invest together and form a company. The company was a success that is became part of Wall Street just three years ago. The company has being profitable and there haven’t being any issues associated with the accounting records or any financial data associated
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EXPENSE RECOGNITION The production‚ sales‚ or cash receipts method can be used to assign revenues to periods of time. Expense recognition involves assigning or matching expenses to periods of time. Some expenses are closely related to the revenues assigned to periods of time. For example‚ the costs of goods sold during a period reflect the costs of materials‚ labor‚ and manufacturing overhead incurred to produce units of product that were sold. These costs are called product expenses. Other expenses
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tools are expensed when purchased. (f) Agricultural companies use market value for purposes of valuing crops. (g) Each enterprise is kept as a unit distinct from its owner or owners. (h) All significant postbalance sheet events are reported. (i) Revenue is recorded at point of sale. (j) All important aspects of bond indentures are presented in financial statements. (k) Rationale for accrual accounting. (l) The use of consolidated statements is justified. (m) Reporting must be done at defined
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How the Fraudsters Fool the Auditors History of financial statement frauds acquisition accounting related party transactions non existent bank accounts - relationship with auditors overstated bank balance off balance sheet accounting misleading disclosures Changes occurring from Sarbanes Oxley Higher standards for corporate governance and accountability Creating an independent regulatory framework for the accounting profession Enhancing the quality and transparency of financial reports Developing
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Peregrine Systems went public in April 1997‚ and after his first public offering‚ the company reported seventeen uninterrupted quarters of revenue growth through the quarter ended June 30‚ 2001. According to the law suit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)‚ in the United States District Court of San Diego‚ “the peregrine executives inflated the revenue reported in their filings with the commission and elsewhere.” Executives‚ business partners and Auditors‚ used deceit and lies to represent
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commit fraud because of financial pressures‚ vices‚ or because of work-related pressures. As well‚ perpetrators of fraud can be motivated by a perceived opportunity to commit fraud and the ability to rationalize that what they are doing is not wrong. Their motivations are usually combined into the fraud triangle of perceived pressure‚ perceived opportunity‚ and rationalization. 3. The fraud triangle includes three elements that almost always must be present in order for someone to commit fraud: a
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HealthSouth Fraud Investigation Table of Contents Table of Contents i Introduction and Background 1 Analysis 1 Why it occurred 2 Fraud Triangle 2 How it occurred 3 Red Flags of the Fraud 5 Why the Fraud Continued Undetected 6 The Auditors Roles and Responsibilities 7 Fate of Parties Involved 8 Effect of Fraud on HealthSouth 9 Conclusion 10 Appendix A 11 Appendix B 12 Appendix C 13 Appendix D 14 Appendix E 15 Appendix F 16 Works Cited 17 Introduction and
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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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1. Recognition and recall are not the same thing. Describe how these two concepts differ. Develop examples of how recognition and recall can each be important for marketers. Consumers retrieve information through two retrieval systems‚ which is from either their: a) Explicit memory b) Implicit memory Implicit memory is unrehearsed and deals with memory for things without consciously trying to remember them. For example‚ driving a car. • How can you have memory of something you cannot explicitly
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