...CASE 1.10 DHB INDUSTRIES, INC. Synopsis David Brooks founded DHB Industries in the early 1990s. Throughout its existence, the principal operating unit of DHB was its Point Blank subsidiary that manufactured bullet-resistant vests for use by law enforcement and military personnel. Sales of protective vests accounted for more than 95 percent of DHB’s revenues each year. DHB and its free-spirited founder were often in the media spotlight. In 2005, a large number of the company’s protective vests were recalled due to alleged “life-threatening flaws.” A few months earlier, Brooks and his top two subordinates, the company’s COO and CFO, were widely criticized when they realized huge stock market gains after selling the majority of their DHB stock. Brooks, alone, realized a stock market gain of more than $180 million when he sold two-thirds of his total ownership interest in DHB, an interest that he had acquired for a small fraction of that amount. In July 2006, Brooks was ousted as DHB’s CEO by the company’s board. Over the following year, a forensic investigation of DHB’s accounting records revealed that the company’s impressive operating results from 2003 through 2005 had been the product of a massive accounting fraud. Brooks and his two subordinates had routinely and blatantly altered DHB’s accounting records to achieve the earnings targets that he had established for the company. The primary account manipulated...
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...investigate the unethical and unlawful activities perpetrated by three members of DHB Industries leadership team. David Brooks was convicted of insider trading, fraud, and obstruction of justice on September 14, 2010. This paper will describe the company and the fraud that was involved, outline an audit plan that could have prevented the fraud from occurring, determine and evaluate key types of audit evidence, and speculate two areas that would require more sampling and two areas that require less sampling in the audit process. Description of Company, Fraud, and Fraud Drivers David Brooks was the founder and CEO of DHB Industries, a government supplier of body armor used by law enforcement. DHB Industries, formerly known as DHB Capital Group, started with the primary goal to “identify and then purchase small, underperforming companies and convert them into profitable operations by retooling their business models” (Knapp & Knapp, 2013, p.131). One of the first companies DHB Industries acquired after DHB’s securities were registered on the American Stock Exchange was Point Blank Body Armor, which was purchased out of bankruptcy for $2 million (Knapp & Knapp, 2013). DHB Industries’ primary operations soon became Point Blank Body Armor, aided by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and a spike in demand for tactical armor. Fraud was entrenched in the corporate culture at DHB. David Brooks was the ring leader of the fraud. Sandra Hatfield, the company’s...
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...MARKETING OF COTTON SEEDS – A MARKET STRATEGY ANALYSIS Thesis submitted to the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION In AGRIBUSINESS By TIMMANNA R. BEAKATTI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING, CO-OPERATIONS AND AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT COLLEFE OF AGRICULTURE, DHARWAD UNIVERSITY OF ARGICULTURAL SCIENCES, DHARWAD – 580 005 JULY, 2007 ADVISORY COMMITTEE DHARWAD JULY, 2007 (R. A. YELEDHALLI) MAJOR ADVISOR Approved by: Chairman: Members : _______________________ (R. A. YELEDHALLI) 1.______________________ (BASAVARAJ BANAKAR) 2.______________________ (B. K. NAIK) 3.______________________ (K. A. JAHAGIRDAR) 4.______________________ (Y. N. HAWALDAR) CONTENTS Sl. No. CERTIFICATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF APPENDICES 1. 2. INTRODUCTION REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3. The market structure and conduct Farmers buying behaviour Dealers margin Gap between the demand and supply of cotton seeds Problems in dealers and farmers Chapter Particulars METHODOLOGY 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Description of the study area Nature and sources of data Sampling design Analytical techniques employed 4. RESULTS 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Market structure and conduct Farmers buying behaviour Dealers margin Projected gaps in demand and supply Problems in dealers and farmers 5. DISCUSSION 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Market structure and conduct Farmers...
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