ACT 4197
INTEGRATED CASE STUDY

FLAT CARGO BERHAD: AN AUDITORS CONUNDRUM

Submit to
Prof. Madya Dr Nor Aziah binti Abu Kasim

Submit by
Ummu Syafiqah binti Yaakob 156756
Lee Liu Kim 157279
Nurhafiza binti Abdul Razak 157458
Tay Yee Joe 159264

Semester 2, 2013/2014 * Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Case Overview 2 3.0 Issues Identified in FCB 4 3.1 Material Misstatements in Financial Statements of FCB 4 3.2 Lack of Internal Control 7 3.3 Weaknesses on the Corporate Governance 9 3.4 Ethical Issues of the Top Management and Auditors 11 4.0 Recommended solutions 15 5.0 Conclusion 23 6.0 Appendices 24

Introduction
Flat Cargo Berhad (FCB) is an air cargo company, which was listed in Bursa Malaysia on 15th September 2001. It was known to be one of the largest airfreight companies in Malaysia. The company was registered as an investment holding company with several subsidiaries, for which their principal activities ranging from air freight services to ground handling services. FCB was the only dedicated Intra-Asian overnight express cargo operator based in Malaysia and had exclusive excess to an international cargo complex at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang. Furthermore, as it has successfully secured the landing rights in Asia Pacific regions, FCB was in ideal niche position to serve the international integrators, freight forwarders, and major airlines within Asian region. However, as highlighted in this case, the auditors had identified several suspicious findings in a financial audit engagement.
In 2006, Mr. Chuah, an auditor from Kencana & Associate s had noticed some irregularities of accounting records in FCB, which may possibly be another fraud case after Media Com and Blue Vital. These irregularities could be created intentionally or merely just an accounting error.