be done to prevent this from happening. Cyber-attacks can “inflict economic damage, disrupt a company’s operation and harm to its reputation” (Mead, 2011, para. 1). The different types of attacks are discussed such as; intellectual property theft, fraud, attacks upon infrastructure, and telecommunications. This article also stresses the importance of getting employees involved in the fight against these types of attacks by keeping all employees trained in information security policies and procedures
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of the largest and most brazen corporate financial frauds in history." And one investigator gushes, "The whole is truly beyond all limits....In every company we have found forgeries and falsifications of all sorts. But in this case we are really beyond the limits of the imagination." Parmalat Finanziara, the Italian dairy and food giant, is fast joining Enron and WorldCom as a household name for corporate scandal. The alleged financial fraud at Parmalat spans more than a decade and involves sums
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Corruption Sanchit Avasti Roll no. 03 TYBMM Introduction of corruption What is Corruption? In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, Corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. In economy, Corruption is payment for services or material which the recipient is not due, under law. Corruption means the state of being bad and dishonest, especially in matters concerning money. It creates a very impact to the country's education, occupation, living style
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| | | | |Categories of Computer Crimes | |Tanga R. Payne
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As corporate controller for Apollo Shoes, you are tasked to find and explain any irregularities in the Apollo Shoes Case. Resource: Apollo Shoes Casebook Define the process you will use and address the following assessed classroom discussion questions: What procedures will be used to collect accounting evidence? What sampling tools and techniques will be used for the examination? How will you use analytical and inferential tools to evaluate accounting evidence? Submit your assignment
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Running head: Article Review Shawn Detamore January 29, 2012 Payroll fraud schemes happen when an employee generates overcompensation for themselves. There are three types of payroll fraud schemes; ghost employees, bonus and commission schemes and falsified hours and salary (Shields, 2009). This type of fraud accounts for 17% of fraud that is committed in organizations (Shields, 2009). Back in May of 2009, a payroll manager and a retired employee of the Detroit Public School system worked
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Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; conducts comprehensive fraud studies; Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud & Abuse • Fraud - deception that includes: a representation, about a material point, which is false, and intentionally or recklessly so, which is believed, and acted upon by the victim to the victim’s damage. Fraud is an act of dishonesty with the intention to deceive or cover the truth to gain an advantage. Most critical element: confidence. Fraud can be classified as (in terms
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Heston E Cummings, Daman Sandhu, Jamiel Najmeddine Principle or rules based accounting Heston E Cummings, Daman Sandhu, Jamiel Najmeddine Principle or rules based accounting Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 Principle Based Accounting 4 Rule Based Accounting 6 CONCLUSION 7 REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………………………………… 8 Abstract There have been lots of discussions about principle and rule based accounting approaches, mostly people view U.S GAAP as rule based and IFRS as principle
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practices. Until recently, detecting fraud was thought to be a part of the responsibility of the accountant. Fraud was something the internal or external auditors were expected to guard against by their periodic audits. We now know that auditors can only check for compliance of a company’s books to the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAPs) and to company policy; therefore, a new category of accounting had to be established, one which revealed the fraud for companies with suspected fraudulent
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crimes and insurance fraud of white collar crook on behalf of companies and public law enforcement agencies. In addition, most of the high profile corporation, will misconduct in money laundering. The fraud will identify by forensic accountants and wherever they go money will takes them. Less attention is focused towards perpetrators compare to actual crime committed by the white collar crook. Antitrust violation, bank fraud, bribery/kickbacks, computer/internet fraud, consumer fraud, counterfeiting
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