aspx/56/Escala-Group-Announces-Facilities-Consolidation-Change-in-Corporate-Headquarters.aspx The fraudulent act: Rhe founder and former CEO of Escala Group, Inc., Gregory Manning was charged, along with former CFO Larry Lee Crawford, with disclosure and accounting fraud violations concerning related party transactions between Escala and its parent company, Afinsa Bienes Tangibles, S.A. ("Afinsa"). Escala, now known as Spectrum Group International, Inc., was a network of companies in the collectibles market specializing
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sixth is that quality system is not strict. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit on March 26, 2002, against the founder and five other former top officers of Waste Management Inc., charging them with perpetrating a massive financial fraud lasting more than five years. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, charges that defendants engaged in a systematic scheme to falsify and misrepresent Waste Management's financial results between 1992 and 1997. The complaint
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Ethics Case Cranor Corporation has sustained a before tax loss of 8.4 million dollars in 2011. They have sustained the loss from a 10 million dollar expense occurring from a product recall. The company controller, Jim Dietz, wants to include the loss as an extraordinary item on the income statement. The Cranor Corporation has been growing consistently over the past decade and now this year will have a loss. The company controller doesn’t want to have a loss on the income statement because it will
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Worldcom 1.What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to “cook the books ” * Pressures from investors ……they want to see that the company/business is growing * Attract new investors ….for the business to grow * Personal reasons …greed and wanting more * Pressure form the big boss * Brand of the company … the business has been known to be a big brang * Slow/decline in the industry 1. What is the boundary between earning management and fraudulent reporting
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When examining the many different aspects of fraud one common trend is usually found. This is concealment or some sort of alteration of financial statements. Financial statement fraud is usually committed by those individuals that have influence over a company or have some sort of opportunity to do so. These individuals include C-level management, controllers, and anyone else that has to do with the information that is placed in the financial statements. These individuals will make these alterations
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NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Uchendu, Prince | | BTM7102 | Dr. Dmitry Eremin | | | Research Topics of Interest | Assignment 2 | | | Although the main task instructions did not include the turning in of the 8 to 10 topics of interest list required, but it did not exclude its submission either. So I decided to add it at the end of the document post reference section. It can be disregarded if it does not need to be considered as part of the
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with the financial records of company for benefit or hiding scams. Auditing failure was another reason behind general crisis, auditing failures occurs when auditor declares that a company’s financial statements are true and fair but comprises many frauds or disclosed information. This eventually resulted in questioning of auditors role in providing true and fair view of financial records around the world. The motive behind writing this essay is to gain more information and knowledge about Auditing
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the population and seniors concerns to increase their income from investments and improve their health. The scams profiled include home-improvement projects, where a person takes the victim's money but does not perform the work promised; investment frauds and controlling their money for the future; and health and medical scams, which promise the equipment and service that do not perform as advertised. Also, research was taken from a survey from a rehab center with most of them senior citizens. The
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------------------------------------------------- Date: October 10, 2013 ZZZZ Best Company, Inc., a carpet cleaning and restoration company became the illegitimate business front for one of the largest investment frauds in American history. Barry Minkow started working in the cutthroat carpet cleaning industry at a young age. A risky Minkow began perpetrating frauds on a small scale and eventually took his Ponzi scheme public. Red flags went unnoticed from banks, investors, and auditors. Crucial auditor mistakes postponed the uncovering
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after identity theft. Child Identity Theft. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.identitytheftfacts.com/articles/child-identity-theft-2013/ Already rampant and increasing in frequency of occurrence, child identity theft represents an attractive form of fraud, because crooks can take out credit in their victim's name and have it go without notice for years. This article shows parents valuable ways to secure their child’s future and information that normally goes unnoticed until they reach the age of 18
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