University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository Honors Theses Student Scholarship Fall 2012 An Analysis of Fraud: Causes, Prevention, and Notable Cases Kristin A. Kennedy University of New Hampshire - Main Campus, kaj79@wildcats.unh.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholars.unh.edu/honors Part of the Accounting Commons Recommended Citation Kennedy, Kristin A., "An Analysis of Fraud: Causes, Prevention, and Notable Cases" (2012). Honors Theses. Paper 100. This Senior Honors Thesis is
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Chapter seven: fraud risk assessment Definitions related to fraud * White collar crime: Misdeeds committed by business and government professionals, typically non violent * Fraud: in a financial statement audit team, an intentional act by one or more individual amount management, those charged with governance, employees or third parties, involving use of deception to obtain an unjust or illegal advantage is knowingly making material misrepresentations of fact, with the intent of inducing
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would help in the determination of the of the company’s value. Lastly this paper covered some of the perpetrators motivations to commit fraud. Fraudulent Activities of Bre-X Minerals Company “Financial statements fraud involves the intentional publishing of false information in any portion of a financial statement (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners).” The Bre-X Minerals Case, provided false information that became detrimental to investors. The false information that harmed
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Ruizhen Hardin This paper summarizes accounting fraud in the United States. I explain why each aspect of communication skills and report writing is vital to an accountant’s professional career. | Table of Contents I. Executive Summary 1 II. Introduction 1 III. Review of Literature 1 IV. Analysis 1 V. Recommendations 1 VI. Summary and Conclusions 1 VII. Appendix x 1 VIII. References 1 I. Executive Summary Accounting fraud is the deliberate manipulation of accounting records
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Settings Chapter 2--Why People Commit Fraud Add Question Here Multiple Choice 0 points Modify Remove Question Which of the following is NOT a common rationalization of fraud perpetrators? Answer The organization owes me I'm only borrowing the money No one will get hurt I don’t deserve more. Add Question Here Multiple Choice 0 points Modify Remove Question Which of the following is NOT a primary control procedure to minimize the occurrence of fraud? Answer Dual custody Systems of authorization
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different countries and it has over 630, 000 employees over the world. Even though AIG is such a giant corporation, it has encountered financial problems in the early 2000s. Under financial pressure and a lack of internal control, AIG have committed frauds resulting in several scandals. One of the accounting scandals was disclosed during 2005 which involved a material mis-statement due to false transactions during 2000. This scandal set to prelude leading the downfall of AIG in 2008. In this paper,
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Continues 1 And The Fraud Continues Andrea Williams-Weston Strayer University ACC571 Dr. Dushyant Gosai July 22, 2012 Continues 2 Walt Pavlov’s Background Pavlo received his engineering degree from West Virginia University and an MBA from Mercer University in Atlanta. He began working as a financial analyst at Goodyear Aerospace
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was an example of the common belief that people are not born bad, but are influenced by their environment to become bad. Meyers was a victim of his surroundings and never would have committed fraud without external manipulation; the choices he made by his
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Right Triangles Word Problems with Illustrations and Solutions 1. Solve the right triangle ABC given that c = 18 cm and b = 9 cm. To find the remaining side a, use the Pythagorean Theorem: a2 + b2 = c2 a2 = c2 - b2 a2 = (18cm)2-(9cm)2 a2 = 324cm2 – 81cm2 a2 = 243cm2 a = 15.59cm 2. Ben and Emma are out flying a kite. Emma can see that the kite string she is holding is making a 70° angle with the ground. The kite is directly above Ben, who is standing 50 feet away. To the nearest foot, how many
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business ethics of an accounting manager ordering one of his accountants to falsifying a company’s accounting ledger. The Generally Accepted Accounting Principle of expense recognition was not followed. The accounting manager was attempting to commit fraud for personal gain, he does this by manipulating the books to show higher revenue in order to meet the volume for management bonus. The accounting manager also created a hostile working environment by threating his accountant’s job security if he didn’t
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