Accounting: Accounting Fraud at WorldCom Date: 1/26/2015 3. What are the pressures that lead executives and managers to "cook the books"? The CEO and CFO of WorldCom wanted to “cook the books” because they wanted to keep the company’s stock price growing. Managers and accountants “cook the books” because they are forced to do so by their CEO and CFO. WolrldCom CEO Ebbers believed that increasing the stock price is their number one priority, so he set up a goal for the corporation--“The
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Fake ID Just like many college students, Dana and her friends decided to go to a bar one Saturday night. The problem: Not everyone in their group was old enough to enter. The solution: Use fake ID obtained through a friend. So Dana and her friends used fake IDs to enter the bar without a problem, or so they thought. Later that night, police raided the bar. Dana's ID was confiscated and she was later arrested. It seems like everyone wants to be a different age. Many teenagers want to be either
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Lindsey Petway HCS 405 December 14, 2014 Professor Jennifer Noren Reporting Practices and Ethics Introduction Success comes from effectively implementing the four elements of financial management: planning, controlling, organizing, and decision-making. These four recognized elements allow health care organizations to adjust the inflow and outflow to achieve the most beneficial outcome. A health
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dollars and eventually realizing he needs to find a different way to bring in a steady cash flow. He becomes a pilot for Pan Am Airlines as a “deadhead” who is a backup pilot and therefore does no actual flying on the plane. Meanwhile the FBI’s fraud division has caught on to Frank’s scams and begins to track him down with one detective leading the investigation: Carl Hanratty. It becomes Carl’s personal goal to find Frank with little to no
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very laws that help somewhat govern the vast reaches of the internet. One such law, the U.S. Safe Web Act, is in essence, much like the global war on terrorism. The U.S. Safe Web Act is the United States’ response to spam, scams, spyware and internet fraud, directed at the internet, and ultimately keeping United States citizens safe and sound from the evils of the “interwebs”. How can a law help in keeping a safe web environment for U.S. citizens – How can a beast like the internet be tamed? To jump
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companies in the US. Enron invented the trading of communications, power, and weather securities. It dominated the trading and instead of being successful, it became the largest financial scandal in history as a symbol of well-planned corporate fraud. Enron created the phony California electricity crisis. There was never a shortage of power in California. Phone recordings between Enron traders and California power plant operators reveal the traders asking plant managers to "get a little creative"
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THE FRAUD INVESTIGATION PROCESS I. The fraud investigation process involves systematically A. The engagement process B. The evidence process C. The reporting process D. The loss recovery process II. The engagement process A. Analyze data B. Create Hypotheses regarding a possible fraud C. Test hypotheses D. Refine and amend hypotheses E. Fraud theory is supported by the evidence III. The evidence collection process
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dollars and eventually realizing he needs to find a different way to bring in a steady cash flow. He becomes a pilot for Pan Am Airlines as a “deadhead” who is a backup pilot and therefore does no actual flying on the plane. Meanwhile the FBI’s fraud division has caught on to Frank’s scams and begins to track him down with one detective leading the investigation: Carl Hanratty. It becomes Carl’s personal goal to find Frank with little to
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Satyam Computers Limited-A case of corporate fraud. Overview: Satyam Computer Services (an IT company) is considered India’s Enron. The company CEO Mr. Raju was the main person involved. In the end, he admitted to faking company profit for numerous years and was arrested for 1.47 billion dollars in fraud. Fraudulent acts: Mr. Raju worked with the internal auditors to come up with ways to create non-existent profits and eliminate debt. For instance, he had fake bank accounts on paper
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In summer 2002 WorldCom, the fastest rising company in the US history with its CEO of 17 years Bernard Ebbers was busted for fraudulent financial activities (American Greed, 2008). The history of the company dates back to 1983 when Long Distance Discount Services (LDDS) was founded. The company was providing long distance calling for cheap by doing acquisitions and buying smaller phone companies (American Greed, 2008). Bernard Ebbers was company’s CEO and within 10 years he was able to make LDDS
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