legitimate businesses as well to gain the biggest profit in the fastest way possible. The Armenian Power is prevalent in the Los Angeles area participating in mostly white collar-crime. This organized crime group is involved with kidnapping, bank fraud, credit card theft, and numerous other technology criminal acts. This group has proven to be a powerful and dangerous group, stopping at nothing to reach the goal they set out to obtain. Determine the group’s national and multination structure and
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Abstract The goal of this article is provide an explanation of cybercrime offenses, and how they are committed, in order to provide the reader a better understanding of digital crime, such has hacking, identity theft, internet fraud and terrorism and what are the responsibilities of the internet provider in protecting the consumer against these attacks. A look out how children are being affected by cybercrime as well will be explored. In conclusion, possible solutions to cybercrime and agencies in which
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Accounting Fraud by: If you were to visit Qwest Communications website today you would find under the Code of Conduct pertaining to Ethics this quote, “…A company’s achievements are the sum of countless interactions every day, every week and every year – with colleagues, customers, and communities. If we are to carry on Qwest’s excellent reputation for ethics and integrity, all of our transactions must be based on doing the right thing. This is the only way to do business and it will remain the
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committed on the Internet. I thought it would be good for me to make myself aware of all the research behind this topic so that I will not be a victim again. Cybercrime is a very serious offense and a lot of people do not even realize they have been a victim of it. Cybercrime is no laughing matter. Criminal activities in cyberspace are on the rise. (National Research Council, (NRC), 1991) Computers today are being misused for illegal activities like e-mail espionage, credit card fraud, spams, and software
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during the scandals .............................................................................. 10 6.2.1. Insider trading .............................................................................................................. 10 6.2.2. Wire fraud .................................................................................................................... 11 7. Conclusion ................................................................................................................
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crimes committed with the use of technology. Cybercrimes can be committed without ever leaving the comfort of ones home and is getting harder to prevent. In this paper specific cybercrimes such as hacking, identify thief, embezzlement, and secure fraud will be analyzed. The one of the most common cybercrimes is hacking. Computer hacking is when someone gains access to another individual's or company's computer network without their knowledge or permission. There are several different types of
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Non-For-Profit Fraud Authors’ Note This paper was prepared for Advanced Accounting, Summer 2013. OUTLINE 1. Introduction 2. The Reasons of Fraud in Nonprofits. 3. Types of Nonprofit Fraud. 4. Recent Fraud Cases: A. $1,000,000 Charity Scam by John Cody. B. ASPCA International and $27,000,000 Fraud. C. Fraud Committed by Anita Collins, Church Bookkeeper. D. Fraud Committed by Hugh Blackburn. 5. Fraud Prevention in Nonprofit Organizations. 6. Conclusion. Introduction
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Accounting Proposal Introduction The field of accounting affects every active individual within a society to some extent. Taxpayers, families who budget for the future and businesses evaluating potential products use some form of accounting principles to accomplish the tasks required of them. A functional accounting system is critical to the success and health of any given economy. The purpose of this text is to suggest a solution to the lack of a medium through which accounting knowledge is disseminated
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Submission of Research paper as a part of curricular activity. Forensic Accounting: A new dynamic approach to investigate fraud. SUBMITTED BY: Aniket Desai (12BBL016) Alakananda Duggirala (12BBL016) Rut Shah (12BBL051) SUBMITTED TO: Dr. Pranav Saraswat For the academic session July to December 2014 1 PREFACE This research project is carried out as a part of curricular activity for the course of Financial Audit, in semester V for the programme B.com LLB (Hons.). We have tried our
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Death Fraud: What is it and how to prevent it? Acco 455: Fraud Prevention and Investigation D. Peltier-Rivest November 26, 2013 In 1986, fraudster James Hogue famously stole the identity of a dead infant to conceal his criminal past in order to attend high school while pretending to be an orphan with special backgrounds. Each year, nearly 2.5 million deceased Americans' identities are stolen by perpetrators (Kirchheimer, 2013). Death frauds have affected victims, companies, organizations
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