Fraud Examination
Fraud Examination
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781305079144
Author: W. Steve Albrecht, Chad O. Albrecht, Conan C. Albrecht, Mark F. Zimbelman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Fraud
Fraud in accounting is the planned manipulation of financial documents to make a false appearance of corporate financial health. Moreover, it includes an employee, accountant, or the company itself misleading investors and shareholders.
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To identify the type of fraud in the following cases:

  1. Marcus pays $30 for a baseball of $70 by changing the price-tag.

  2. Craig loses $500 by investing in a multilevel marketing scheme.

  3. A bank employee diverts the amount from a wealthy customer’s account to his personal account. The bank was held responsible for the act of the employee.

  4. A CEO showed profits for the year 2018, when there was a loss of $150 million. The CEO was held responsible and convicted with jail and fine.

  5. The government lost $50 million as it was overcharged by contractor and sub-contractors in the Middle East for fictitious hours and assets.

  6. A student accessed the school computer and changed her school grade to be accepted into graduate school.

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