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Introduction: Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 was formulated by the Country U congress with the main objective to safeguard the interests of the investors from the falsified and fraudulent activities that takes place within a corporation.
To examine: Whether the given statement is true or false.
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AUDITING-TEXT (LOOSELEAF)
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