Connect 1 Semester Access Card for Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
Connect 1 Semester Access Card for Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781259128547
Author: Fred Phillips Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To indicate: The 3 categories of employee fraud, the common category of fraud, and the fraud which is related with the largest losses

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Fraud: Fraud is a deliberate and deceptive action of an employee to obtain unlawful gain from the employer.

Kinds of employee fraud: The three kinds of employee fraud are corruption, asset misappropriation, and financial statement fraud.

Common kind of employee fraud: The most common kind of employee fraud is asset misappropriation because it is the fraud which involves cash and other assets.

Fraud related to largest losses: Employee fraud which results in largest losses is financial statement fraud.

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