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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Chapter 1, Problem 1SC
To determine
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Fraud is an intentional act done to deceive a person. Losses incurred from fraud reduces a firm’s income on a dollar-for-dollar basis. For every $1 of fraud, $1 of net income is reduced and it significantly takes more revenue to recover such loss.
The relationship can be written as
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To determine the value of additional revenue each company must generate to recover from fraud loss
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