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    Bernie Madoff, a once powerful and revered man by Wall Street experts pled guilty on March 12th, 2009 to the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Bernie Madoff was a very intelligent man who correctly predicted that the buying and selling of stock would be computerized. He was able to generate a unique system that provided better prices that attracted new clientele. Madoff was known as a major player and earned a great reputation from Wall Street executives as a financial wizard. The reputation of his

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    activities outlined by the three-year strategic plan that met agency’s missions and goals. My FY15 accomplishments and selected activities are listed below. ACCOMPLISHMENTS A. Projects Achievements 1. Qualitative Study of Marriage-Based Benefit Fraud o Successfully managed and led a team of

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    Crime is such a general word, and describes a whole conundrum of activities that are seen as unlawful. The oxford dictionary defines crime as “an action of omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law”. There are many different types of crimes, and they are classified based on the seriousness of the crime. Minor crimes/offences, for example a traffic offence, are called misdemeanors. More serious crimes, like murder, are called felonies and are punishable by more than a year in

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    was a “Long Island penny-stock boiler room he ran." However, Belfort’s business was not making its money legally. It turns out that they laundered money and manipulated stock prices. In 2003, Belfort pled guilty to money laundering and securities fraud. The government has claimed that he defrauded people out of more than $200 million. However, he only received a four-year sentence, of which he served 22 months. For the amount of damage that Belfort inflicted, it seems unjust that he received such

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    Fraud There are many definitions for the word fraud available from many sources, for example, dictionary.com defines fraud in a fairly basic sense as “deliberate, deception, trickery, or cheating intended to gain an advantage” (Dictionary.com, 2014). However for the case of this report, the definition by google.com is more appropriate and thorough with “wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain” (Google). In all instances in the definition of fraud however, it

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    Specialist Fraud Advice & Defence The law of fraud is stretched across the justice and regulatory systems. It covers many different scenarios and grants numerous agencies powers to investigate diverse types of conduct varying in seriousness, from false accounting or fraudulent trading, to sophisticated commercial crime cases involving vast amounts of funds across multiple jurisdictions. Allegations of dishonest activity must be taken seriously. At Lloyd Platt & Co, our specialist fraud solicitors

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    Title: Comparative Analysis Of Fair Value And Historical Cost Accounting On Reported Profit: A Study Of Selected Manufacturing Companies In Nigeria. (BESSONG, 2012) Study the importance of historical value and fair value cost accounting on reported profit. The study discussed how fair value accounting and historical cost accounting will have effect on the reported profit. However it is said that key objective of any business is to earn profit and it is also equally important to report the profit

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    Anti Fraud Professions

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    types of fraud have occurred since the 1800s. As the economy fluctuates, many people and organizations believe they must commit fraud in order to have financial gain. Organizations and individuals must understand fraud and the types of fraud, in order to protect themselves. There are professionals trained that have received anti-fraud certification in order to fight against fraud. The anti-fraud professional assist companies and individuals in order to detect fraud. Theses anti-fraud specialists

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    their freedom, becoming slaves to their own extravagance. ~Joseph B. Wirthlin Background At first glance this appears to be to another post-Enron big corporation fraud scandal. It was one of the first big cases tried after Enron. However, there are significant differences from Enron and WorldCom scandals Unlike other corporate fraud cases involving executives, John Rigas never sold stock or received stock options (Lowenstein). Where Enron and WorldCom executives appeared to be doing their best

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    those investing in the company that Ebbers wasn’t the best choice to run the 2nd biggest telecom company in America. WorldCom was just one of many accounting frauds that took place in the early 2000’s. But unfortunately that trend of dishonest accounting didn’t stop. The reason behind writing this report is to examine the $11 billion accounting fraud the biggest in US history, the collusion between Ebbers and the CFO Scott Sullivan to deceive investors, causing the loss of thousands of jobs and costing

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