Phar-Mor

Phar-Mor was operated as an American discounted drug and variety store opening its first doors in Youngstown, Ohio in 1982. It came to be when the heir to Giant Eagle; David Shapira and the former Tamarkin VP Michael Monus established the well-known drug store. (Press 1996) Between the years 1985-1992 it expanded from 15 to 310 stores in 34 different states and the sales of the stores at hit virtually $1.5 billion dollars. The low priced drugs and all of the different locations of the stories

questions are quite general, try as much as possible to relate your answer to the case. 1. Some of the members of Phar-Mor's financial management team were former auditors for Coopers & Lybrand. (a) Why would a company want to hire a member of

Assignment 1: Phar-Mor Inc By: Rich Allen SID: 250421110 Date: July 18th, 2013 Prof: M. TeKare 1a). A company would want to hire a member of its external audit for a number of reasons. The external auditor would have extensive knowledge of how the company works due to analyzing statements and performing many audit procedures and tests on the company and therefore would reduce time in order to become effective as an employee. The company would know the former auditor personally and have

~ Case 6 Phar-Mor, Inc.: Accounting Fraud, Litigation, and Auditor Liability Mark S. Beasley, Frank A. Buckless, Steven M. Glover, Douglas F. Prawitt LEARNING OBJECTIVES After completing and discussing this case, you should be able to . . Identify factors contributing to an environment conducive to accounting fraud . Understand what factors may inappropriately influence the client-auditor relationship and auditor independence Understand auditor legal liability issues related to suits brought

Assignment Week 1 The Case of Phar-Mor Inc Devry University ACCT 525-15768 January 12, 2014 Abstract The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was implemented with the sole purpose of assuring the investors in the financial reporting system. One example is a case such as Phar-Mor which fabricated their inventory in most of their retail stores in order to conceal a massive fraud by the leading executives. Or the Waste Management scandal which did things such as capitalizing items which should have

Phar-Mor, a discount drug store chain, was established in 1982. They would offer medications at a 25-40% discount rate by buying in bulk and reselling. By 1987, there were almost 100 stores in business. In 1988, there was an investigation of lower than expected profit margins which revealed a billing type scheme involving un-received inventory. Tamco, its sister company, would bill Phar-Mor for inventory that was never received which led to costing Phar-Mor $7,000,000 and therefore reporting

Margaret Linden ACCT525 Week 1 Assignment May 5, 2017 Phar-Mor Inc. Phar-Mor Inc is a discount drugstore chain, 1992 it because associated with a Giant Eagle which was a family-owned grocery chain along with the distribution company Tamco Distributors co. This company would use Power buy which is when the company buys the largest possible amount of product at a great price because they are buying so much of the product. Then the company will turn around and selling the product

Phar-Mor, Inc was a thriving discount grocery store in the late 1980’s. Phar-Mor was moving product quickly but profit margins were not significant enough to pay the bills. By the early 1990’s, Phar-Mor declared bankruptcy due to fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriation of assets, making it one of the largest frauds in U.S. history. Below, we will use auditing standard AU 316.85 Appendix A in conjunction with the video “How to Steal $500 million” to analyze how incentives/pressures

The Phar-Mor Inc. was founded 1982. The Phar-Mor company is located in about thirty-four states with at least 20,000 employees. However, in 1992 they had to file bankruptcy due to fraud one of the biggest cases before Enron. Phar-Mor Inc. consist of fictitious inventory that were used to cover up operation losses, personal expense that Monus’s used for his World Basketball League, but he hid them in the inventory expense account for several years. He had others to help him cover up the loss, such

The Case of Phar-Mor Inc. Fraud will always be an issue but it has been more prevalence in the past before there were any specific guidelines for business entities and accountants to adhere and conform to. It is observed that those with higher positions in a company could let the power get to them at times and can use that power for their personal benefits. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act set standards to try to prevent future scandals like in the case of Phar Mor Inc., the Waste Management scandal and Enron