Accounting information System-writing assignment 2

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Writing Assignment #2: Crimes against businesses, such as fraud, embezzlement, and computer crimes. While these crimes did not result in any physical harm to anyone, the financial damages have been devastating. People who were affected by these crimes has lost things that cannot be replaced over time while the firms’ affected will have the reputations affected for a lifetime. History may forget the individual victims, but history will not forget names such as Madoff & Enron.

Locate a recent fraud, embezzlement, computer crime case that occurred within the last five years. The case chosen must have been committed in the last five years and the perpetrators have been brought to justice. Make sure that you have enough information about the case so that you can answer the following questions:

-      What are the main facts about the case?

-      Apply the fraud opportunity triangle to the case and illustrate how the case complies (or does not complies) with the triangle.

-      If you can go into the mind of the person(s) who committed the crime, what do you think drove them to commit the crime? Were there signals that could have alerted someone that the person(s) were on the verge to commit this crime?

-      Since this crime was committed via use of some sort of accounting system, what additional controls would you recommend that be included to prevent or limit crimes like this from happening again?

-      Do you agree with the outcome with this case in terms of the verdict? Was it too harsh or not harsh enough?

Your response must be at least six complete pages long (excluding cover page), using the APA writing style. You also must include at least three external reference (excludes textbook) and include at least two in-text citations. The references and citations must be related to the material being presented, and cannot be the textbook or the case itself.

 

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