Essays on Fraud

A Holder in Due Course can be defined as a holder who takes a negotiable instrument in good faith, without noticing that such instrument has been dishonored or that there is a hiden fraudulent issue behind it. In this particular case, I don’t think that Any Kind Checks Cashed, Inc. should be considered as a…

Overview Flat Cargo Berhad was one of the largest airfreight companies in Malaysia, servicing several government linked companies including Freight Malaysia Berhad. FCB was a public listed Company operating primarily as an air cargo carrier. It was registered as an investment holding company with several subsidiaries with principal activities ranging from air freight services and…

The fraud of the century: The case of bernard Madoff The fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff, which was discovered in december 2008, is based upon a ponzi scheme. Madoff took money from new investors to pay earnings for existing customers. The greater the payout to reting and withdrawing customers, the more revenue or clients he…

Synopsis A childhood friend summed up the driving force in Bernie Madoffs life: Bernie wanted to be rich. As a youngster growing up in New York City, Bernie realized that Wall Street was the greatest wealth creation machine the world had ever known. So, after graduating from college in 1960, he set his sights on…

Introduction An infectious, virulent plague is ravaging the landscape of academia. It consumes young and old, male and female. The doctors won’t touch it for fear of ineffective results do to the rampant spread of “everyone has done it.” Plagiarism, as defined by the Austin Peay Woodard Library (2004), is “the act of using someone…

The plaintiff argued for the purchase price to be reduced to reflect the presence of these encumbrances. The defendant however stated that they had no knowledge of any land acquisition. The High Court held that the acts of defendant amounted to fraud within the meaning og Sec. 17. It was found that the defendant knew…

Making the decision to expose these actions can be very difficult to disclose with the fear of repercussion. The information being disclosed to supervisors or the media can either be inside or outside their organization. There are a number of organization or groups out there that are concerned with issues in organization and when a…

Corporations are often the victims of the most common white-collar crimes that occur in corporate America. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (cfenet.com), “abuse and fraud by employees cost U.S. organizations more than $400 billion annually…which equals $9 per employee per day.”These statistics show the corporate need for forensic accountants, there also is…

The New York State Insurance Fund arrested two Long Island builders and one claimant in separate cases of alleged workers compensation fraud with a potential total of more than $1 million. All three arrests took place last week, resulting from joint investigations by the Suffolk County District Attorney Insurance Crime Unit, the New York State…

Introduction: Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes statistically according to the Federal Trade Commission. Roughly 27. 3 million Americans have fallen victim to this form of theft/fraud. According to last year the loss of money for businesses and financial institutions are in the billions and with consumers out of pocket expenses has…