activities, which involve the use of information technology to gain an illegal or an unauthorized access to a computer system with intent of damaging, deleting or altering computer data. Computer crimes also include the activities such as electronic frauds, misuse of devices, identity theft and data as well as system interference. Computer crimes may not necessarily involve damage to physical property. They rather include the manipulation of confidential data and critical information. Computer crimes
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Betty drove three hours in one-hundred degree heat. Explain if this fact has any bearing on whether or not the dealer must perform in accordance with the published advertisement. Ms. Betty, unfortunately, was privy to what many advertisements do to the consumer. They bait the consumer to come and buy with a wonderful price product that is offered, needed, or can be afforded by the consumer! Then sales person switch another product because the original product “went fast” or sold. This is one
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is invaluable. Today, however, most of the saber tooth tigers we encounter are not a threat to our physical survival. Today’s saber tooth tigers for Coleen Colombo consist of a hostile environment, loans with fraudulent information, complaints on fraud being brushed off, sexually harassment from male colleague. Nonetheless, this modern day, saber tooth tigers trigger the activation of our fight or flight system as if our physical survival was threatened. On a daily basis, toxic stress hormones flow
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Ebbers ("Ebbers"), the former Chief Executive Officer of WorldCom, Inc. ("WorldCom"), reported to a federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, to begin serving his 25-year jail sentence from his conviction by a jury on nine counts of conspiracy, securities fraud and related crimes related to the bankruptcy of WorldCom in July 2002. Ebbers' appeals from his conviction and 25-year jail sentence were dismissed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on July 28, 2006.1 In its decision upholding
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10/8/2011 Re: Government Bid Occupational fraud is defined as the use of a person’s job for individual enrichment through the purposeful mishandling or misapplication of his or her employer’s capital or assets (Wells, 2005). Occupational fraud can have a serious impact with far-reaching consequences. In 2004 for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) conducted a survey that provided 508 usable studies of fraud for a total of over $761 million in losses. That number
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Frauds and Schemes Introduction This paper is about the lies and deceits of people, and how they take advantage of everyone around them. We will be looking at two major insurance frauds and a major ponzi scheme between a father, son, and a small town in rural Utah. All of the people involved in these insurance frauds and ponzi schemes represent poor business ethics. Frauds and Schemes At the beginning of the economy going under some people weren’t sure where to turn to when their houses started
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Krystal Jackson Septemnber 10, 2012 HCS/405 Diana Schilling Large companies need the attention of investors, creditors, and banks to continue to be profitable. The information that these entities receive is product of the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) that are practiced by companies to create and release their annual finances. The financial statements allow the outside entities to judge the economic health
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To engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security. SEC v. Antar, 15 F. Supp. 2d 477 (D.N.J. 1998) dealt with whether corporate insiders traded in the securities of his corporation on the basis of material and nonpublic information. The defendants participated in multifaceted fraud schemes for the purpose of artificially inflating the price of stock, selling their substantial
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record of the asset, and a different employee has a physical custody of the asset. The separation of accounting responsibility from the custody of assets is especially important for cash and inventories because these assets are very vulnerable to fraud. Segregation of Duties Segregation of duties is vital in an internal control system. There are two common applications of this principle: 1. Different individuals should be responsible for related activities. 2. The responsibility for record-keeping
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Abstract Cybercrime is a crime committed on the Internet using the computer as a tool and in some cases a targeted victim. The term “cyber” is a misdemeanor and is not defined (Dashora, 2011). Cybercrime is similar to conventional crime both include acts and commissions that are a breach of law counterbalanced by sanctions from the state. Cybercrime is the latest and most complicated problem in the cyber- world. Illegal methods of cybercrime are financial crimes, pornography, online gambling
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