Explain in summary of the fraud risk and illegal acts, including at least 2 examples from sources.
Fraud Risk- Fraud risk is the risk associated with fraudulent activities in the organization. Fraud is an illegal activity, it can be inside or outside the organization.
Illegal acts- Illegal acts are acts that are not legal in the eyes of law, for e.g. misstatement, embezzlement, stealing etc.
Reasons of fraud- These are as following:
Impact of fraud on organization-
Examples-
(1): In 2009, MD and CEO of Satyam computers in India was exposed as he was indulge in fraud, he inflated company's accounts and did window dressing in balance sheet to look better financial position.
(2): Enron's fraud is one of the biggest fraud in USA history. Enron was an energy company that got bankrupt in 2001 after exposing the accounting fraud.
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