Question

Numerous employees are working for Murray Fine Foods. Murray has been experiencing theft of assets from their vehicles.

All vehicles are parked in designated areas at night and locked by the drivers.

The vehicles are then loaded in the early morning hours by a loading crew.

The truck driver comes in and reviews his stops and loaded truck for inventory.

You, the Certified Fraud examiner, have narrowed the field down to three possible subjects.

Here they are:

Andrew:

53 YOA/ 33 years with the Company/ Makes $78,686 a year

Grandfather/ Married/ Father of Five and Six Grandchildren

Two of the daughters are divorced and live at home with four of their kids

Daughters work and get child support

Drives a five-year-old Ford SUV

Lived in his house for 26 years

Driver for Murray

Outgoing/enjoy to party

Ernesto:

49 YOA/ 29 years with the Company/ Makes $70,656 a year

Father of six-two in college and four in high school

Drives a seven-year-old Mercedes

Lives in a home purchased 3 years ago

Sold his previous home

Dock Loading Supervisor

Stays to himself

Katrina:

39 YOA/ 20 years with the Company/ Make $66,565 a year

Single/Divorced- mother of two

Receives child support

Lives in a home that she and her ex-husband purchased 15 years ago

Swimming Pool/ In-Ground installed this year

Drives a four-year-old BMW

Likes to party/outgoing

Driver at Murray’s

Applying the Fraud Triangle-who has been taking Murray Fine Foods Assets?

Answer 1

It might be possible that katrina has been taking murray fine foods assets some of the possible symptoms that are indicating of her involvment are as follows:

1) She is receiving less pay out as compared to other employees it may be because she less experience than others but at the same time she needs more money as she is only earning inividual in the familiy who taking care of her childs

2)She receiving child supports it means she needs more for meeting of expenses. even though she installed a new swimming pool these year, these is a serious indicator that the person who receiveing child supports inspite of that installed swimming pool for personal desires

All those factors indicating katrina may be involved in stoling murray fine food assets