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Fraud Casebook
Lessons from the Bad Side of Business
Joseph T. Wells (Edited by)
9780470134689, Wiley
Hardback, published 27 July 2007
624 pages
25.7 x 18.8 x 4.8 cm, 1.134 kg
"Don’t just read this book. Read it and then look at your organization and evaluate your company's risks. Implement the lessons learned and the recommendations to prevent future occurrences so that you won't have to go through what I and the other people in this book experienced." (Strategic Finance, August 2008)
Praise for Fraud Casebook Lessons from the Bad Side of Business
"I have known Mr. Wells for over twenty years. In my opinion, no one in the world knows more about fraud than he does."
-W. Steve Albrecht, Associate Dean, Marriott School of ManagementBrigham Young University, Provo, Utah
"This book covers the entire range of fraud that can be encountered in the workplace."
-Grant D. Ashley, Vice President for Corporate Security and SurveillanceHarrah's Entertainment Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada
"I had the pleasure of serving with Mr. Wells when both of us were volunteers for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He knows as much as anyone about how to detect and deter fraud."
-James G. Castellano, Chairman, RubinBrown LLP, St. Louis, Missouri
"I have worked with Mr. Wells for ten years. His reputation is unsurpassed."
-John F. Morrow, Vice President, The New FinanceAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, New York
"Fraud Casebook is a terrific work. I highly recommend it."
-Sherron S. Watkins, a Time magazine "Person of the Year," Houston, Texas
"No one has done more for fraud prevention and detection than Mr. Wells and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Their guidance and training proved invaluable to my staff and me in uncovering the WorldCom fraud."
-Cynthia Cooper, a Time magazine "Person of the Year," Clinton, Mississippi
Preface PART 1 Asset Misappropriation 1 CHAPTER 1 High Art, Low Value: How a Connoisseur Became a Convict 3 CHAPTER 2 The Ambitious Payroll Manager 16 CHAPTER 3 The Insider 25 CHAPTER 4 Aloha, Hawaii! 36 CHAPTER 5 What About Pete? 44 CHAPTER 6 Check, Please 54 CHAPTER 7 The MoJo Skim Twins 61 CHAPTER 8 The Mole 71 CHAPTER 9 Her Passion for Fashion 79 CHAPTER 10 An Unaffordable Complex 91 CHAPTER 11 A Taxing Problem 100 CHAPTER 12 Phantom Links In The Supply Chain 108 CHAPTER 13 The Trusting Business Owner 117 CHAPTER 14 The $13 Million Man 126 CHAPTER 15 They Didnt Know Jack 137 CHAPTER 16 The Skim Sisters 145 CHAPTER 17 No Such Thing as a Free Lunch 156 CHAPTER 18 The Dirty Custodian 164 CHAPTER 19 The Video Game 172 CHAPTER 20 Bet Your Life on It 183 CHAPTER 21 When Petty Cash Isn’t Petty 195 CHAPTER 22 Where Did My Money Go?203 CHAPTER 23 Three Strikes and You’re Out! 212 CHAPTER 24 Country Club Fraud — What a Steal! 222 CHAPTER 25 Where in the World Is Dina Sanchez? 233 CHAPTER 26 School of Fraud 242 CHAPTER 27 Price Check on Register One 251 CHAPTER 28 The Sky Is the Limit 260 CHAPTER 29 Supplemental Income 268 CHAPTER 30 An Innocent Perpetrator 276 CHAPTER 31 Dr. Amy 285 CHAPTER 32 Patriotic Game 295 CHAPTER 33 Would You Like the Special Poutine, If You Know What I Mean? 305 CHAPTER 34 Three-Ring Circus: An Exposé of a Corporate Commission Embezzlement 316 CHAPTER 35 One Bad Turn Deserves Another 327 CHAPTER 36 Dialing for Dollars 337 CHAPTER 37 Wake-Up Call 343 CHAPTER 38 The Dental Queen 351 CHAPTER 39 Shirley A. Little Wouldn’t Hurt! 358 CHAPTER 40 Just When You Thought It Was Safe 368 CHAPTER 41 How Many Ways Can I Defraud You? 378 PART 2 Corruption Schemes 389 CHAPTER 42 A Contract of Convenience 391 CHAPTER 43 Corruption by Seduction 404 CHAPTER 44 “Big Easy” Business 418 CHAPTER 45 Unlucky 13 425 CHAPTER 46 It ’s 11 p.m. Do You Know What Your IT Director Is Up To? 434 CHAPTER 47 These Weights Didn’t Measure Up! 444 CHAPTER 48 Swimming with the Sharks 455 CHAPTER 49A New York State of Fraud 466 CHAPTER 50 Information Superhighway 477 PART 3 Financial Statement Fraud Schemes 491 CHAPTER 51 Banking on Fraud 493 CHAPTER 52 Just a Matter of Time 502 CHAPTER 53 Bury Me Not in Guyandotte 510 CHAPTER 54 The Woolly Mammoth Eats Its Prey 519 CHAPTER 55 Double Damage 527 CHAPTER 56 How to Steal a Million Dollars Without Taking the Cash 536 PART 4 Other Fraud Schemes 547 CHAPTER 57 This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land 549 CHAPTER 58 Paradise Lost 560 CHAPTER 59 BODIES FOR RENT 568 CHAPTER 60 The Million-Dollar Breach of Trust 577 CHAPTER 61 Troubled Water 587 CHAPTER 62 Con Artists Gone Wild 596 Index 607
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by Brian E. Browning
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by David A. Schneider
by Forrest Bowman Jr. and Charles F. G. Kuyk III
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by Kenneth J. Wilson
by A. T. “Chief” Schwyzer
by Frank D. Moran Jr.
by David Clements
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by Douglas M. Watson
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Subject Areas: Finance & accounting [KF]
