A comprehensive look at financial statement fraud from the experts who actually investigated them This collection of revealing case studies sheds clear insights into the dark corners of financial statement fraud.
- Includes cases submitted by fraud examiners across industries and throughout the world
- Fascinating cases hand-picked and edited by Joseph T. Wells, the founder and Chairman of the world's leading anti-fraud organization ? the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) ? and author of Corporate Fraud Handbook
- Outlines how each fraud was engineered, how it was investigated and how the perpetrators were brought to justice
Providing an insider's look at fraud, Financial Statement Fraud Casebook illuminates the combination of timing, teamwork and vision necessary to understand financial statement fraud and prevent it from happening in the first place.
Preface xi
Chapter 1 Keep On Trucking 1
Ralph Wilson
Chapter 2 Too Good to Be True? 13
Carolyn Conn
Chapter 3 Trust Us . . . We Wouldn’t Lie to You 25
Stephen Pedneault
Chapter 4 Rotten from the Core 35
Paul Pocalyko and Colleen Vallen
Chapter 5 The Broken Trust 45
Aaron Lau
Chapter 6 The Perfect Family Business 57
Alejandro Morales
Chapter 7 Auditor’s Loyalty 67
Jyoti Khetarpal
Chapter 8 Easy Come, Easy Go 75
Brad Mroski
Chapter 9 Organized Crime Is Not Just for the Usual Suspects 83