Fraud and Cyber Crime

Accounting manipulations

 These include deliberate and willful errors and omissions in accounting to mislead and deceive. Writing off a capital asset as revenue and then misappropriating it is one example of accounting manipulation. Such manipulations can be of infinite variety. Usually only chartered accountants or persons familiar with accounting and bookkeeping can understand how such frauds are perpetrated.

Corrupt practices

Corruption involves effort to influence or abuse public authority through the giving or acceptance of inducement or illegal reward for undue personal or private advantage. Cash kickbacks or favors taken for any kind of business commitment are common in today’s world. Regular dealings with suppliers, customers and third parties lead to building of relationships that eventually can lead to favors and kickbacks. Kickbacks could be in non-cash form, also. For example, a supplier could sponsor a trip overseas to an exotic location for the purchase manager and his family in return for a large order placed by the purchase manager.

Cash embezzlements

Virtually every organization is affected by inventory fraud at one time or another. Cash, inventory, or any other company asset can be stolen when an opportunity presents itself. However, most of these frauds are simple and not backed by any great intellectual capability. These usually occur because of flaws and limitations in the control environment.

Frauds in a computerised environment

These frauds are masterminded by wrongdoers who have tremendous intellectual capabilities. They do not necessarily need weaknesses or bugs in software to perpetrate frauds.  Non-awareness or ignorance among other users in the organization provides enough opportunities for these fraudsters to inflict colossal damage.

Financial leakages

Opportunities diverted, sales suppressed, expenses inflated or twice paid are other common business frauds.

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