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"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...
244) Black money
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Examines the shady world of international bribery, revealing how multi-national companies create slush funds, set up front companies, and make secret payments, all to get billions in business. At the center of this is a controversial, ongoing investigation into the British-based multi-national BAE Systems and allegations about billion dollar bribes.
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"Her chest tightens, her heart speeding up. The kitchen is chaos. She steps on something hard, and looks down. Toy dinosaurs are scattered everywhere. But her son is nowhere -- her baby boy is gone. The police arrive. She can't look at her husband. Instead, she studies the network of lines on her shaking hands. Then her phone beeps with a voice message. 'Listen to it on speaker, ' says the detective. A woman's voice fills the air. 'I'm assuming this...
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Scandals relating to manipulation and fraud have dominated much of the history of business and the accounting profession in America since it's founding. Crooks, corruption, scandals, and panics have been regular features of the business landscape, with regulations and the expansion of financial disclosure, auditing, and regulatory agencies following major debacles. Prior to the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the 1930s...
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"The world of wine prides itself on its aura of respectability, but it has always had a murky side. Packed with engaging vignettes, Vintage Crime brings to life famous enthusiasts and crafty con artists from ancient Rome to modern-day California. It also introduces us to lesser-known industry figures: the scrupulous merchants, honest growers, and cutting-edge scientists who have led the fight against fraudsters. Author Rebecca Gibb holds the rare,...
257) The running man
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Rex Black has successfully faked his death in a plane crash and escaped to sunny Malaga under a new identity, waiting for his wife Stella to arrive with £50,000 of life insurance money. It's the start of a blissful, trouble-free new life for the couple, until Stephen, the insurance agent in charge of investigating Rex's death, suddenly arrives in town.
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