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Fraud in Financial Accounting:
In this case study, you will be looking at how fraud affects a company. Fraud takes many shapes in a company; asset misappropriation (theft of inventory, cash embezzlement), corruption (bribery), and financial statement fraud (over/under statements)
REQUIREMENTS:
Download the ACFE, 2020 Report to the Nations:
1. Go to the following link to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners:
www.acfe.com
2. Scroll down to ‘Explore Fraud Resources’ and select the FREE tab. In the FREE tab, select “Report to the Nations”

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4. Scroll down to the ‘2020 Report to the Nations’ and Click on ‘Download PDF’.
Here is the link to the AICPA’s Articles of Professional Conduct:
https://www.aicpa.org/research/standards/codeofconduct.html Click on ‘Online Code of Professional Conduct’
https://pub.aicpa.org/codeofconduct/Ethics.aspx#
CASE STUDY REQUIREMENTS:
Part 1: Using this report as a resource, provide a minimum 2-page review of the 2020 results of The Report to the Nations. Include the following:
A. What is fraud?
B. Who commits fraud?
C. Identify one example of each category of fraud.
D. How much do we lose in fraud schemes?
E. How can a company mitigate fraud in their company?
Part 2: Read ATC 4-5 and respond to questions a, b, and c. Provide a minimum 2-page response to the required questions.

PAPER REQUIREMENTS:
• Your case study must have a minimum of 4 double-spaced pages. You will include a cover sheet and reference list page which are NOT part of the 4-page study.
• Develop appropriate headers to separate your topical discussions with the paper (see above bullet point.
o Cover Sheet (your name, name of course, term, instructor’s name, and date)
o Introduction
o Part I: Review of 2020 Report to the Nations (minimum 2 pages).
 Identify each question and provide a minimum of 2 paragraph response.
o Part II: ATC 4-5 – pages 160-161 of your text. (minimum 2 pages).
 Identify each requirement and provide a minimum of 2 paragraphs per response.
o Reference List
• Use Times New Roman, 12-pt. font. Follow APA 7th edition. This will provide you with the appropriate header development, in-text citations, and your reference list.
• Sources: You will need to provide a minimum of 4 sources. You may use your textbook; and the sources noted above, plus one other source. You cannot use Wikipedia, Investopedia, Technopedia or online course books or sources (Accountingtools.com). I will not give you credit for these sources. If you have questions, you can refer to Scholar.google.com or the Library for assistance.
• Submit your assignment using the following file name convention: