Tallahassee Bean Counters (TBC) – GOLD Final Audit Fraud Report:
1. Who committed the fraud?
2. How was the fraud committed?
3. How you would convince a jury that the perpetrator intended to commit the fraud? (i.e., it is fraud, not an error).
4. What is the economic impact of the fraud (how much money was stolen)?
5. Finally, you must show that your suspect was the one who benefited financially from the crime (trace the money to him/her and show that he or she spent it). Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, we are here today to prove the case that Ben Hill, the office manager and employee of the Tallahassee Bean Counters (TBC), committed three separate frauds against his employer. The first fraud was committed through fraudulently manipulating …show more content…
Each of these false employees had the same mailing address. If you refer to exhibit A, you will notice that Marie McAulley, Terry Talbot and Paul Owens all shared the address of P.O. Box 384, Woodville. A request was made to ADP for access to the checks and it was noted that all checks were endorsed by a Jessica Keller, see exhibit B. We were able to locate and interview Ms. Keller, who is currently in San Antonio, TX. She stated that a while back, when she was passing through Tallahassee, a man matching Mr. Hill’s description approached her and asked if she would open an account at SunTrust in exchange for $100. She also stated that the number to the P.O. box would be 384, which she remembered easily as it was her locker number in school. Please see the attached correspondence in Exhibit C. A subpoena was requested and granted for access to the bank account records from SunTrust. The results are seen in Exhibit D. The sum of the deposits on each date are $148.23. These match the pay dates of April 6, April 28, May 17, June 10, June 29 and July 14. This fraud resulted in a loss of
1. Who committed the fraud?
2. How was the fraud committed?
3. How you would convince a jury that the perpetrator intended to commit the fraud? (i.e., it is fraud, not an error).
4. What is the economic impact of the fraud (how much money was stolen)?
5. Finally, you must show that your suspect was the one who benefited financially from the crime (trace the money to him/her and show that he or she spent it). Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, we are here today to prove the case that Ben Hill, the office manager and employee of the Tallahassee Bean Counters (TBC), committed three separate frauds against his employer. The first fraud was committed through fraudulently manipulating …show more content…
Each of these false employees had the same mailing address. If you refer to exhibit A, you will notice that Marie McAulley, Terry Talbot and Paul Owens all shared the address of P.O. Box 384, Woodville. A request was made to ADP for access to the checks and it was noted that all checks were endorsed by a Jessica Keller, see exhibit B. We were able to locate and interview Ms. Keller, who is currently in San Antonio, TX. She stated that a while back, when she was passing through Tallahassee, a man matching Mr. Hill’s description approached her and asked if she would open an account at SunTrust in exchange for $100. She also stated that the number to the P.O. box would be 384, which she remembered easily as it was her locker number in school. Please see the attached correspondence in Exhibit C. A subpoena was requested and granted for access to the bank account records from SunTrust. The results are seen in Exhibit D. The sum of the deposits on each date are $148.23. These match the pay dates of April 6, April 28, May 17, June 10, June 29 and July 14. This fraud resulted in a loss of