Electoral fraud

Misappropriation and Embezzlement schemes There are various reasons for fraud existing: Non-For-Profit Organizations often have few internal controls, and income is typically not connected with a good or service. When a person who is entrusted with assets misappropriates them for personal use, the embezzlement will produce. It ordinarily involves an employee or agent entrusted with assets of an organization. The misappropriation and embezzlement schemes including as following: (1) Skimming…

An Elder exploitation alert was triggered on the weekly National Financial Services (NFS) Wealthscape Potentially Suspicious Activity Report (PSAR) exception report. CASE HISTORY As of January 15, 2003 Miss Constance Brown (the Client) has been a Client with VALIC Financial Advisors (VFA). Miss Brown currently has two (2) active accounts held with VFA with a combined total of $12,064.68. Mrs. Jennifer Braun-Blanco has been Miss. Brown’s appointed agent since July 16, 2015. The Client…

Best Club was heavily in debt and as expenses increased, James could not meet the debts. However, he wanted success and money, which lead him to commit fraud. James committed insurance fraud and obtained loan by falsifying financial statement to save his business. During whole this fraud mechanism, it seems that there may have also been fraud in the insurance companies and/or bankers also who are granting credit without verifying document because they have also received bribe from James. James…

Holden Caulfield conveniently mocks others on the way they act and speak, the facts are stated on how Holden has more effortless conversations with teachers as he describes "You don't have to think to too hard when you talk to a teacher"(Salinger 13). It seem as if Holden wants to reach out to others but does not have the courage, because he is afraid it will scare them away, he now woefully misses the way he used to converse with his parents. Holden is holding back because he thinks that…

The FTC announced its new guideline for the Trade Commission for company product that is being blogged. However, the FTC has not had a new guideline for company trade since 1980. Consequently, in 2009 the FTC guideline is for endorsement and testimonials in advertising, for company’s product online. The FTC concerns are with the affairs of company trend on social media site and setting up blogs. Therefore, blogger that on social media, must comply with the FTC guideline, by disclosing all…

Scams and the Elderly A scam occurs when a dishonest or deceptive person knowingly or illegally takes money away from an unsuspecting person. Financial fraud against the elderly has become so common in the United States that it is considered to be a form of elder abuse. Several states have laws to protect the victims. A study conducted by consumer digest has determined that 5 million cases of financial elder abuse occur every year. Yet only 1 in 25 cases are actually reported to law enforcement…

The Wacker case, known as one of the most infamous frauds in art history, occurred when the German art dealer Otto Wacker attempted to sell 33 forgeries as authentic Vincent van Gogh paintings in 1927. This case shed a light on the ability of forgers to deceive the general public and art experts alike. However, this case also allowed for the development of new scientific techniques, many based on chemistry, to examine and analyze paintings at the molecular level to determine whether the…

In competitive markets applicants will like to standout amongst the rest of the other applicants. Many people alter the information on their resumes, so they can be more appealing to an employer. Falsifying information on a job application is unethical and illegal. There are consequences for those who decide to practice this unethical behavior. Marilee Jones, George O’Leary, and Ronald Zarrella are all top executives who falsified information on their resumes and had to deal with the…

Fraud Case Study Report Medicare fraud can cost taxpayers billions of dollars and places the health and welfare of Medicare beneficiaries at risk (CMS, 2017). Both over-coding and under-coding constitute Medicare fraud (Dillon & Hoyson, 2014). Knowingly billing for services at a level of complexity higher than services provided or documented in the file creates Medicare fraud (CMS, 2017). Knowingly submitting, or causing to be submitted, false claims or making misrepresentations of fact to…

crimes such as robberies, rapes, or kidnappings. In fact, individuals can become a victim of a non-violent crimes which many know as white-collar crimes. White-collar crimes was reportedly coined back in the year 1939 and is now used a wide range of frauds which are committed by business and government professionals (Federal Bureau of Investigation, n.d.). White-collar crimes additionally range from a variety of different types of crimes. White-collar crimes can be considered a very serious…