Corporate Accounting Fraud Case Study

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The case study covers ingenuity facing a consultancy firm. It is a reflection of a company whose products are becoming outdated in the market, and the partners are in dire need of coming up with a solution to solve this problem. The consultant came up with a brilliant idea of charging the minimum fee possible to be used in the company’s design. This was a good strategy for the company’s success in future (Lee and Fargher 284).However, the prospective success turned out to be a nightmare when one of the partners, Joe, realized that its workers had sent unfinished shipping to serve as collateral for a loan. This served as a shocker as the shipment of unfinished products for loan security is a case of ingenuity and is a fraud convictable in a court of law. The case further serves as a reflection of poor channels of communication within the company as the shipment was done without …show more content…

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