Financial Statement Fraud Casebook : Baking the Ledgers and Cooking the Books

Wells, Joseph T. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0470934417 / ISBN 13: 9780470934418

Published by Wiley, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Financial Statement Fraud Casebook : Baking the Ledgers and Cooking the Books
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470934417
• ISBN 13: 9780470934418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) ? and author of Corporate Fraud Handbook
• Outlines how each fraud was engineered, how it was investigated and how the perpetrators were brought to justice

Providing an insider's look at fraud, Financial Statement Fraud Casebook illuminates the combination of timing, teamwork and vision necessary to understand financial statement fraud and prevent it from happening in the first place.

About the Author

DR. JOSEPH T. WELLS, CPA, CFE, is the founder and Chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and a former adjunct professor of fraud examination at the University of Texas at Austin. He writes, researches, and lectures to business and professional groups on fraud-related issues and is frequently quoted in the media. He has won top writing awards from both Internal Auditor and the Journal of Accountancy magazines, and is a winner of the Innovation in Accounting Education Award presented by the American Accounting Association. For his landmark research in fraud detection and deterrence, Dr. Wells has been inducted into the American Institute of CPAs Business and Industry Hall of Fame and named to Accounting Today's list of top 100 most influential people for nine years in a row.