
Accounting Information Systems 8th Edition by James Hall
Edition 8ISBN: 978-1111972141
Accounting Information Systems 8th Edition by James Hall
Edition 8ISBN: 978-1111972141 Exercise 49
DIGITAL FRAUD
In a financial fraud case, city employees in Brooklyn, New York, accessed digital databases to defraud the city of $20 million. Several employees, in collusion with the former deputy tax collector, completely erased or reduced $13 million in property taxes and $7 million in accrued interest that taxpayers owed. In exchange for this service, the taxpayers paid the employees involved bribes of 10 to 30 percent of their bills.
Required
Discuss the control techniques that could prevent or detect this fraud.
In a financial fraud case, city employees in Brooklyn, New York, accessed digital databases to defraud the city of $20 million. Several employees, in collusion with the former deputy tax collector, completely erased or reduced $13 million in property taxes and $7 million in accrued interest that taxpayers owed. In exchange for this service, the taxpayers paid the employees involved bribes of 10 to 30 percent of their bills.
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Discuss the control techniques that could prevent or detect this fraud.
Explanation
Digital fraud: City employees in Brookly...
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