Fraud Examination 4th Edition by Steve Albrecht,Chad Albrecht,Conan Albrecht ,Mark Zimbelman

Exercise 29

Robert was the chief teller in a large New York bank. Over a period of three years, he embezzled $1.5 million. He took the money by manipulating dormant accounts. Unfortunately, Robert was both responsible for handling dormant accounts and for dealing with complaints from customers. When a customer would complain about his account, Robert was always the one to explain the discrepancy. He usually used the excuse that "it's a computer error." What internal control weaknesses allowed this fraud to occur