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book Accounting Information Systems 8th Edition by James Hall cover

Accounting Information Systems 8th Edition by James Hall

Edition 8ISBN: 978-1111972141
book Accounting Information Systems 8th Edition by James Hall cover

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.
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Discuss the control techniques that could prevent or detect this fraud.
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