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A Dictionary of Business and Management
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fraud A false representation by means of a statement or conduct, in order to gain a material advantage. A contract obtained by fraud is voidable on the grounds of fraudulent
misrepresentation. If a person uses fraud to induce someone to part with money he or she would not otherwise have parted with, this may amount to theft. See also
fraudulent conveyance;
fraudulent preference;
fraudulent trading.
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Fraud-i Ltd launches first combined fraud awareness andtraining solution; Web-based training tools to enable 'fraud responsible' business - increases fraud awareness of staff and third party contractors.
M2 Presswire; 6/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...intranet. As part of this, the Fraud Awareness Training Pack includes...of what constitutes corporate fraud, by 'red flagging' a range...straightforward theft to management frauds such as price fixing, taking...unethical or fraudulent activity. "Fraud-i therefore provides a unique...
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Fraud in the new year: The start of 2002 is a good time to reflect upon the significant changes that took place last year and to review the lessons learned -- or perhaps, not learned. (Fraud Findings).
Magazine article from: Internal Auditor; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...their entrepreneurial spirit by taking advantage of the fraud opportunities presented by the attacks: false insurance...changes over the past year have helped shape the future of fraud. FRAUD WILL BE ALIVE AND WELL IN 2002. This is the easiest of...
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Fraud Wears Many Masks: Check out these recommendations to help businesses prevent fraud and keep reconciliation costs low if victimized.
Magazine article from: Collections & Credit Risk; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; The rising number of modern fraud crimes is not pulp fiction, but a real...consumers and businesses. Financial fraud's many faces are not always easy to...phone services by exploiting some of the fraud prevention limitations of customer relationship...
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Fighting fraud. (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Internal Auditor; 8/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...auditors will probably have to deal with serious incidents of fraud. FRAUD IS ALIVE AND WELL. In the U.S., the public started...institution, or individual seems exempt from the ravages of fraud. And most auditors will find that detecting and responding...
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INSURANCE FRAUD PROSECUTOR POSTS 2005 REPORT AND REFERENCE MANUAL ON WEB
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...forwarded the 2005 Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor report and reference manual chronicling New Jersey's insurance fraud efforts to Gov. Corzine and the New...electronically via the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Web Page, highlights investigations...
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Fraud and ethics topic of UR lecture
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 2/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...in the long run by investing in business fraud prevention. Altogether, companies end...spending billions of dollars in investigating fraud once it has been revealed - a costly result...that there are three elements that enable fraud to work. Remove one of them, Albrecht...
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Corporate Fraud Handbook: Prevention and Detection
Magazine article from: The CPA Journal; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...It also reveals how frauds were first detected...typical entity loses to fraud and abuse. Their...categories of occupational fraud are identified and...common methods of fraud and the vulnerabilities that permit frauds to succeed. The first...
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Fraud Awareness Week Sheds Light on White Collar Crime
Newspaper article from: Wireless News; 11/10/2009; 489 words
; Wireless News 11-10-2009 Fraud Awareness Week Sheds Light on White Collar...will be participating in International Fraud Awareness Week, Nov. 8-15, as an Official Supporter to promote anti-fraud awareness and education. Fraud Awareness...
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Fraud: What response?
Magazine article from: Australian CPA; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...organisations reported fraud in 1997, and this had...previous years, most frauds were perpetrated by employees...only 22 per cent of fraud was carried out by parties...States had experienced fraud in the preceding 12 months...total value of the worst frauds suffered by respondents...
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Fraud finds: auditors, armed with SOX provisions, chip away at corporate fraud.(CORPORATEFRAUD)
Magazine article from: California CPA; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...misstatements, whether caused by error or fraud. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Generally accepted...the auditor's responsibility related to fraud in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 99, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit (SAS No...
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Internet Fraud
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
INTERNET FRAUD A crime in which the perpetrator develops...viruses to Web site hacking and financial fraud, Internet crime became a larger concern...new wrinkles were complaints about rampant fraud on popular online auction sites. Together...
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Fraud
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Fraud Spiritualism is unique as a religious community...other religious group have substantive charges of fraud played such a large part, and within no other group has the need to confront fraud had such an effect upon its development. Soon...
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Fraud, Internet
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
FRAUD, INTERNET According to the U.S. National Consumers League, Internet-related fraud cost individuals and businesses $3.2 billion...18,660 instances of potential Internet fraud in 1999, with fully 25 percent of all consumer...
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Consumer Fraud
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
CONSUMER FRAUD Deceptive practices that result in financial...transactions. Many think that consumer fraud only affects unwitting people who are all...the most savvy customer can fall victim to fraud. It may be as simple and seemingly innocuous...
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Statute of Frauds
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...law, called the Statute of Frauds, which is a device employed...has some type of statute of frauds; the law's purpose is to...being "proved" by perjury or fraud. This objective is accomplished...representatives. The statute of frauds is invoked by a defendant in...
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