Common Law Responsibility for Errors and Fraud. Huffman & Whitman (H&W), a large regional accounting firm, was
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Unfortunately, H&W did not discover the fact that Lock was involved in a fraudulent scheme in which he diverted shipments of tires to a warehouse leased in his name and sent the invoices to Ritter for payment. He then sold the tires for his own profit. Internal auditors discovered the scheme during a study of slow-moving inventory items. Ritter’s inventory was overstated by about $500,000 (20 percent), the amount Lock had diverted.
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a. Do you believe H&W has any further audit responsibility with respect to the missing receiving reports? Explain.
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Authors: Timothy Louwers, Robert Ramsay, David Sinason, Jerry Straws
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