Consider each of the following situations. Is there a potential problem? Which part of the fraud triangle

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Consider each of the following situations. Is there a potential problem? Which part of the fraud triangle is involved, if any?

A. Susan is an accounts payable clerk. She sets up creditors in a financial database and pays invoices as they come in. Last year, she won employee of the year and is a valued employee. Through the grapevine, Susan's boss just learned that Susan's brother has a gambling problem.

B. Now suppose that Susan from situation A is now secretary for the head of the marketing department. She keeps track of the vice president of marketing's schedule and handles the correspondence.

C. Keith has been employed for 6 months as a teller at a community bank. All is going well, and his cash drawer has had shortages only twice (of less than $10). The shortages were traced and the problems corrected.

D. At the company Memorial Day picnic and golf outing last week, Nancy notice that June moved her ball to a better lie when she thought no one was looking. There were no prizes for a low score, and June did not benefit from the lower score that resulted.

Accounts Payable
Accounts payable (AP) are bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.This is a standard accounting term, one of the most common liabilities, which normally appears in the balance sheet listing of liabilities. Businesses receive...
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Managerial Accounting The Cornerstone of Business Decision Making

ISBN: 978-1337115773

7th edition

Authors: Maryanne M. Mowen, Don R. Hansen, Dan L. Heitger

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