In February 2006, former Senator Warren Rudman of New Hampshire completed a 17-month investigation of an $11

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In February 2006, former Senator Warren Rudman of New Hampshire completed a 17-month investigation of an $11 billion accounting scandal at Fannie Mae (a major enterprise involved in home-mortgage financing). The Rudman investigation concluded that Fannie Mae’s CFO and controller used an accounting gimmick to manipulate financial statements in order to meet earning-per-share (EPS) targets. Meeting the EPS targets triggered bonus payments for the executives.
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Comment on the provisions of SOX that pertain to intentional misrepresentation and describe the maximum penalty that the CFO could face.

Financial Statements
Financial statements are the standardized formats to present the financial information related to a business or an organization for its users. Financial statements contain the historical information as well as current period’s financial...
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Survey of Accounting

ISBN: 978-0073379555

2nd edition

Authors: Edmonds, old, Mcnair, Tsay

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