Question: Could you please answer the following question. QUESTION ONE A digital analysis of an organisation's 'Salaries' general ledger account reveals that two of the company's
Could you please answer the following question.

QUESTION ONE A digital analysis of an organisation's 'Salaries' general ledger account reveals that two of the company's employees, Harvey Weinstein and Jo W. Harvey have wages deposited into the same bank account held at Me Bank. Your investigations reveal that Jo W. Harvey cannot be physically located or identified anywhere within the organization. You form the suspicion that Jo W. Harvey is a 'ghost employee'. Your investigation of wages records and employee human resources files suggest that Harvey Weinstein, the Human Resources Manager, created the ghost employee Jo W. Harvey' in the organisation's human resources database. As you wish to progress this investigation as quickly as possible, you ask Harvey Weinstein attend your office for an interview. When he arrives at your office, you present to him your suspicions. He quickly becomes upset, protests his innocence and storms out of your office. REQUIRED: (a) Discuss what steps a forensic accountant or investigator needs to follow before interviewing a person suspected of committing fraud in an organization? (b) How does 'Benford's Law' apply to fraud detection? (c) Explain the terms 'Stratification' and 'Fuzzy Logic
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