forensic accounting and fraud examination class

Leah Messenger is the owner of a local CPA firm with five separate offices in medium size towns She started the firm over twenty years ago and now has over 50 full-time employees. Recently, she discovered that one of her employees stole over $25,000 from the business during the past six months because of lax internal controls. She was furious about the situation, but was uncertain about whether she should initiate a criminal investigation, just fire the employee, or try to work out a solution so the employee could pay back the money and stay on with the firm. In your discussion, list at least three reasons why Leah should have the employee prosecuted. List at three reasons why Leah might not want to have the employee prosecuted. If you were Leah, what would you do. After you post your discussion, you will be able to see other posts. Comment on at least one other students' post.