This scheme—commonly referred to as a “pump and dump”—creates artificial buying pressure for a targeted security, generally a low-trading volume issuer in the over-the-counter securities market largely controlled by the fraud perpetrators.
Legitimate letters of credit are never sold or offered as investments. They are issued by banks to ensure payment for goods shipped in connection with international trade. Payment on a letter of credit generally requires that the paying bank receive documentation certifying that the goods ordered have been shipped and are en route to their […]
Identity theft occurs when someone assumes your identity to perform a fraud or other criminal act. Criminals can get the information they need to assume your identity from a variety of sources, including by stealing your wallet, rifling through your trash, or by compromising your credit or bank information. They may approach you in person, […]
Medical Equipment Fraud: Equipment manufacturers offer “free” products to individuals. Insurers are then charged for products that were not needed and/or may not have been delivered.
An advance fee scheme occurs when the victim pays money to someone in anticipation of receiving something of greater value—such as a loan, contract, investment, or gift—and then receives little or nothing in return.
When you send money to people you do not know personally or give personal or financial information to unknown callers, you increase your chances of becoming a victim of telemarketing fraud. Here are some warning signs of telemarketing fraud—what a caller may tell you:
Purchase Requisition (PR) is the basic document in Procurement process. In automated environment, it is essence of process. It has many important characteristic which affects Purchase Orders, vendor selection, goods receiving and finally invoicing process.
GUIDANCE 1) When commenting on the effectiveness of the controls listed in addressing assertions, it should be noted that in many cases the control alone may not be sufficient to ensure that the assertion is met, and that in auditing the respective significant accounts a combination of controls may be required.
Capital market expectations represent the forward-looking prospects regarding the risk and return characteristics of the various asset classes. One of the critical components of any investment program is the strategic asset mix, hence, the need for market expectations to be set across the asset class spectrum. What are required are objective forecasts free of bias […]
Subcontracting is a procurement activity in which vendor works on material provided by buyer and return it after working on it. SAP has option to cater this transaction. It is different from services as it involves delivering material to Vendor first. In order to give complete business picture and information of event, we must keep […]