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‐scale fraud during the Gulf War; the Grupo Torras SA (GT) sued them in order to recover money lost, and the case illustrates the … explanations might be true and he was acquitted of conspiracy in the fraud. Moves on to F, a lawyer who gave advice which enabled …
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Analyses US auditors’ responsibility for detecting accounting errors, fraud and irregularities, noting the traditional … GAAP standard was revised so auditors were made responsible for detecting error or fraud. Discusses Standard Auditing … who fail to detect fraud.  …
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Focuses on fraud, including in the concept a wide range of offences committed by management, employees or third parties … which the other suffers financial loss; as in the UK, fraud in Cyprus does not exist as specific criminal offence. Describes … fraud as an invisible crime, and lists its negative characteristics: no knowledge, poor statistics, no theory, no research …
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Considers some recommendations proposed by the Law Commission report on fraud, especially regarding the future role of … dishonesty in offences involving fraudulent conduct, and the report’s proposal for the creation of a new offence of fraud plus … another new offence of obtaining services dishonestly. Outlines the advantages of a single law of fraud, as the report sees …
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mortal dangers involved in mortgage fraud and involve the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal; these involved misappropriation …
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to deal with perceived defects in investigation, prosecution and trial of serious and complex fraud, and how different … financial services and fraud investigation were then compared with today. Describes how fraudsters have become more resourceful …, mobile and international. Outlines the recommendations of the Committee, for instance that a unified fraud office should be …
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Describes the 1985 Roskill Committee Report on Fraud Trials as a success: of its 112 recommendations only two were not … implemented. Explains why Roskill is nevertheless often criticised: there is a lack of resources for fraud investigation, while … the amount of computer‐generated data in modern fraud cases is huge, and the demands on the jury much greater. Outlines …
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Reviews the frequent doubts expressed about the ability of jurors to cope with the demands on them in fraud cases … for the Fraud Trials Committee (Roskill), the research for the Auld Report, and the simulation and participant tasks for …
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Outlines the extent and nature of white‐collar crime in Germany, and examines the attitudes towards sanctions against this type of offence in the work of the special tribunals in Germany and other countries. Describes how specialisation works on both prosecution and judicial levels, including...
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Assesses the arguments for and against the establishment of an Economic Crime (or Fraud) Commission and relates these … to the Roskill Committee Report’s recommendation for an independent body to monitor the effectiveness of how fraud case … were conducted. Surveys the changes in the fraud scene in the fifteen years since Roskill: for instance, England and Wales …
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