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Fraud

Satyam fallout hits Indian auditors

India’s accounting and auditing profession face shake-up after Satyam

05 Feb 2009

Fraud: an unfair cop

Businesses hit by fraud shouldn’t go to the police

05 Feb 2009

PwC CEO meets Indian minister to discuss Satyam fraud probe

Big Four firm under spotlight as Satyam auditor after $1bn accounting fraud by chairman of Indian outsourcing giant

30 Jan 2009

Fraud: the occupational hazards

Dishonesty appears to be a growing trend in business, with high profile cases rarely out of the headlines. Joseph T Wells looks at the myriad of methods used to defraud companies that accountants should be on the lookout for

29 Jan 2009

Fraud on the increase, BDO survey reveals

BDO Stoy Hayward report reveals that company fraud is increasing by 14% year-on-year

22 Jan 2009

PwC audit in spotlight after $1bn fraud at Indian outsourcer

Accounting fraud by Satyam chairman is being called 'India's Enron'.

08 Jan 2009

Corporate internal fraud set to rise, PwC warns

Credit crunch set to fuel rise in fraud ranging from fiddling expenses to customer data theft

10 Dec 2008

Former Tyco CFO faces more time in jail

The former chief financial officer of Tyco International, Mark Swartz, has failed in an attempt to overturn his conviction for grand larceny and fraud.

17 Oct 2008

HMRC staff in £2.3m fraud probes

Sum constitutes more than half of all fraud committed in government departments

13 Oct 2008

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Penny Avis' book Nevermind the Botox Rachel

Video: From corporate finance to author

Rachael Singh interviews self-published author and former Deloitte partner Penny Avis on her novel "Nevermind the Botox Rachel"

Managers must spot signs of staff stress

Learn to identify the symptoms of stress in your team, urges CABA

The Practitioner: Staff sit-down shocker

The Practitioner has plenty to think about after a senior staff member reveals the pair haven't 'chatted' for quite a while...

Time for consulting to re-balance?

Despite robust performance in 2011, the consulting industry must reduce its reliance on financial services clients, says Alan Leaman

businessman steps forward

Tax: Don't go back in the future

Forget retrospection and instead put the GAAR together properly to create certainty for business, says Gary Richards

CIMA and ICAEW accounts: all in the presentation

Fully transparent, or just one for the accountants? asks Kevin Reed

TS recalls Pet's star Healy's close links to HMRC

Tim Healy's recent run-in with the taxman isn't his only dealing with HMRC, TS recalls...

Colin: Cost-cutting a step too far

Finance function takes its toll at BBC offices

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