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Don’t be hurt by the shortage of accountants. Give them what they need.

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In fact, the Wall Street Journal reports that more than 300,000 accountants and auditors quit over the last two years, and the effects of those losses can be significant. Is your finance team getting the love and attention they deserve? Typically overworked and underappreciated, finance teams are a serious flight risk.

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Fraud Detection and Prevention: Fraud Through Employee Reimbursements

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At the same time, at the advice of its consultant, management also changed the firm’s auditor. Sherry properly reviewed and approved employee expense reimbursements and paid them timely and accurately through payroll. Then Sherry took several of those same receipts as support for her own expense report.

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Protecting Your Business: What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About Bookkeeper Fraud

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Expense Reimbursement Fraud: Submitting false expense reports for personal expenses. Consider engaging external auditors to review and validate your financial processes. Billing Schemes: Creating false invoices or altering legitimate ones for personal benefit.

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SEC Charges ex-iPayments Executives With Million Dollar Scheme

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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday (March 11) that it has lodged charges against two ex-executives at a credit card processing company for masterminding a scheme to steal millions of dollars through fake expense reimbursements, invoices that were inflated and other improper accounting tactics.

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Unmasking Fraud: How Forensic Accounting Protects the Hospitality Industry

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Forensic accountants are typically called upon to assess a specific matter brought up by company stakeholders when they want a deeper dive into certain accounts or transactions, like an analysis of expense reimbursements, for example.

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Another Explosive BDO Lawsuit Counterclaim Accuses the Firm of Inflating Revenue, ESOP Tomfoolery

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This is particularly troubling given that BDO serves as the independent auditor of many public and private companies. in expenses reimbursement, expenses BDO says are improper. Phan was improperly pressured to recognize Credits as revenue to artificially boost revenue numbers. ” He also says BDO owes him $8,127.77