1st Edition

Fraud in Financial Statements

By Julie E. Margret, Geoffrey Peck Copyright 2015
158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

As the monetary cost of fraud escalates globally, and the ensuing confidence in financial markets deteriorates, the international demand for quality in financial statements intensifies. But what constitutes quality in financial statements? This book examines financial statement fraud, a topical and increasingly challenging area for financial accounting, business, and the law. Evidence shows... Read more

1. Management and Fraud 2. Stakeholders, Governance and Corporate Culture 3. Quality in Financial Statements 4. Fundamental Elements: Assets, Revenue and Expenses 5. Financial Obligations: Liabilities 6. Phoenix Activity: Companies in Crisis 7. Fraud and the Phoenix Rising

Biography

Julie Margret is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting at La Trobe University, Australia. She is author of Solvency in Financial Accounting (Routledge, 2012).

Geoffrey Peck is Principal in Deloitte’s Forensic group, based in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining Deloitte in 2009, Geoffrey was a Director with another Big Four firm and also served for more than 21 years with the Victoria Police, including seven years as a Detective Sergeant with the Major Fraud Group. He is one of Deloitte’s most experience risk management specialists and has undertaken risk management work extensively throughout the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East.