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THE ROLE ON INTERNAL AUDITORS IN FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION IN BANKS IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  Background to the study A closer look at institutions in our society shows that a lot of businesses are folding up due to fraudulent acts. Both the management and the employees indulge in activities that can bring down an institution, and ignorance of the roles of an internal auditor is also a problem. Auditors give a fair account of the financial statement of an institution as ...

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THE EFFECT OF TREASURY SINGLE ACCOUNT ON FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY The Nigeria economy has experienced so many declines lately due to high level of fraudulent activities in both the public and the state sector of Nigeria. The federal government of Nigeria has put in so much effort to resolve the effect of fraud on the economy of Nigeria; this was led to the introduction of the treasury single account. The Federal Government of Nigeria has ...

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THE ROLE OF COMPUTER IN FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION

ABSTRACT Fraud has been identified as the major cause of distress and unprogressive nature of most business organization in the country.  Even though, there are intelligent people who work round the clock to fault the system; but there are more intelligent people who build on fraud check devices hence the computer. It is the aim of this study to find out the role of computer in fraud detection and prevention in ...

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THE ROLE OF COMPUTER IN FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION IN THE NIGERIAN COMMERCIAL BANKING INDUSTRY

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND TO STUDY The Nigerian banks have been the centers of public attention especially in the area of frauds. Today in the banking sector ,we find ,fraudulent workers customers and so forth. Due to the fact that has been the of the day as far as Nigeria is concern  and the only way which we can look into it is by using computer  in the prevention and detection of ...

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FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AS A TOOL FOR FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION

ABSTRACT The study examines the effect of forensic accounting as a tool for fraud detection and prevention in an organization. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between fraud detection, prevention, and forensic accounting. To achieve this objective, data was collected from primary sources. The primary data were collected with the help of a well-structured questionnaire of two sections administered to staff and management of Enugu South ...

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THE IMPACT OF INTERNAL AUDIT ON FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of  Internal Audit on fraud detection and prevention with Power Holding Company of Nigeria as a case study. Information and data were collected through the use of research questionnaires and company’s financial statement. The research questionnaires distributed were 30 of which 23 were  completed and returned by the respondents. The hypothesis formulated were tested  using chi-square statistical tool. The ...

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THE IMPACT OF INTERNAL AUDIT ON FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research work is to investigate the impact of Information Technology (IT) on the performance of banks of Nigeria using United Bank of Africa Plc. as a study. The objectives of this study include the following: to investigate the beneficial aspects of IT use; to investigate the problems of IT use; to determine the level of information technology acquisition to the bank. The research methodology involved using survey method. This had to the following findings that there is drastic reduction in cost for distribution ...

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