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ABSTRACT This study looks at Internal control in an organization as a watchdog for fraudulent practices. Internal control being an integral part of corporate governance has seen a lot of reform due to the corporate scandals and financial crisis in the economic environment causing regulator to focus on increased disclosure requirements especially in the areas of corporate governance. Internal control disclosure requirement   ranged from the requirement of the foreign Corrupt ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The integration of accounting, auditing and investigative skills yield the specialty known as Forensic Accounting. Forensic Accounting provides an accounting analysis that is suitable to the court which forms the basis for discussion, debate and ultimately dispute resolution. It encompasses both litigation support and Investigative Accounting. It is a specially practiced area of accounting that describes engagement that result from actual or ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Fraud can be described as a conscious premeditated action of a person or group of persons with the intention of altering the truth or fact for selfish personal monetary gain.  It involves the use of deceit and trick and sometimes highly intelligent cunning and know how.  The action usually takes the form of forgery, falsification of documents and forgery of signature and outright ...

ABSTRACT   Fraud is universally acknowledge as a hidden threat to financial institutions in this country, it has remained a jigsaw puzzle in our commercial banks and other financial institution.  People view it with astonishment considering the divesting effect, uncontrollable increasing trend and magnitude in our business set-ups and this is daily read in our news headlines.  In recent times, the frequency of occurrence of frauds and fraudulent practices in almost ...

ABSTRACT Lack of understanding of the purpose of auditing among the society in general, especially the management ministry of health Enugu become the problem of the study. The objective was to examine the role of auditing in controlling fraud in Nigeria public service. Population variable were 360 with the sample size of 189, simple percentage were used to analyse the research questions. One of the major findings was that auditors ...

ABSTRACT Fraud is universally acknowledge as a hidden threat to financial institutions in this country, it has remained a jigsaw puzzle in our commercial banks and other financial institution.  People view it with astonishment considering the divesting effect, uncontrollable increasing trend and magnitude in our business set-ups and this is daily read in our news headlines.  In recent times, the frequency of occurrence of frauds and fraudulent practices in almost ...