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Duped in Koran scam , lawsuit victor still not repaid New York Daily News Hussain persuaded the then-unemployed immigrant to take out a $100000 loan against his home and invest in the printing of religious texts in late 2008, …
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As the UK continues with its austerity program, British public unions are screaming loudly. The Telegraph reports Ministers to slash pay-offs for civil servants. Generous “golden goodbye” payments to civil servants are to be cut drastically to make it cheaper for ministers to lay off thousands of public sector staff, The Daily Telegraph has learnt. The changes, which will provoke a major confrontation with the unions, come as government departments are drawing up plans for budget cuts of …
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The latest news in the Koss Corporation fraud committed by ex-VP of Finance Sue Sachdeva is a lawsuit filed by the company against Sachdeva and auditors Grant Thornton . It’s unlikely that the company will collect much from Sachdeva, but the auditors are a great target because they have deep pockets (especially in the form of a professional liability insurance policy). Everyone expected Koss to sue Grant Thornton. It’s just standard procedure to sue the auditors after a fraud is discovered. It never matters to the companies that audits are not designed to detect fraud and the auditors tell management this over and over. It never matters to the companies that they are the ones responsible for establishing and maintaining internal controls over financial reporting, as well as putting procedures in place to prevent and detect fraud. The standard management representation letter required to be given by the companies to the auditors has language something like this: We confirm that we are responsible for the fair presentation in the financial statements of financial position, results of operations, and cash flows in conformity with US GAAP. We also acknowledge our responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, including designing and implementing programs and controls to prevent and detect fraud.” But when things blow up, someone has to be held responsible, and Koss is pointing the finger at Grant Thornton. Here’s what I find so funny about the lawsuit: It goes through the fraudulent payments Sachdeva initiated in great detail , listing dates, payees, and amounts. The accusation being made is that if Grant Thornton had examined those checks and looked at the endorsements on the back of the checks, they would have immediately known Sachdeva was defrauding the company. Why is that so funny? Because Koss management could have (and should have) done exactly what they’re saying Grant Thornton should have done. Talk about making yourselves look like absolute morons. Financial statement audits are very limited in scope. Companies may not like that fact, but it’s just the way it is. If companies want their auditors to find fraud, then they ought to hire the auditors to do more than the audit . As it stands, when you hire auditors to do audits, you have very little chance that they will find a fraud-in-progress. If you want them to look for fraud, then you have to hire them for additional work. Contrary to what many may believe, the auditors don’t sit and go through canceled checks as part of their audit procedures. Their job is not to sit and go through every payment that passes through the bank account. That’s a different project with a different scope. Get over it. You should read my article at Daily Finance about this lawsuit. I point out some interesting contradictions in statements Koss made to the SEC and that they’re now making in their lawsuit. Maybe if the company had spent as much time and money on the management of their business as they will spend on this lawsuit, this all could have been avoided.
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Guest Post by Ronald Kral, MBA, CPA, CMA Managing Partner of Candela Solutions LLC All organizations use some form and degree of monitoring in reaching strategic, operational, reporting and compliance objectives. Yet, many organizations do not fully leverage the power of monitoring in reaching objectives or in supporting their regulatory control assessments. This article explores monitoring in an effort to reap the benefits of cost-efficient and effective control systems. The relevancy today is especially vivid considering the increase in modified or qualified external audit opinions pertaining to “going concerns”. While a company’s ability to continue functioning as a business entity relates primarily to operational objectives, it is achieved in large part through sound controls. Monitoring is a necessary component of the internal control process. COSO’s Monitoring Guidance The Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems in January, 2009. This is a resource worthy of any internal auditor’s, director’s, or manager’s library. It provides practical guidance and examples on how monitoring can be incorporated into an organization’s internal control process. The guidance does not change the original Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by COSO in 1992. This original COSO Framework and subsequent guidance defines monitoring as two related principles: 1. Ongoing Monitoring Activities: These are geared towards monitoring the effectiveness of controls over the ordinary course of operations and includes: management activities supervisory activities comparisons reconciliations other routine actions including automated tools 2. Separate Evaluations: Periodic efforts to verify the effectiveness of controls through evaluation other than the ordinary course of operations. This often provides a “fresh look” and is also a means to consider the effectiveness of ongoing monitoring activities. Examples include special reviews triggered by the board of directors and evaluations performed by internal audit. In addition to internally driven evaluations, organizations may be subject to external evaluation requirements performed by external auditors, regulators, and financial institutions. For these more highly regulated organizations, companies can often leverage their internal monitoring efforts when there is a healthy degree of internal independence. Separate evaluations typically lend themselves to greater independence by definition. Companies are also well advised to ensure that internal evaluators are competent and objective to heighten the probability that this work can be used by external evaluators. Balance and Some Degree of Independence Counts Without monitoring it is not possible to conclude if controls are operating effectively. Remember that a control is simply a policy, procedure, or activity within a process to accomplish an objective. A key message of COSO’s Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems is to “build-in” controls versus relying too heavily on “add-on” controls. The concept of building-in controls directly relates to ongoing monitoring activities since they are ingrained into the daily activities of a company through management and supervision. These control activities are typically the first opportunity to identify and correct control deficiencies. This front-line of defense against errors, fraud, and shortcomings in reaching objectives must be reinforced through clear accountabilities and consequences. A culture of strong management and supervisory controls is essential in the ultimate outcome of successfully reaching objectives. Even if an organization is highly reliant on automated controls, it is people who must interpret the results of the automated controls. Automated controls should be widely used as they can be very powerful in helping managers and supervisors monitor outcomes to best make timely decisions. Organizations need to have a healthy balance of both ongoing controls and separate evaluations. Separate evaluations are mostly “add-on” activities since they occur outside the ordinary course of operations. They generally detect control breakdowns well after ongoing monitoring activities and can be resource intensive. However, they are also typically performed with a higher degree of objectivity when performed by persons who are outside the business unit. With supervisory controls there is a heightened risk of bias through the development of personal friendships and pressures to protect the business unit’s image. Business units are naturally concerned about how they are perceived outside their unit and this is why you want diversification with your monitoring activities. Separate evaluations can pay huge dividends by providing a fresh-independent look at the effectiveness of controls, including ongoing monitoring controls. The Perception of Detection The notion of consequences is very important. If people sense that their mistakes, performance shortcomings, or even worse – fraud, will not be detected; there is a heightened risk of control breakdown. They simply feel they will not get caught so they rationalize that becoming lazy, making errors, or committing fraud will go unnoticed. Without detection, there can be no consequences. This is one of the most fundamental desired characteristics of a healthy control environment. However, some cultures can go too far in creating an atmosphere of paranoia and going overboard on costs that have a diminishing level of returns in terms of control benefits. To foster a good equilibrium of “perception of detection” in the culture, here are some suggestions: Implement a fraud hotline, including an anonymous reporting component. Provide periodic training of board members, management and supervisors on objectives and relating controls. Craft and implement a comprehensive corporate compliance program that spells out roles, accountabilities and consequences. Reinforce the corporate compliance program through a formal performance evaluation process to reward positive outcomes and correct negative results. Communicate a code of conduct that is simple to read and understand to all directors and employees. Also consider a code of conduct for certain external stakeholders, such as vendors. Verify compliance to controls through a healthy balance of supervision and internal auditing. And finally, let’s not forget the role of the board. Since the risk of management circumvention of controls is generally very high, there absolutely must be some form of executive monitoring at the board level. This does not mean that directors need to actually be conducting the monitoring activities themselves, but rather that they direct activities through an internal audit function that does not report to management. It may also make sense to bring in a third-party evaluator, such as a second CPA firm, for high risk and sensitive areas when independence is either compromised or simply is elusive due to the organizational structure. After all, it is ultimately on the board’s shoulders to ensure that proper monitoring is indeed in place and working to protect shareholder interests. Ronald Kral is the Managing Partner of Candela Solutions. Ron is also the Lead Partner of the Firm’s SEC Compliance Practice and is available to address inquiries. He can be reached at rkral@CandelaSolutions.com. Candela Solutions LLC is a new breed of CPA firm building value for clients through strong governance, risk management and compliance services. Visit our website at www.CandelaSolutions.com for more information. © 2010 Candela Solutions LLC, One South Pinckney, Suite 310, Madison, WI 53703.
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New York Daily News Meet New York's Tea Party: Surprise! Convicted con bashes the feds New York Daily News It was the Wild West on Wall Street . I made stupid mistakes.” He spent 15 months in prison and, along with 60 co-defendants, was ordered to repay the $3.1 … and more
National mortgage meltdown has strong Western Pennsylvania ties Connellsville Daily Courier For a while, Cowden, 58, formerly of Coraopolis, used the identification of a dead man to continue the scam , according to federal court papers. … and more
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Police warn of asphalt scam Beaver Dam Daily Citizen Numerous reports have surfaced in and around Dodge County this summer of suspected home repair scams – in particular scams involving asphalt driveways. …
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Protecting the vulnerable: Agencies work together for community Maryville Daily Times In another scam , called phishing, a person gets a call or e-mail from “the bank” asking for verification of an account. “This hits a lot of people, …
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Today Daily Finance has published an article by me about the current state of the Facebook privacy drama . Simply put, it’s completely overblown. I don’t like the fact that Facebook seems to make huge changes just when I’ve finally figured out the last batch of changes. But this is the internet, people. Things move fast, and so Facebook has to make frequent changes to keep developing their business model. And make no mistake – – Facebook is a business. As much as you might like to think it’s just a clever way to interact with your friends, the reality is that Facebook is a business that needs to generate revenue one way or another. Users don’t seem willing to pay for access to Facebook, so the company must look to advertisers and other partners to bring in money. The only way to make the network attractive to those with the money is by opening things up.That means Facebook is going to encourage (and in some cases require) that certain parts of your profile be public. After all, what good is user data if those who would pay to get access to it can’t actually access anything? The biggest complaint about the recent changes to Facebook’s privacy options is that there are too many of them. The New York Times calls the privacy options “bewildering.” At Daily Finance, my colleage Sam Gustin is also annoyed with the number of privacy choices on Facebook. But is it really all that bad to have lots of options when it comes to the many pieces of data you can add to your profile? I don’t think so. It’s nice that you can hide certain items while making others public. And I guarantee you that if Facebook now had only a few privacy choices that applied to large chunks of data, critics would be saying we don’t have enough control. Truthfully, the Facebook privacy settings are not the least bit confusing for anyone who can be bothered to take 10 minutes to look at them and use Facebook’s “help” function . I think Sam is just too lazy to learn about the privacy settings. And really… is it too much to ask that if you want to keep things private, you spend 10 or 20 minutes a few times a year learning about the options and tweaking your profile? I became motivated to write about this when my writing team at Daily Finance (which includes Sam) had a discussion about the “confusing” Facebook privacy settings via our team email list. To help defend his position that Facebook’s privacy is awful, he cited Danah Boyd as a “sophisticated thinker” on his side of this argument. I’ve never heard of her before, but okay. Sam says she’s sophisticated, so let’s go with it. Danah was shocked that Facebook didn’t contact her to help them after she did a keynote at SXSW. Really? That sets the stage for the rant, doesn’t it? Facebook didn’t bow down to Danah’s obvious superiority in the area of social media privacy, and now they shall pay. She says lots and lots of people are scared of these privacy issues on Facebook. I think that most of these scared people are simply too lazy to look at the privacy settings on Facebook, and are instead listening to people like Danah say they ought to be worried, and now they’re worried. Notice a theme here? Lazy Facebook users? Danah’s premise throughout most of the article is reasonable, but then she holds up a teenager using Facebook as an example of what’s so wrong with Facebook’s privacy settings. This poor teenager didn’t know that setting photos to be viewable by “Friends of Friends” meant that friends of friends could actually see them. Really? This is your shocking example of how awful Facebook is? That a user didn’t have basic common sense? Sure, she’s a teenager. But come on. By age sixteen I think basic reading comprehension skills have been learned, and “friends of friends” is not a terribly complicated phrase to interpret. This is by far not a “sophisticated” argument against Facebook. She goes on to complain about the fact that people don’t think the word “everyone” really means everyone. And she complains that Zuckerberg and Facebook team think they know what everyone wants. This is not a “sophisticated” argument either. Facebook critics are also sounding off that the “privacy” on Facebook isn’t really privacy at all, and the company is just looking for ways to exploit users. This argument fails if you again step back and look at Facebook as a business. The company must bring in revenue if it wants to survive, and it’s not “exploiting” users so much as finding ways to make the network enticing to those willing to pay for access. What Facebook absolutely must do, however, is be transparent. They must be clear about the privacy controls and make sure users know (if they bother to look) what is private and what is not. And for the users of Facebook – – you must take responsibility for your own data, because you’re the only one who can control it. If you don’t want things to become public, don’t post them on the internet. That’s really the only privacy control you may need.
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Politico 2010 has the results of Tuesday’s North Carolina primary. I am pleased to report B.J. Lawson, a candidate I have endorsed, won the N.C. District 4 Primary. Lawson gathered 46.2% of the vote. This is a strong showing for a 4-man race. The Daily Paul site, dedicated to restoring constitutional government to the United States of America proclaims, “I’m celebrating by sending him a check. Anyone care to join me?” Money is always welcome, but so is your time and energy! …
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The Guardian Buffett May Know More About Derivatives Than Securities Law Wall Street Journal As the purported victims in this fraud , how do they feel victimized? Or are they just sore losers? Compounding the uncertainty is The Wall Street Journal's … What Buffett Didn't Tell Goldman's CEO Motley Fool Warren Buffett defends Goldman Sachs; says Wall Street giant didn't commit fraud New York Daily News Warren Buffett backs Goldman Sachs over fraud allegations Telegraph.co.uk CNNMoney
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