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The Investigation of Potential Financial Statement Fraud in a Small Business
This case provides you with the opportunity to analyze a set of financial statements to determine if fraud may be occurring at a business.
Jack Palmer, a former colleague of yours at Wells Fargo Bank, owns several golf courses in Idaho. He is concerned that financial statement fraud is being perpetrated by his bookkeeper who may be in collusion with four other golf course managers. Each manager receives a substantial annual bonus on top of his or her annual salary if the golf course earns a certain amount of profits each year.
Jack recently attended a small golf course owner convention in Las Vegas. In discussions with other owners, he discovered that his golf courses were earning much more profit compared to other golf courses of a similar size in the Western region of the U.S.
When you and Jack worked together at Wells Fargo, he was the sales and marketing guy, and he affectionately called you ‘The Numbers Guy.’ You two made a great team together while working at Wells Fargo. Jack trusts your intuition and asked for your help.
At the first meeting, Jack brought a complete set of financial statements, prepared by his bookkeeper, for the past five years for each golf course, including the:
Statements of Financial Condition,
Statements of Revenues and Expenses,
Statements of Cash Flow, and
Statements of Stockholder’s Equity.
The level of detail available and provided to you by Jack in that first meeting, especially for the Statements of Revenues and Expenses includes the following:
-Revenues by type/source of revenues recorded/earned by the golf course
-Expenses by type/source of expenses recorded/paid by the golf course
In responding to the questions related to this case, be sure to provide references for all sources you used. Your answers to this case study should be 5 pages in total, including cover and reference pages. The body of the paper, which must be at least 3 pages in length, should be double-spaced. Make a copy of each question below and place the questions into the body of your paper in bold-type, so that we can both see that you have addressed each one of the questions in your submission.
Questions/Requirements
What additional information and documentation do you need from Jack before a second meeting? Be specific.
Given that you have five years of financial information for each of the golf courses, where and how would you start your financial statement analysis to determine if fraud was occurring? Be extremely specific addressing which financial statements you would start analyzing first, why, and how you would go about it.
Is there any external information you might try to obtain or asking for to assist in the preparation of your financial statement analysis described in the above bullet? Be specific.
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The Investi
gation of Potential Financial Statement Fraud in a Small Business
This case provides you with the opportunity to analyze a set of financial statements to determine
if fraud may be occurring at a business.
Jack Palmer, a former colleague of yours at Wells
Fargo Bank, owns several golf courses in Idaho.
He is concerned that financial statement fraud is being perpetrated by his bookkeeper who may be
in collusion with four other golf course managers. Each manager receives a substantial annual
bonus on top of
his or her annual salary if the golf course earns a certain amount of profits each
year.
Jack recently attended a small golf course owner convention in Las Vegas. In discussions with
other owners, he discovered that his golf courses were earning much mo
re profit compared to other
golf courses of a similar size in the Western region of the U.S.
When you and Jack worked together at Wells Fargo, he was the sales and marketing guy, and he
affectionately called you ‘The Numbers Guy.’ You two made a great te
am together while working
at Wells Fargo. Jack trusts your intuition and asked for your help.
At the first meeting, Jack brought a complete set of financial statements, prepared by his
bookkeeper, for the past five years for each golf course, including
the:
Statements of Financial Condition,
Statements of Revenues and Expenses,
Statements of Cash Flow, and
Statements of Stockholder’s Equity.
The level of detail available and provided to you by Jack in that first meeting, especially for the
Statements o
f Revenues and Expenses includes the following:
-
Revenues by type/source of revenues recorded/earned by the golf course
-
Expenses by type/source of expenses recorded/paid by the golf course
In responding to the questions related to this case, be sure to
provide references for all sources you
used. Your answers to this case study should be 5 pages in total, including cover and reference
pages. The body of the paper, which must be at least 3 pages in length, should be double
-
spaced.
Make a copy of each
question below and place the questions into the body of your paper in bold
-
type, so that we can both see that you have addressed each one of the questions in your submission.
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Instructions
The Investigation of Potential Financial Statement Fraud in a Small Business
This case provides you with the opportunity to analyze a set of financial statements to determine
if fraud may be occurring at a business.
Jack Palmer, a former colleague of yours at Wells Fargo Bank, owns several golf courses in Idaho.
He is concerned that financial statement fraud is being perpetrated by his bookkeeper who may be
in collusion with four other golf course managers. Each manager receives a substantial annual
bonus on top of his or her annual salary if the golf course earns a certain amount of profits each
year.
Jack recently attended a small golf course owner convention in Las Vegas. In discussions with
other owners, he discovered that his golf courses were earning much more profit compared to other
golf courses of a similar size in the Western region of the U.S.
When you and Jack worked together at Wells Fargo, he was the sales and marketing guy, and he
affectionately called you ‘The Numbers Guy.’ You two made a great team together while working
at Wells Fargo. Jack trusts your intuition and asked for your help.
At the first meeting, Jack brought a complete set of financial statements, prepared by his
bookkeeper, for the past five years for each golf course, including the:
Statements of Financial Condition,
Statements of Revenues and Expenses,
Statements of Cash Flow, and
Statements of Stockholder’s Equity.
The level of detail available and provided to you by Jack in that first meeting, especially for the
Statements of Revenues and Expenses includes the following:
-Revenues by type/source of revenues recorded/earned by the golf course
-Expenses by type/source of expenses recorded/paid by the golf course
In responding to the questions related to this case, be sure to provide references for all sources you
used. Your answers to this case study should be 5 pages in total, including cover and reference
pages. The body of the paper, which must be at least 3 pages in length, should be double-spaced.
Make a copy of each question below and place the questions into the body of your paper in bold-
type, so that we can both see that you have addressed each one of the questions in your submission.