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In order to start up a shell company, the fraudster will most likely need which of the following?


A) Certificate of incorporation
B) Mailing address
C) Bank account
D) All of the above

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Producing an invoice that looks professional is the most difficult part of a shell company scheme.

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Nicolas Hill, CFE, has been hired to look into suspicious activity at Mason & Jefferson, LLC. The company's controller has reason to believe that the company has fallen victim to a shell company scheme. As part of his investigation, Nicolas should do which of the following?


A) Match the vendor master file to the accounts receivable file
B) Review payments with little or no sequence between invoice numbers
C) Extract all employees without a social security number
D) All of the above

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The internal auditor for the Bremer Group recently ran a computer audit test that showed that Ouetzen Company, one of the company's listed vendors, doesn't have a telephone number or a tax ID number. Of the choices given, what type of fraud does this situation most likely indicate?


A) Larceny scheme
B) Shell company scheme
C) Non-accomplice vendor scheme
D) Personal purchases scheme

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In one of the case studies in the textbook, a Southeastern medical college was plagued with fraudulent activity. What started as an investigation into some suspicious expense reimbursement activity eventually led to the discovery of a fictitious company that was set up to fraudulently bill the college for supplies that never existed. Which of the following red flags were found during the investigation?


A) Some vendors didn't have street addresses or telephone numbers.
B) Invoices were received for just under the amount that required two authorized signatures.
C) Some of the checks were cashed at check cashing companies.
D) All of the above

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Fictitious entities created for the sole purpose of committing fraud are called:


A) Ghost companies
B) Non-accomplice vendors
C) Shell companies
D) "Rubber stamp" companies

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Which of the following controls can be used to prevent or detect personal purchases on company credit cards?


A) Having credit card statements sent directly to someone with signature authority on the account for review and payment
B) Requiring employees to receive store credits rather than cash when returning items they purchased with the company's credit card
C) Monitoring credit card expenses for unexplained increases in purchasing levels
D) All of the above

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Categories of billing schemes include which of the following?


A) Shell company schemes
B) Larceny billing schemes
C) Fictitious disbursements schemes
D) All of the above

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Abby Watkins works in the accounts payable department for SVX Company. Recently, she set up a payment to Pacific Industries for invoice number 7001a, which is unlike any invoice number she has seen from Pacific in the past. The voucher contains a purchase order that backs up the invoice, but it looks like a photocopy. Additionally, the accounting system shows that invoice number 7001 from Pacific was for a slightly different amount and has already been paid. Pacific Industries is an established vendor with SVX, but the payment address has recently been changed to a P.O. Box in the vendor file. What type of fraud does this situation most likely indicate?


A) Personal purchases scheme
B) Shell company scheme
C) Non-accomplice vendor scheme
D) False purchase requisition scheme

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A pass-through scheme is usually undertaken by someone who works in which department?


A) Accounts payable
B) Receiving
C) Purchasing
D) Accounts receivable

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