Real case studies on bribery and corruption written by expert fraud examinersBribery and Corruption Casebook: The View from Under the Table is a one-of-a-kind collection of actual cases written by the fraud examiners who investigated them. These stories were hand-selected from hundreds of submissions and together form a comprehensive, enlightening and entertaining picture of the many types of bribery and corruption cases in varied industries throughout the world.
- Each case outlines how the bribe or corruption was engineered, how it was investigated, and how perpetrators were brought to justice
- Written for fraud investigators, auditors, compliance officers, and corporate lawyers
- Reflects the recent crackdown on bribery and prosecution of cases under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
- Also by Dr. Joseph T. Wells: Fraud Casebook, Principles of Fraud Examination, and Computer Fraud Casebook
This book reveals the dangers of bribery and corruption and the measures that can be taken to prevent it from happening in the first place.
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Chapter 1 The Hot-Tub Highwaymen |
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Chapter 2 Trouble Brewing |
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Chapter 3 In the State's Interest |
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Chapter 5 When Bribery Becomes a Way of Doing Business |
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Chapter 6 Kickbacks for Comic Books |
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Chapter 7 Interrupted Production |
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Chapter 8 High-Plains Grifter |
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Chapter 9 Getting a Free Ride |
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Chapter 10 Conflicting Interests, Conflicting Cultures |
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Chapter 11 But We Thought He Was Saving Us Millions |
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Chapter 12 The Construction of a Fraud |
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Chapter 13 The Summer Bribe |
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Chapter 14 Brazen Bank Manager |
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Chapter 15 In Bed with the Tax Man |
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Chapter 16 High-Rise Rollers |
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Chapter 17 Decorum Across the International Date Line |
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Chapter 18 The Kickback Mine |
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Chapter 21 The Seemingly Upstanding Citizen |
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Chapter 22 Big Dangers from a Small Vendor |
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Chapter 23 A Drop In the Ocean |
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Chapter 24 The Professor and the Deputy |
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Chapter 25 Calling for Kickbacks |
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Chapter 26 Going Green in Mexico |
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Chapter 27 A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing |
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Chapter 28 Dances with Fraud |
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Chapter 29 The Corrupt Public Servant |
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Chapter 30 Romance, Jewels and Kickbacks: All in a Day's Work |
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Chapter 31 Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely |
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Chapter 32 For Love or Money? |
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Chapter 33 Ethical Governance: A Mandate for Outsourcing |
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Chapter 34 Friends and Lovers in High Places |
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Chapter 35 Kickbacks on Demand |
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Chapter 36 High-Flying Ambition |
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Chapter 37 The Cleaner Who Swept His Way to the Top |
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Chapter 38 Sorry, This Fraud Has Been Disconnected |
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Chapter 39 Bid Rigging and Kickbacks under the Bridge |
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Dr. JOSEPH T. WELLS, CFE, CPA, editor, has spent nearly a decade as a U.S. FBI Special Agent, is the founder and Chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and the author of 20 books. For his landmark research in fraud detection and deterrence, Dr. Wells has been inducted into the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Business and Industry Hall of Fame and named to Accounting Today's list of the 100 most influential people for nine years in a row. He holds a doctorate in commercial science from York College, The City University of New York.
LAURA HYMES, CFE, is the Managing Editor of the ACFE's Research Department, where she oversees the editing of books, manuals and other publications related to the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud. She also collaborates with authors and speakers who are experts in the anti-fraud industry to produce high-quality educational material. She has a master's degree in publication management and years of experience in editing and publishing.
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