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Danielle Boyle, CFE, was hired to investigate some suspicious activity in the ca

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Question

Danielle Boyle, CFE, was hired to investigate some suspicious activity in the cash receipts for Highway 53 Mini-Storage. While examining the company’s cash receipts journal, she noticed several edits to the cash receipts journal posted to manager that reduced cash receipts by $150 to $700 a week. She vouched the lower amounts to the deposit slips and bank statements. Ms. Boyle also traced the original cash receipts to customer sub-ledger accounts. What type of fraud scheme might she have found and why?

Explanation / Answer

Ans.1 - Type of fraud scheme - Skimming of cash and cash larcency scheme.

Ans.2 - Why?

because there wa reduction in cash receipts of $150 to $700 a week, and when she traced the journal she found several edits to the cash reciept journal