White- Collar Crime
The Office of Risk Assessment has noted an increase in unusual activities in financial service businesses. The Office of Whistleblower received a call regarding Robert Jones using his business as a front for his book making and loan shark activities. You have been assigned to investigate this allegation and to prepare evidence and a presentation that could be used in court.
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Group Project Tips
The group leader will provide one PowerPoint presentation for the entire group, not one presentation per student.
The presentation will be divided among the team members in the following way:
Each individual will contribute 1–2 slides depending on the content.
Slide(s) should include the name of the team member whom initially prepared and contributed to the PowerPoint Presentation.
The individual will submit his or her PowerPoint slides to the group along with supporting research sources.
Individuals should submit their portion of the report and the supporting references to a designated team member who will compile the documents into one report that will be submitted.
Project Deliverables:
PowerPoint presentation and group report.
Determine any excess income using two separate methods:
Net worth analysis
Bank deposit method
Your group should include complete analyses and review for each of the above methods. Your presentation should walk through the steps of your analyses and should identify the sources of evidence used for each step.
Part 1
Power Point Presentation
8–10 slides covering the following:
Introduction
Net worth method
Bank deposit method
Other matters
Conclusion
References
Part 2
Group report of the overview of indirect investigation and whistleblower rules.
Length: 5 pages
Prepare a group paper briefly describing an overview of the steps you used for the indirect method as well as some of the following matters:
Overview of indirect methods of proof
Requirements for using the indirect methods of proof
Research on the extent of use and or give an example from an actual court case using the indirect method of proof
Information on whistleblower rules and/or the effectiveness of use of whistleblower processes for identifying potential frauds
Part 3Group Evaluation Form
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Grading Guidelines
Group PowerPoint 1/3
Group Report 1/3
Individual Participation 1/3
*The peer evaluation form will also be used as a confirmation of the instructor’s observation of each members’ participation in the small group.
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The indirect methods of proof that were used in the investigation of the Robert Jones’s suspected financial crimes were; Net worth Method and Bank Deposit Methods.
The Net worth Method required the establishing of Robert Jones’s end year net worth and establishing of the beginning of the year net worth for each of the year under scrutiny. The beginning of the year’s net worth was then to be subtracted from the end of the year’s net worth. The result is the actual Roberts Jones’ taxable income as per the records……………………………
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