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Discuss a recent (or not-so recent) fraud that you have read about, either in the textbook or in the news. Were there red flags present that should have alerted someone that the fraud was occurring? What could have been done differently in order to prevent the fraud or detect it sooner?

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//The following discussion is in concern with the recent accounting fraud of Diamond Foods. The fraud was conducted in terms of faulty accounting transactions by pushing the extra cost. Furthermore, various red flags that were shown to the company as a sign of alert has been highlighted in the below discussion. In addition to this, other measures that could have been taken by the company to prevent the fraud has been explained in the later part of the discussion.//

A recent case of fraud encountered was the case of Diamond Foods regarding SEC (Securities and ...

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