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*Writing Assignment #2:*Crimes against businesses, such as fraud, 

embezzlement, and computer crimes. While these crimes did not result 

in any physical harm to anyone, the financial damages have been 

devastating. People who were affected by these crimes has lost things 

that cannot be replaced over time while the firms’ affected will have 

the reputations affected for a lifetime. History may forget the 

individual victims, but history will not forget names such as Madoff & 

Enron.

Locate a recent fraud, embezzlement, computer crime case that occurred 

within the last five years. The case chosen must have been committed 

in the last five years and the perpetrators have been brought to 

justice. Make sure that you have enough information about the case so 

that you can answer the following questions:

-What are the main facts about the case?

-Apply the fraud opportunity triangle to the case and illustrate how 

the case complies (or does not complies) with the triangle.

-If you can go into the mind of the person(s) who committed the crime, 

what do you think drove them to commit the crime? Were there signals 

that could have alerted someone that the person(s) were on the verge 

to commit this crime?

-Since this crime was committed via use of some sort of accounting 

system, what additional controls would you recommend that be included 

to prevent or limit crimes like this from happening again?

-Do you agree with the outcome with this case in terms of the verdict? 

Was it too harsh or not harsh enough?

Your response must be at least six complete pages long (excluding 

cover page), using the APA writing style. You also _must include at 

least three external reference (excludes textbook) and include at 

least two in-text citations_. The references and citations must be 

related to the material being presented, and cannot be the textbook or 

the case itself.