1. THE ROLE OF THE FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT IN FRAUD DETECTION IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
The trend and the volume are increasing on a daily basis and all levels of the society are involved. The rich, the poor, the young and the elderly, the male and female all are neck deep in fraud and fraud related activities that say a lot about...
2. AUDITING AS A TOOL FOR FRAUD RISK ASSESSMENT IN COMMERCIAL BANKS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The recent global financial crisis, which had its roots in the banking sector, highlighted, except from the existing regulatory gaps, the lack of proper and efficient internal audit functions within the banking institutions in or...
3. AUTOMATED FORENSIC AUDITING AND FRAUD CONTROL IN NIGERIA
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Nigeria seems to have acquired a name that is synonymous with corruption. As a nation, it has carved out for itself the reputation of the most corrupt in the world. Our treatment in international politics as a parish&nb...
4. THE ROLE OF THE FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT IN FRAUD DETECTION IN NIGERIA
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
A definition credited to Gordon Brown Chancellor of the Exchequer June 2004 is that forensic accounting is the identification, interpretation and communication of the evidence of economic transactions and reporting agents. It is the application of...
5. CAPITAL MARKET AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This research work examines the role of the forensic accountant in fraud detection in Nigeria with comparative analysis of public and private sectors. Forensic accountant plays a significant role in the Nigeria organizations whereby he investig...
6. THE EFFECT OF FRAUD AND RELATED FINANCIAL CRIMES ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study is to determine the impact of fraud and related financial crimes on the growth and development of Nigerian economy. Data for the study were collected from secondary sources only. The research analyzed the data generated using re...
7. EXAMINATION OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AS A TOOL FOR FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION
ABSTRACT
This study was intended to evaluate the extent to which forensic accounting can be used as a tool in fraud detection. This study was guided by the following objectives; to identify the role of a forensic accountant in an organization, to know if forensic accoun...
8. ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC) AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Close to a decade after the inauguration of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the war against corruption in Nigeria continues to rage with the anti-graft body clearly not having the upper hand. The bulk of the...
9. FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT AS A PANACEA FOR PREVENTING CORPORATE FRAUD IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine Forensic Accounting And Audit As a Panacea For Preventing Corporate Fraud In Nigeria using First Bank Plc, Ikeja, Lagos State as a case study. Specifically, the study aimed at finding out if the i...
10. FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AS A TOOL FOR FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION
ABSTRACT
The study examines the effect of forensic accounting as a tool for fraud detection and prevention in an organization. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between fraud detection, prevention and forensic accounting. To achieve...
11. FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AS A TOOLFOR FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine forensic accounting as a tool for fraud detection and prevention in Nigeria in Surulere Local Government, Lagos State. Specifically, the study examined the role of Forensic Accountant in an organ...
12. FORENSIC ACCOUNTING AS A TOOL FOR FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION
ABSTRACT
This study was intended to evaluate the extent to which forensic accounting can be used as a tool in fraud detection. This study was guided by the following objectives; to identify the role of a forensic accountant in an organization, to know if forensic accoun...
13. EFFECT OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING ON FINANCIAL FRAUD IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Fraud is an endemic that are gradually becoming a normal way of life in both public and private sectors, from the presidential cabinets, down to the political officer, to the ward councillors, from managing directors of companies...
14. EFFECT OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING ON FINANCIAL FRAUD IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Fraud is an endemic that are gradually becoming a normal way of life in both public and private sectors, from the presidential cabinets, down to the political officer, to the ward councillors, from managing directors of companies...
15. THE EFFECT OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING APPLICATION ON FRAUD DETECTION IN PUBLIC SECTOR (CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The problem of fraud, money laundering, and other unethical behaviors in commercial and government organizations has demanded the use of forensic or investigative accounting and the practice of those accounting methods. Investiga...
16. CRIMINAL PROFILLING AND IT’S RELEVANCE IN THE NIGERIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
“The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case, is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is...
17. A STUDY OF SALIVA AND CHEEK CELLS DNA EXTRACTION WITH THE USE OF HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Genomic DNA is an essential kind of nucleic acid that may be extracted for use in scientific study and forensic analysis (Dumache et al, 2016). After the DNA has been extract...
18. INTERNAL AUDIT AS AN INSTRUMENT OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine internal audit as an instrument of management control using Lagos state judiciary, Lagos State. Specifically, the study examined the need for assisting the financial statement of government paras...
19. FORENSIC SPECIALISTS' COMPUTERIZED SECURITY AND CONTROL SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
Forensic specialists' computerized security and control system was carried out in the research. Questionnaire was used to elicit the require information and the results obtained analysed using mean and percentages. Results of the analysis showed t...
20. THE IMPACT OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING IN AN ORGANIZATION
Abstract
Fraudulent practices in Uyo local government council have led to increased losses in the LG, hence the need to use forensic accounting services to detect and prevent such fraudulent activities. The council is a very important institution with...
21. COMPUTER BASED SECURITY AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR FORENSIC EXPERTS
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The world is becoming a smaller place in which to live and work. A technological revolution in communications and information exchange has taken place within business, industry and homes. Most developed and developing countries are substantially more invested in...
22. THE ROLE OF CAPITAL MARKET IN INDUSTRIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The increase in number of fraud and fraudulent activities in Nigeria and around the world emphasized the need for forensic accounting. The aim of this paper is to find out if rules and procedures are properly followed in the public sector transactions, to...
23. THE EFFECT OF FRAUD AND FINANCIAL CRIMES ON THE ECONOMY OF NIGERIA (2007-2015)
ABSTRACT
This study is aimed at determining the impact of fraud and related financial crimes on the growth and development of Nigerian economy. Data for the study were collected from secondary sources only. The research analyzed the data generated using regression analy...
24. FORENSIC ACCOUNTANT ROLE IN FRAUD DETECTION IN NIGERIA
Abstract
This research work examines the role of the forensic accountant in fraud detection in Nigeria. Forensic accountant plays a significant role in the Nigeria organizations whereby he investigates with the use of technological equipment in its assignment. The researcher employs pri...
25. ACCOUNTING ETHICS/ STANDARDS AND THE CHANGING ROLES OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING: A PANACEA FOR FRAUD CONTROL IN CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS
ABSTRACT
Recently, forensic accounting has come into limelight due to rapid increase in financial frauds and white- collar crimes. The specific objectivities of the study are to ascertain the extent government owned organisations adhere to accounting/standards, to find out if adherence...
26. AN ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION IN NIGERIA FIRMS: A STUDYOF SELECTED FIRMS.
ABSTRACT
This research work was undertaken to asses the corporate fraud prevention and detection in Nigeria firms a case study of selected firms. The work was intended to achieve the following objectives to identify some of this effect, causes and examine the factors that induce staff t...
27. AUTOMATED FORENSIC AUDITING AND FRAUD CONTROL IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION, PORTHARCOURT)
ABSTRACT
The topic “Automated forensic auditing and fraud control in Nigeria” is a critical concept in modern days accounting, and our country Nigeria is not left out in its practice. This research aims at pointing out the rationale behind fraudulent practices as well as exa...
28. INTERNAL AUDITING AS AN AID TO MANAGEMENT (A STUDY OF HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS COMPANY, ORLU, IMO STATE)
ABSTRACT
This research work deals with internal audit as an aid to management. It aims at finding out the role of internal audit in management decision making in organizations. It is a survey research. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources which included using questionn...
29. THE USEFULNESS OF FORENSIC AUDIT IN THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The incidence of fraud and misappropriation of funds in recent time poses a threat to auditing as a branch of accounting profession because of its perennial nature. This has resulted to questions as to whether auditing actually play any significant role towards t...
30. Holmes: An Open-source Image Forensics Toolkit
ABSTRACT
Digital images continue to be ever-present in our daily lives as means of conveying information. With the availability of image editing software, now more than ever our ability to trust the images we see have been brought into question; the field of digital ima...
31. BOARD ATTRIBUTES, OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND REPORTING QUALITY IN A POST-IFRS REGIME: A DIFFERENCE-INDIFFERENCE REGRESSION TECHNIQUE
ABSTRACT
The study examined board attributes, ownership structure and reporting quality in a post-IFRS regime. The difficulties to control for confounding factors on accounting quality in IFRS reporting regime and the sensitivity of different measures of reporting quality motivated this...
32. IMPACT OF 5Es PROBLEM-SOLVING MODEL ON SCIENCE PROCESS-SKILLS ACQUISITION,PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN CELL PHYSIOLOGY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL BIOLOGY STUDENTS
Introduction
Science and technical education are foundations for sustainable national development as they protect human societies from ignorance, illiteracy, disease and poverty. According to Omiko (2015), the use of science, technology and productivity are often to des...
33. A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF FRAUD AMONG EMPLOYEES OF SELECTED COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS
ABSTRACT
This research is entitled ‘A Sociological Analysis of Fraud among Employees of Selected Commercial Banks in Kaduna Metropolis’. The indispensability of commercial banking institutions in any nation’s economy cannot be over emphasized. Unfortunately, the Nigeri...
34. FINANCIAL STATEMENT FRAUD DETECTION TECHNIQUES AND PREVENTION MEASURES
Abstract:
This study examines financial statement fraud detection techniques and prevention measures in Abuja, Nigeria. The objectives are to: (1) identify common financial statement fraud schemes, (2) assess the effectiveness of various detection techn...
35. THE ROLE OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING IN FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
Abstract:
This research explores the role of forensic accounting in financial statement analysis in Abuja, Nigeria. The objectives are to: (1) assess the effectiveness of forensic accounting techniques in detecting financial irregularities, (2) evaluate...
36. THE IMPACT OF FRAUD DETECTION TECHNIQUES IN FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
Abstract: THE IMPACT OF FRAUD DETECTION TECHNIQUES IN FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
This study investigates the impact of fraud detection techniques in forensic accounting within the banking sector in Lagos. The objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of various fraud detection techniques, a...
37. THE ROLE OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS IN CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS
Abstract: THE ROLE OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS IN CORPORATE INVESTIGATIONS
This research explores the role of forensic accountants in corporate investigations, focusing on large corporations in Abuja. The study's objectives are to analyze the contributions of forensic accountants to unc...
38. AN ASSESSMENT OF CYBERCRIME AND DIGITAL FORENSIC ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUES
Abstract: AN ASSESSMENT OF CYBERCRIME AND DIGITAL FORENSIC ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUES
This study assesses the effectiveness of digital forensic accounting techniques in combating cybercrime in the financial sector in Lagos. The objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of various digital...
39. MONEY LAUNDERING DETECTION AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES IN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS
Abstract: MONEY LAUNDERING DETECTION AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES IN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS
This research explores the effectiveness of money laundering detection and prevention strategies in deposit money banks in Lagos. The study's objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of various...
40. AN APPRAISAL OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING IN BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY CASES
Abstract: AN APPRAISAL OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING IN BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY CASES
This study appraises the role of forensic accounting in bankruptcy and insolvency cases in Port Harcourt. The objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of forensic accounting in uncovering financial disc...
41. THE IMPACT OF INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES IN FORENSIC ACCOUNTING ENGAGEMENTS
Abstract: THE IMPACT OF INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES IN FORENSIC ACCOUNTING ENGAGEMENTS
This research investigates the impact of investigative techniques used in forensic accounting engagements within the corporate sector in Abuja. The study's objectives are to evaluate the effectivenes...
42. THE ROLE OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS IN LITIGATION SUPPORT
Abstract: THE ROLE OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS IN LITIGATION SUPPORT
This study examines the role of forensic accountants in providing litigation support in legal cases involving financial disputes in Lagos. The objectives are to analyze the contributions of forensic accountants to legal ca...
43. ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT FRAUD AND FORENSIC ANALYSIS
Abstract: ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT FRAUD AND FORENSIC ANALYSIS
This research assesses the role of forensic analysis in detecting and preventing financial statement fraud in publicly traded companies in Lagos. The study's objectives are to evaluate the effectiveness of foren...
44. THE IMPACT OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING ON INSURANCE CLAIMS AND DISPUTES
Abstract: The Impact of Forensic Accounting on Insurance Claims and Disputes
The study investigates the impact of forensic accounting on insurance claims and disputes, focusing on the objectives of determining its effectiveness in claim validation, reducing fraudulent claims, and enhanc...
45. THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON FORENSIC ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
Abstract: The Impact of Technology on Forensic Accounting Practices
This research explores the impact of technology on forensic accounting practices, with objectives centered around evaluating the effectiveness of technological tools in forensic investigations, understanding the challen...
46. THE ROLE OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS IN WHITE-COLLAR CRIME INVESTIGATIONS
Abstract: The Role of Forensic Accountants in White-Collar Crime Investigations
This study examines the role of forensic accountants in white-collar crime investigations, aiming to understand their contribution to uncovering financial fraud, improving the prosecution of white-collar cri...
47. The Effect of Forensic Accounting Procedures on Corruption Investigations
Abstract: The Effect of Forensic Accounting Procedures on Corruption Investigations
This research investigates the effect of forensic accounting procedures on corruption investigations, with objectives to assess the effectiveness of forensic techniques in detecting corruption, evaluate...
48. THE IMPACT OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Abstract: THE IMPACT OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
This study examines the impact of forensic accounting in the public sector and government agencies, focusing on enhancing financial transparency, improving internal controls, and reducing financial...
49. THE PROSPECT AND CHALLENGES OF DATA ANALYTICS IN FORENSIC ACCOUNTING INVESTIGATIONS
Abstract: THE PROSPECT AND CHALLENGES OF DATA ANALYTICS IN FORENSIC ACCOUNTING INVESTIGATIONS
This research explores the prospects and challenges of data analytics in forensic accounting investigations, aiming to understand its potential benefits, the obstacles to its implementation, an...
50. THE PERCEPTION OF INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES AMONG FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS
Abstract: THE PERCEPTION OF INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES AMONG FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS
This study investigates the perception of investigative interviewing techniques among forensic accountants, with objectives to evaluate the perceived effectiveness of these techniques, identify...
