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The Briefcase 2: The 5 Biggest Accounting Scandals of All Time
From Enron to Satyam, discover the five biggest accounting scandals of all time, how they happened, who got burned, and what every accountant can learn from the wreckage.
Accountants in the Spotlight
Discover how accountants are portrayed in TV and film, from cult heroes to comedy icons, and why the profession deserves more credit than it gets.
The History of Accounting
From Mesopotamian clay tablets to modern ledgers, the history of accounting spans continents and civilisations.
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Posted on: 30th May 2018Cash Managers Check Your Debtor Book for Zombie Companies
By: Bob Lyddon | 6 min read | 0A blog from accountingcpd
Posted on: 18th Apr 2018Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds
By: Alan Nelson | 6 min read | 0A blog from accountingcpd
Posted on: 31st Jan 2018Trade Finance in Domestic Supplier Situations
By: Bob Lyddon | 13 min read | 0Why unsecured Trade Creditors of Carillion are at the bottom of the “creditor ladder”
Posted on: 19th Jan 2018The Carillion and the Auditors: Another Audit Disaster?
By: John Taylor | 9 min read | 0A blog by accountingcpd
Posted on: 18th Oct 2017The Tesco Accounting Scandal
By: Juan Carlos Venegas | 5 min read | 0Three men have been charged by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) with one count of fraud by false accounting and one count of fraud by abuse of position, which can lead to prison sentences of up to seven and 10 years.
Posted on: 27th Sep 2017True Love or True Lies?
By: John Taylor | 7 min read | 0Romantic love lies at the heart of human emotions. It also attracts some of the most heartless thieves who will work very hard to destroy that vision of romantic love whilst detaching you from your savings.
Posted on: 24th Jul 2017Barclays Bank and the Differential Association Theory
By: Juan Carlos Venegas | 7 min read | 0The Barclays case is the first criminal prosecution faced by a bank for financial crisis related misconduct. To understand the case we consider the Differential Association Theory.
Posted on: 29th Jun 2017Barclays and Guinness - Déjá vu?
By: John Taylor | 6 min read | 0What have Barclays Bank and Guinness PLC got in common? Not a lot, it would seem. However, there is a connection...
Posted on: 22nd Jun 2017Not A Good Week for Bankers or Was it Directors?
By: John Burbidge-King | 4 min read | 0Four ex-top-level executives of Barclays have been charged by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and a former European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) banker jailed for six years.