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State and local government fraud survey for 1995

Douglas E. Ziegenfuss (Associate Professor, Department of Accounting and Finance, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA)

Managerial Auditing Journal

ISSN: 0268-6902

Article publication date: 1 December 1996

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Abstract

Reports on a questionnaire survey of US local government auditors conducted to determine the amount of fraud in state and local governments. Concludes that fraud is a significant problem for state and local governments and finds that management is not responding effectively to “red flags” or to the actual frauds when they are discovered; most of the loss in fraud cases is accounted for by misappropriation of funds, other false representation, other fraud, or false invoices. The most effective fraud detection methods include: internal audit review; specific investigation by management; employee notification; internal controls; and accidental discovery. Finds that most of the legal departments of the government entities studied did not have policies and procedures for dealing with employees suspected of fraud.

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Ziegenfuss, D.E. (1996), "State and local government fraud survey for 1995", Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 11 No. 9, pp. 50-55. https://doi.org/10.1108/02686909610150395

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