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Financial Statement Fraud Is Considered When Someone Knowingly Makes Material

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Financial statement fraud is considered when someone knowingly makes material misrepresentations of fact with the intent of making someone believe the falsehood and suffer a loss as a result of acting upon that falsehood. Which of the following would be considered fraud?


A) Increasing the returns allowance as a result of unusually high sales near year end.
B) Transferring non-performing assets at historical values to a non-consolidated subsidiary.
C) Employee theft from petty cash.
D) Purchasing several months' supply of office supplies in order to qualify for a large volume discount.

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