{"id":6594,"date":"2021-05-10T14:53:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manager.openweb.ro\/?p=6594"},"modified":"2021-05-10T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:53:10","slug":"the-role-of-forensic-accountants-in-fraud-detection-and-national-security-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/?p=6594","title":{"rendered":"The Role Of Forensic Accountants In Fraud Detection And National Security In Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6594\" class=\"elementor elementor-6594\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fc566d3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fc566d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a2330d0\" data-id=\"1a2330d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-494bc292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"494bc292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: var(--c-contrast-800); font-size: 16.604px;\">Pages: 90-106<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b110618 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b110618\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong>. The trend and the volume are increasing on a daily basis and all levels of the society are involved. The rich, the poor, the<br \/>young and the elderly, the male and the female all are neck deep in fraud and fraud related activities that say a lot about our moral and family situations. From the politicians to the bank directors\/executives, from the legal officers to the law enforcement personnel, from the civil servants to the school teacher, from the trader in the market to the hawkers on the street, the tendency for fraud and fraud related crimes is endless.<\/p><p><strong>Aim of the study<\/strong>. This study aims at exploring the relevance of forensic accounting in curbing crime and corruption in public sector. The objective of the research work seeks to explore the role a forensic accountant can play in the fight against corruption by applying his investigative skills, providing litigation support service and documentation and reporting. The population used in the research was the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The research design employed was the survey research. Data were majorly collected from primary sources. The hypothesis testing in this research work was done using regression analysis. The results of the empirical findings show that forensic accountants are relevant in investigating crime and corruption in the public sector.<\/p><p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> FIRS, Forensic Accounting, Regression Analysis, Crimes, Corruption<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea8329f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ea8329f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/manager.openweb.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/m17_90_106.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Full text sources<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction. The trend and the volume are increasing on a daily basis and all levels of the society are involved. The rich, the poor, the<br \/>\nyoung and the elderly, the male and the female all are neck deep in fraud and fraud related activities that say a lot about our moral and family situations. From the politicians to the bank directors\/executives, from the legal officers to the law enforcement personnel, from the civil servants to the school teacher, from the trader in the market to the hawkers on the street, the tendency for fraud and fraud related crimes is endless.<\/p>\n<p>Aim of the study. This study aims at exploring the relevance of forensic accounting in curbing crime and corruption in public sector. The objective of the research work seeks to explore the role a forensic accountant can play in the fight against corruption by applying his investigative skills, providing litigation support service and documentation and reporting. The population used in the research was the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The research design employed was the survey research. Data were majorly collected from primary sources. The hypothesis testing in this research work was done using regression analysis. The results of the empirical findings show that forensic accountants are relevant in investigating crime and corruption in the public sector.<br \/>\nKeywords: FIRS, Forensic Accounting, Regression Analysis, Crimes, Corruption<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":256,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22],"tags":[230,239,415,436,818],"coauthors":[1514,1515,1516],"class_list":{"0":"post-6594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-21","7":"category-2013-vol-17-issue-1-may","8":"tag-corruption","9":"tag-crimes","10":"tag-firs","11":"tag-forensic-accounting","12":"tag-regression-analysis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6594"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manager.faa.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=6594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}