Fraud Stories: Terraform Labs Case (1st Ed.)

Overview

Corporate clients concerned with succession planning and stock compensation often have heard about Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). You will learn the fundamentals of what an ESOP really is, the tax advantages for corporations and the shareholders, and the benefits for employees. We will compare and contrast C corporation versus S corporation ESOPs.

Highlights

• Fraud
• Internal controls
• Auditing
• Ethical issues
• Advanced accounting issues
• Risk management

Prerequisites

None.

Objectives

• Build awareness of real-world frauds.
• Recognize the factors that allowed the fraud to occur.
• Identify key fraud red flags and apply professional skepticism to emerging financial models.

Preparation

None.

Notice

This is a self-study/on demand course offered by a 3rd party vendor and will NOT be accessible in the My Upcoming CPE section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by CalCPA. The course expires one year from the purchase date. Format = Online Self-Study.