Improving detection of corporate fraud in Singapore : insights from the press on the profile of fraud cases, fraudsters and whistleblowers.

• Main Authors: Lee, Shan Shan., Soh, Wan Yuan., Tan, Si Hui.
• Other Authors: Tan Seet Koh
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Auditing::Reporting
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48153
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Through content analysis of press coverage of 39 high-profile Singapore corporate fraud cases which took place between 2000 and 2011, this study sought to improve fraud detection in three ways. The first way to improve fraud detection was to construct a typical profile of the company and frau...