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Title	Type	Date	Words
Winning over the CIO: auditors prove their worth to a chief officer, and a spreadsheet application facilitates competency self-assessment.		Dec 1, 2005	1403
Nonexistent assets: phantom hardware racks up excessive system charges, and a health care firm learns a hard lesson in control.		Aug 1, 2005	1852
Aire (sic): once again, travel and expense report audits foil a fraudster. This time, spelling and repetition are the perpetrator's downfall.		Apr 1, 2005	2057
An off-key tone: an investigation into top management revealed that the CEO, along with the vice president of strategic planning, had directed manipulations of both delinquencies and charge-offs.		Dec 1, 2004	1985
Redefining workers' comp: Casino restaurant servers figure out how to work the comp system to their advantage.		Aug 1, 2004	1602
An environment for fraud: with jail not yet a distant memory, Walter Pavlo recounts the decisions that led him to hide MCI's bad-debt expenses and embezzle millions.		Apr 1, 2004	3000
Control-free checking: an unscrupulous manager goes on a check-writing spree, and relationship-building pays off for auditors conducting a budgeting-system audit.		Dec 1, 2003	1572
Puchasing below the radar: a contracting manager suspects employee malfeasance, and auditors find serious flaws in a million-dollar payroll system.		Aug 1, 2003	1556
The disaster team: a collaborative effort results in disaster preparedness, and questionable expensing practices land a CFO in hot water. (Roundtable).		Apr 1, 2003	2224
Irreconcilable differences: an insurance rep receives undeserved credit, and auditors find clerical workers asleep at the wheel. (Roundtable).		Aug 1, 2002	1359
Questionable computer data: Insurance coding errors wreak havoc on policy premiums, and auditors help bring their company's check-issuance process into the 21st century. (Roundtable).		Apr 1, 2002	1427
Easy come, easy go: An insurance agent uses company funds for personal investment, and auditors at a claims office give their clients a lesson in firearms safety. (Roundtable).		Dec 1, 2001	1413
A Hard Look at Soft Controls.		Aug 1, 2001	1399
Rounding Up Fraud.		Apr 1, 2001	1988
Dubious Bond Deal.	Statistical Data Included	Dec 1, 2000	1916
Discarded Cash.		Aug 1, 2000	1877
No Basis for Control.		Jun 1, 2000	1857
Unorthodox Auditing.		Apr 1, 2000	1190
Door number three.		Dec 1, 1997	2080
The upside-down pyramid.		Jun 1, 1994	1799