(Answered):How Control Weaknesses Can Lead To Fraud . . . .

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How Control Weaknesses Can Lead to Fraud

Inyour Discussion, you will be faced with a potentially fraudulentsituation. This is something that you might face in your auditing careeras well. How would you handle these types of difficult situations?

Youare auditing the internal controls of the Kemmons Corporation and youhave found several material weaknesses in their system. You discuss theinternal control weaknesses with the president. He states that he willmake the necessary changes personally and tells you that there is noneed to tell the board about the weaknesses. He does not want to botherthe busy board members with these details, and