CORPORATE MISDEEDS SERIES

Starting this month, the Malaysian Investor Website will introduce a new series called “Corporate Misdeeds”. Stories in this series will highlight techniques used by unscrupulous parties to siphon off money from companies.

 
Corporate Misdeed 1
Siphoning Off Money
Here is an illustration of yet another creative accounting technique used by perpetrators to siphon off money from companies through the injection of private companies at inflated values and creation of fictitious debt strategies. Find out how it is done by clicking here

Corporate Misdeed 2
Money-Lending subsidiaries
Acquiring a money-lending subsidiary may sound like a good business decision. However, your company director could be using it to strip your company of its assets. To learn more of this dubious technique, click here

Corporate Misdeed 3
Siphoning Off Money from a Company
Discover how creative accounting techniques can be used to siphon off millions from a company undetected.

Corporate Misdeed 4
Corporate Misdeeds Through a "Joint-venture Strategy"
Find out how a director can use a joint-venture company and creative accounting to cover up a scam to enrich himself.

Corporate Misdeed 5
Fraudulent Manoeuvres of Corporate Directors
Learn the tricks used by directors or substantial shareholders to cover up their devious tracks by using accounting entries such as “advances” and “provision of doubtful debts”.

Corporate Misdeed 6

Overpriced Acquisitions? Watch Out!
Your company is buying into another company. Time to be vigilant!


Corporate Misdeed 7
Portraying Good Results by Inflating Sales Revenue
The bane of related-party transactions to your investment.