A recent case of fraud at Apple was reported by ABC news. You can read about it in this short article: Former Apple employee, charged with fraud amounting to $13.47 million, has finances frozen, five properties seized
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In this article it reports that:

"A federal criminal case unsealed on Friday alleges that he exploited his position to defraud the company via several schemes, including stealing parts and causing the company to pay for items and services it never received."

"Prosecutors said two owners of vendor companies that did business with Apple have admitted to conspiring with Mr Prasad to commit fraud and launder money."

Based on the information in these quotes, which of the following factors of the fraud risk triangle resulted in this fraud?

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A recent case of fraud at Apple was reported by ABC news. You can read about it in this short article: Former Apple employee, charged with fraud amounting to $13.47 million, has finances frozen, five properties seized
Links to an external site.

In this article it reports that:

"A federal criminal case unsealed on Friday alleges that he exploited his position to defraud the company via several schemes, including stealing parts and causing the company to pay for items and services it never received."

"Prosecutors said two owners of vendor companies that did business with Apple have admitted to conspiring with Mr Prasad to commit fraud and launder money."

Based on the information in these quotes, which of the following factors of the fraud risk triangle resulted in this fraud?

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

The scenario asks us to identify which factor of the fraud risk triangle is illustrated by the provided quotes from the article.
Option 1: Attitude or rationalisation to commit fraud. This refers to an individual's mindset or justifications that enable fraudulent behavior. The quotes describe actions taken (stealing parts, causing payments for unreceived items, conspiring with vendor owners) and the exploitation of the employee’s position, but they do not reveal the fraudster's personal rationalizations or attitudes. Therefore this option does not best match the evidence given.
Option 2: Incentive or pressure to commit fraud. This corresponds to a motivational driver such as financial trouble, personal gain, or other external pressures. The excerpts focus on the actions and the external access a former employee had to conduct fraud, rather than detailing any financial or personal pressures prompting that behavior. As such, the quotes do not provide explicit incentive or pressure in the fraud context.
Option 3: Opportunity to commit fraud. This element reflects the presence of access, control, or weaknesses in controls that enable fraudulent acts—often described as the chance to commit fraud due to position or system vulnerabilities. The quoted material highlights that the individual exploited his position, stole parts, caused the company to pay for non-received items, and that two vendor owners conspired with him. This clearly demonstrates that the fraud occurred because the actor had opportunity—access and control that allowed these schemes to proceed before being detected.
In summary, while there may be multiple facets in a real-world case, the specific excerpts emphasize the ability to commit the wrongdoing due to the position and access involved, which aligns with the Opportunity to commit fraud element of the fraud risk triangle.

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