Hospital administrator Jake Rosen was recently convicted for fraud he committed against his employer, Cedar Hospital Systems. Ov
er a period of six years, Jake allegedly made payments to a dummy company for maintenance charges while simultaneously running a scheme with maintenance contractors where he either paid them for work never performed or overpaid them for work. The skyscraper where Jake worked was only 10 years old. Maintenance charges rose from $5.2 million in 1994 to $16.4 million in 2000. It was worth noting that the judge on the case questioned whether Cedar Hospital Systems deserved less than full restitution for failing to notice the problem. However, it was determined that federal law on restitution does not allow such charges, so Jake Rosen will be making monthly payments toward the alleged $8 million he stole until he makes full restitution after leaving prison. He was able to quickly repay $3.2 million of the theft with assets recovered by the government, including two homes and a nice yacht. Not bad for a man who was supposed to be making $90,000 per year. 1. In what specific types of fraud was Jake Rosen engaged?
2. The judge questioned whether the hospital should be held partially responsible for not having de- tected the fraud. What could the hospital have done to prevent or detect the fraud earlier?
Employee frauds are one of most common form of frauds which can be detected in a company. There can be many types or forms of employee frauds.
the major types are:
• Asset Misappropriation
• Bribery and Corruption
• Data theft
• Vendor Fraud
• Payroll Fraud
• Accounting Fraud
2. The hospital could have detected the fraud going on earlier if they had consulted the help of an audit firm this could have helped exposed the fraud earlier.
