$10B Fraud at FTX: How Lax Controls & Governance
Brought Down a Crypto Giant
Speaker: Noah Myers, PhD, CPA, Assistant Professor of Accounting at Utah Valley University, specializes in Accounting Information Systems, Data Analytics, and Auditing. His research focuses on auditor regulation, corporate governance, and the impact of emerging technologies on accounting decision-making. Prior experience as an IT Auditor at EY and as an Accounting Software Consultant at Squire, makes Dr. Myers passionate about integrating new technologies into the accounting curriculum. He earned his PhD in Accounting from Arizona State University and undergraduate and master's degrees from Brigham Young University.
Learning Objectives: After attending this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe the many, standard internal controls that were absent at FTX; (2) Explain how the absence of such controls contributed to the $10B fraud at FTX; and (3) identify important lessons from the FTX fraud that can minimize the incidence of similar failures.
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