Question

Ken was the only accountant for a small-town land devel opment company. He was terminated when the company fell on hard times. One year later, when the owner of the company was reviewing the payments received from a landowner for development cost, he discovered that the landowner was three payments behind for a total of $60,000. He contacted the landowner who showed him the check stubs and the canceled checks. After further re search, hefound that the account in which the checks were deposited belonged to Ken, his former accountant. 1. What type of fraud did Ken commit

Answer 1

Asset misappropriation, especially stealing assets

Step-by-step explanation:

Since in the question it is mentioned that owner discovered that there was three payments of total $60,000 due to this he contacted to the landowner where he showed the checks stubs and canceled checks after that he found that the account where the checks were deposited is of Ken so the fraud done by him is asset misappropriation where Ken steal the receipts of the company for his personal use