Which statement is true regarding the Phar-Mor Case Study?
A.
The accounting auditing firm of Coopers & Lybrand probably shouldn't have let Phar-Mor decide in advance which stores the auditor would visit to check their inventory levels.
B.
One of the noteworthy expenditures during the Phar-Mor fraud was a secret underground lair for CEO Mickey Monus, where he had numerous private parties using company funds.
C.
CFO of Phar-Mor Pat Finn was acquitted of all charges of accounting fraud because he cooperated with federal investigators.
D.
CEO Mickey Monus was easily convicted at his initial trial due to the huge amount of evidence against him, including numerouls cooperative witnesses from his own accounting department.
Option A is the correct answer. The auditing firm checked only 4 stores out of 179 which were known to Phar-mor in advance.
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