For each of the following independent cases of employees fraud, state the type of fraud and propose five controls you would implement to address the fraud risk. Label each control as preventive or detective.

The front desk cashier for Financial Services is responsible for receiving auto loan payments from customers. When the payment is cash, he pretends that the payment is received but that he can't produce the receipt as the system is down. He pockets the cash and writes down the customer information, the amount, and statement date for future reconciliation. Then, he uses money from the next customer and credits it to the first one to show that the payment is received and cashes the difference. He has continued to do this and misapply customer payments for more than 2 years; no one knows about this issue.

The purchasing clerk for a small retailing company in Alberta takes advantage of his position and network. Through his brother-in-laws inactive company, he creates fake invoices, approves the purchases, and orders the payments. Once the payment is received, he shares it equally with his brother-in-law.

The payroll assistant for a firm knew about a temporary employees contract termination. Before the employees last day, the payroll assistant updated the bank account information on record for that employee with his girlfriends bank account information, and then produced the paystub and pocketed the money.