1. a.Describe the auditor’s responsibility for finding and documenting fraud in a financial statement audit. ...

1. a.Describe the auditor’s responsibility for finding and documenting fraud in a financial statement audit.

b. Explain the auditor response to fraud risk – give an example for each the auditor response to each type of fraud risk.

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