ABSTRACT
This work was designed to study fraud prevention in Nigerian financial institutions, with particular reference to UBA Plc. Bank deal essentially in cash instrument and other document which are generally negotiable and easily transferable in nature. Hence, it is very appropriate to say that the exposure of banks to both internal and external fraud is very great. This practice is very common to area involving cash, cheques and fraud transfer operation. Therefore, that was the reason the researcher carried out this study in order to find out the causes of fraud and how to prevent them in the Nigerian financial institutions. From the various articles and journals, and researcher read on fraud, causes, method detection and fraud prevention in banking industries and financial institutions. It has roused my deep interest in this project topics. It is therefore my pleasure to write on this topic “fraud prevention in Nigerian financial institution” using UBA as a case study. fraud cannot be eradicated, it is true that all theories do not think alike. So every fraud has its own unique approach, hence there may be no unique approach to forestall fraud. The project work contains five chapters in order to obtain as much relevant information on the this study as possibly. The researcher used primary and secondary sources of data collection. The research was carried out by direct interview with the management and staff of UBA Plc is referred to as primary data. The secondary data was obtained from textbooks, magazines, journals commercial banks, annual report/ newspaper, dictionaries etc. the instrument used in data collection was mainly questionnaire.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page i
Certification page ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract v
Table of content vi
CHAPTER ONE
- Introduction 1
1.1 Background of the study 2
1.2 Statement of the problem 4
1.3 Objectives of the study 5
1.4 Research questions 6
1.5 Significant of the study 6
1.6 Scope of the study 8
1.7 Limitation of the study 8
1.8 Definition of terms 10
CHAPTER TWO
- Literature Review 13
- Introduction 13
- What is fraud 14
- Types of fraud 16
- Causes of fraud 19
- The legal framework 23
- What is over the counter fraud 25
- Prevention of fraud 26
- Empirical review of related literature 27
- Who commits fraud 29
- Current fraud practices in Nigeria 35
- Cheque fraud 38
- Banker code of conduct 40
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research Methodology 43
3.1 Introduction 43
3.2 Research Design 43
3.3 Sources / Method of Data collection 44
3.4 Population and sample size 45
3.5 Sample technique 45
3.6 Validity and Reliability of Measuring
Instruments 45
3.7 Method of data analysis 46
CHAPTER FOUR
- Presentation and Analysis of data 47
4.1 Introduction 47
4.2 Presentation of Data 48
4.3 Analysis of data 59
4.4 Interpretation of Results 60
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Summary, Conclusion And Recommendations 61
5.1 Introduction 61
5.2 Summary of findings 61
5.3 Conclusion 63
5.4 Recommendation 65
Bibliography 67
Appendix 69
Questionnaire 70
CHAPTER ONE
- INTRODUCTION
The level of fraud in the present day Nigeria has
assumed an epidemic dimension. It has eaten deep into every aspect of our life even to the extent that a three years old child talks about Yahoo mail or 419, newly discovered sobriquet for advanced free fraud that is hunting our banking industry. Nigeria with al its natural and human resources talkers on the brick of destruction because of fraud. Much of what we do is cutting leaves instead of dealing with the root problem.
Generally, fraud takes its root from the human heart. It is an axion that the heart of man is deceitful above all things and is desperately wicked. The only remedy to the situation will be God’s intervention. Notwithstanding the varied meanings attached to the concept of financial fraud, so many authors addressed the subject with varying definitions.
- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The study entails on the rapid increase of the cases of fraud in the Nigerian financial institutions. Various procedure for preventions of ugly act exist but it seems like the most powerful remedy is the intervention of God. Different authors and researchers emerge with their definition on the concept of financial fraud. The following are most of the definitions.
What is fraud? According to Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary, fraud is defined as the crime of cheating in order to get money or good illegally.
According to the chartered institute of public finance and accounting, United State, fraud is defined as those intentional distortions of financial statements or other records which are carried out to conceal the misappropriation of assets or other wise for gain (Ando, 1997:50).
According to Adeniyi (2001), fraud refers to intentional act by one or more individuals among management employees, or third parties which resulted in a mis-representation of financial statement.
According to Okorie, fraud is a type of irregularity. The word fraud is used to refer to irregularities involving the use of criminal deception to obtain unjust or illegal advantage, however, having closely studied these approaches from definition of fraud especially from the banking perspective one may correctly see banking fraud as a deliberate act by an individual or group inside or outside the Nigerian banking dispose the bank depositors or share holders of their funds. Despite several definitions of frauds, the authors believe that the ones so far given are nearly appropriate inspiring and of advantages for the purpose in which the researcher intends to achieve.
The position of banking system in our economy cannot be over emphasized. They act as the “Conduct pipe” through which all the financial transaction passes. However, frau has brought a b sensor bottleneck to the lope functioning of the roles of the banking system to the Nigerian economy people are beginning to get worried and sooner than later may loose confidence in our banking sector due to the mainly increasing incidence of fraud in our today’s bank properties should be on trust not fraud.
- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The frequent causes of financial fraud in many financial
Institutions in our country are now taken as the utter most concern to financial experts and macro economist. To some banking experts the issue of fraud is an internal vice on the Nigerian banking system. They argue on this because a good number of fraud occur among our banks without the knowledge of outside even where the public is aware, it does not affect the rate at which customers withdraw or deposite money.
These experts are inclined to believe this because the nation is under banked the populace are at no option but to sue the available banks especially the foremost and well established bank like UBA Plc, even if there are glaring inefficiencies in the operations in competence and laziness among most bank staffs giving birth to fraud.
Fraud has paralyzed the roof, the foundation and crushability of our banking system. Just pick up any national daily newspaper of from the police record and you will be alarmed at the extent and magnitude of bank fraud in Nigerian banking system many banks have gone on distress. Therefore, the researcher is aiming at finding or training fraud in the Nigerian banking system which has to offer to these deficiencies aforementioned with special reference with UBA Okpara Avenue, Enugu.
