ETIKONOMI
Vol 21, No 2 (2022)

Do Fraud Hexagon Components Promote Fraud in Indonesia?

Dio Alfarago (Directorate General of Taxes)
Azas Mabrur (STAN Polytechnic of State Finance)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jun 2022

Abstract

This study provides information about the likelihood of the natureof fraud companies so that investors and stakeholders can makebetter decisions. The Beneish model and the fraud theory aretwo well-developed ideas for understanding fraud motivationsand detecting earnings manipulation in a corporation. Unlikeprevious studies using the fraud triangle, this study uses the latesttheory (the fraud hexagon) perspective to detect fraud actions.Thus, this study aims to examine the applicability of the fraudhexagon components in combination with the M-score fromthe Beneish model. Seventy-six manufacturing firms listed onIndonesia Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2019 were chosen assamples. The findings confirmed that enterprises with fraud tendto: be more financially stable, be more leveraged, have higherprofitability, have cooperation projects with the government, havemore related-party transactions, have more auditor changes, beless liquid, less changing directors, be less supervised, and lessdisplay CEO.’s picture.JEL Classification: K40, K42

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Journal Info

Abbrev

etikonomi

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Etikonomi is a peer-reviewed journal on Economics, Business and Management by Faculty of Economic and Business State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. FOCUS This journal focused on economics, business, and management studies and present developments through the publication of ...