Browsing Lokanan, Mark by Author "Lokanan, Mark"
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Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing threats posed by mobile money
Whisker, James; Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Money Laundering Control, 2019)There has been an increase use of mobile money involving retail users and financial institutions (Scobey-Thal, 2015). In 2015, the GSMA (an organization that represent the interests of mobile operators worldwide) states ... -
The application of cognitive interviews to financial crimes
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Financial Crime, 2018)The purpose of this paper is to present an argument for the use of cognitive interviews to be use in financial crime investigations. In particular, the paper argues that the components of cognitive interview make it useful ... -
Auditors’ liability and investors’ protection in Canada: The ‘leaky umbrella’
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Accounting and Auditing: Research & Practice, 2018)In the spring of 1997, the Supreme Court of Canada (“Court”) rendered a decision in Hercules Managements Ltd. v. Ernst & Young [1997] (“Hercules”) that left shareholders out in the cold. Ever since the verdict in Hercules ... -
The banks and market manipulation: A financial strain analysis of the libor fraud
Lokanan, Mark (Advances in Public Interest Accounting, 2019)The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is considered to be the most important interest rate in finance upon which trillions in financial contracts are decided. In 2008, it was revealed that the LIBOR traders were rigging ... -
Chains of finance: How investment management is shaped. Diane-Laure Arjalies, Philip Grant, Iain Hardie, Donald MacKenzie and Ekaterina Svetlova.
Lokanan, Mark (Oxford University Press, 2018)The finance literature is inundated with research that empirically examines financial institutions and the broader capital markets in which they operate. Yet, despite the amount of assets that the investment management ... -
Challenges to the fraud triangle: Questions on its usefulness
Lokanan, Mark (Accounting Forum, 2015)Fraud is increasing with frequency and severity. In this paper, I explore the assertion of the fraud triangle as a useful practitioner framework employed to combat fraud. This paper is anchored through Fairclough's critical ... -
Data mining for statistical analysis of money laundering transactions
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Money Laundering Control, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use statistical techniques to mine and analyze suspicious transactions. With the increase in money laundering activities across various sectors in some of the world’s leading ... -
Detecting anomalies in financial statements using machine learning algorithm: The case of Vietnamese listed firms
Tran, Vincent; Lokanan, Mark; Hoai Nam, Vuong (Asian Journal of Accounting Research, 2019)The vast amount of data and the increasing development in technology in recent years have changed the way in which many industries operate and compete with each other. Millions of bytes, commonly referred to as big data, ... -
The effectiveness of anti-money laundering policies and procedures within the banking sector in Bahrain
Lokanan, Mark; Nasimi, Noor (Journal of Money Laundering Control, 2020)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the anti-money laundering (AML) policies and procedures applied by the banks operating in Bahrain and assess the effectiveness of these policies. Design/methodology/a ... -
A fraud investigation plan for a false accounting and theft case
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Financial Crime, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to formulate and propose a fraud investigation plan that forensic accountants can use to investigate financial frauds. In particular, the paper sets out the structure and rationale of ... -
A fraud triangle analysis of the libor fraud
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, 2018)This study examines the effectiveness of Cressey’s (1953) fraud risks factors adopted by the AICPA and the ACFE in detecting fraud in banks involved in the LIBOR scandal. Cressey (1993) posits that, for fraud to occur, ... -
How senior managers perpetuate accounting fraud? Lessons for fraud examiners from an instructional case
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Financial Crime, 2014)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the risk factors that led to the Livent fraud, and the procedures that need to be taken by responsible parties to carefully investigate and address the incidents of ... -
Informing the fraud triangle: Insights from differential association theory
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research, 2018)The fraud triangle (FT) has been criticized by scholars and practitioners for not being thorough enough to include every occurrence of fraud. However, not every case of fraud can follow the FT and the problem might have ... -
The investment dealers association of Canada’s enforcement record: Are penalties “grossly inadequate”?
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 2014)The IDA (since 2008, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)) is the national self-regulatory organization (SRO) that is responsible for policing investment dealers and Member firms that trade in ... -
Mapping the individual and structural theories of financial crimes
Lokanan, Mark; Aujla, Indy (Journal of Financial Crime, 2020)The purpose of this paper is to argue for an integrated explanation of financial fraud. Greater emphasis must be placed on the structural and situational factors that are elements of fraud risks and fraud. The paper is ... -
Regulatory capture of regulators: The case of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada
Lokanan, Mark (International Journal of Public Administration, 2017)This study employed Stilger’s (1971) capture theory to investigate whether the Investment Dealers Association (IDA) of Canada experienced regulatory capture by weak enforcement. The study used data of the IDA’s enforcement ... -
Ritualisation and money laundering in the Swiss banking sector
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Money Laundering Control, 2017)Switzerland, a landlocked country located to the west of Central Europe, is well-known as one of the world’s most competitive financial centres. It is also known as ‘the Swiss Confederation’ as it is a federal directorial ... -
Securities regulation: Opportunities exist for IIROC to regulate responsively
Lokanan, Mark (Administration and Society, 2015)This article examines the applicability of responsive regulation within an inter-agency framework in the financial sector. To do so, the article uses the self-regulatory organization that is responsible for governing ... -
Self-regulation and compliance enforcement practices by the Investment Dealers Association in Canada
Lokanan, Mark (Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 2017)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the enforcement practices of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA) and argue that self-regulation simply does not work in the financial sector, as the sanctions available ... -
Self-regulation in the Canadian securities industry: Funnel in, funnel out, or funnel away?
Lokanan, Mark (International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 2015)The study analysed the processing of complaints against investment brokers and Dealer Members through the Investment Dealer Association (IDA) of Canada's disciplinary system between 2002 and 2007. The cases processed are ...