Personal Gain Case Studies Samples For Students

U.S. v. Waldon

The decision in this case is an affirmation of the United States Court of Appeals of the decision rendered by an inferior court concerning the death sentence of the appellant. The defendant sought the reversal of the death penalty passed on him by relying on some irregularities committed by the grand jury. The appellant claimed the trial judge acted contrary to the language used in the Federal Death Penalty Act (FDPA).

Facts of the Case

Waldon was the deputy sheriff at Jacksonville’s Sheriff Office (JSO). Between 1994 and1997 he served on the SWAT team. In April 1197, Waldon was ...

Question 1

According to the corporations act 2001 (cth), section 249H subsection 1 a valid notice of a meeting of a meeting of shareholders should be at least 21 days. The only exception to this rule is when all the members of the company agree beforehand for a shorter notice or when members of the company who have 95% of the voting power or more agree beforehand on the issue of a notice shorter than 21 days. The company issued a notice of seven days, which is less than the legal requirement by 14 days. The annual general meeting of the Sparx Ltd was therefore not valid ...

Cases of fraud usually take place in both huge firms as well as small firms, and in this case, we will focus on Mamtek, which was a small firm. There are various reasons that usually led to cases of fraud in the various firms. Most of the fraud cases usually involve manipulating the various stakeholders for personal gain. Such decisions to commit fraud are usually for personal gains or to achieve performance within short durations rather than following the right procedures which would bring positive results in the long run. Mamtek was a Hong Kong based manufacturing firm that ...