Financial Misconduct at Ricoh India: A Case Study of Falsified Accounts and the Consequences of Corporate Governance Failure

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Published: 2022-12-31

Page: 614-622


S. Baranidharan *

Presidency Business School, Presidency College (Autonomous), Hebbal, Bangalore, India.

Amirdha Vasani Sankar

Department of Corporate Secretaryship and Accounting Finance, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

In 2016, Ricoh India, a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational company Ricoh, admitted that its accounts had been "falsified" and estimated a loss of Rs 1,123 crore for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 2016. An internal investigation revealed that the company's financial statements for the years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 had been altered to inflate revenues and profits. As a result, the company's CEO and CFO resigned and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) launched an investigation. In 2017, SEBI imposed a fine of Rs 31.5 crore on the company and two of its top executives for violating securities laws and regulations. This case serves as a reminder of the importance of proper financial reporting and internal controls within a company to maintain transparency and integrity, and retain the trust of investors and regulators

Keywords: Falsified accounts, internal investigation, inflation of revenues, violation of securities laws, transparency, integrity, financial reporting, internal controls


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Baranidharan, S., and Amirdha Vasani Sankar. 2022. “Financial Misconduct at Ricoh India: A Case Study of Falsified Accounts and the Consequences of Corporate Governance Failure”. Asian Journal of Economics, Finance and Management 4 (1):614-22. https://www.journaleconomics.org/index.php/AJEFM/article/view/114.

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