01 July 2008

Don't Ever Do This

In a rare post, completely unrelated to GP but still related to your job working with GP, don't ever do this:

Told to "Do Something" with Funds, He Stole Them

...According to paper, the accountant said he had taken the money after other supervisors and managers explained to him that the federal funds were accounted for as spent, making it impossible to reconcile account balances or explain why money was still there. Crosson told the court that a former boss had advised him, "and I quote, 'You're the accountant. Do something with it.'" So Crossen said that he put the money into his own account "while someone could determine what to do."...

Read the whole thing over at CFO.com

If you ever find that you have screwed up your accounting in GP to the tune of a million dollars, call me and I'll help you fix it. Don't steal the money. Bad accountant, Bad!