Analysis of fraudulent financial reporting with the role of KAP big four as a moderation variable: Crowe's fraud's pentagon theory

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide empirical evidence of pentagon fraud risk factors sush as financial targets, financial stability number of audit committee members, nature of industry, change in auditors, auditor opinion, change in director, proportion of the independent commissary, frequent number of CEO pictures, and CEO duality on fraudulent financial reporting with KAP big four as a moderating variable. The samples in this study were all state-owned companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014-2018. The purposive sampling technique was used in sampling so that 55 companies were obtained. This study uses logistic regression analysis techniques with SPSS version 26. The results of the study indicate that financial stability and the auditor's opinion influence the fraudulent financial reporting. However, financial targets, number of audit committee members, nature of industry, change in auditors, change in director, proportion of the independent commissary, frequent number of CEO pictures, and CEO duality not effect on fraudulent financial reporting.