Analysis of Fraud Factors in Financial Statement Fraud.

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze the influence of Fraud Pentagon in detecting the phenomenon of financial statement fraud. In this research, there are 5 variables that are hypothesized to affect fraud. These variables are derived from the 5 elements of the fraud pentagon, namely Pressure, Opportunity, Rationalization, Competence and Arrogance. The population of this research were property and real estate companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) 2014-2016. The research used the purposive sampling technique and found 35 companies, within 3 years of observation. Thus, the total number of samples studied was 105. In this research, the hypotheses were analyzed using logistic regression analysis. The results indicated that Pressure, Opportunity, Rationalization, Arrogance have an influence on financial statement fraud. Meanwhile, Competence does not have influence on financial statement fraud.