In the fall of 1999, just a few month after reporting a record profit for fiscal 1998, just for FEET collapsed and filed for bankruptcy. Subsequent investigations by law enforcement authorities revealed a massive accounting fraud that had grossly misrepresented the company's reported operating results. Key features of the fraud were improper accounting for "vendor allowances" and intentional understatements of the company's inventory valuation allowance
applying analytical procedures, identifying inherent risk and control risk factors, need for auditors to monitor key development within the client's industry, assessing the health of a client's industry, and receivables confirmation procedures