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That's funny, my first thought was to fire the accountant as well. Then I thought about it, who has more experience with these scammers than the accountant that

That's funny, my first thought was to fire the accountant as well. Then I thought about it, who has more experience with these scammers than the accountant that screwed up? I would wager they would never fall for it again if they were any sort of reasonable human being- whereas a new accountant has probably never even heard of this scam and you're vulnerable all over again. What I would do, though, is get my lawyer involved to write up a new contract that would make them liable for every last penny should this happen again.

throwaway7767 11y ago
> What I would do, though, is get my lawyer involved to write up a new contract that would make them liable for every last penny should this happen again. No accountant would work for you with that stipulation, the risk/reward calculation doesn't make sense.
- gambiting 11y ago
  Not true, my accountant has a contract where she is responsible for any mistakes or miscalculated taxes etc so she has to pay them. She does have a registered accountancy office though and insurance against this sort of thing though so the risk for her is also minimal.
  - arethuza 11y ago
    That doesn't sound like an in-house accountant (i.e. an employee) but that you are engaging an external accountant to work for you - completely different commercial relationships.
    - DrJokepu 11y ago
      And they typically have liability insurance anyway. Your contract is not worth the paper it's written on if the accountant is unlikely to be able to ever repay the loss.
koliber 11y ago
Accountants who have let this happen should put the fact on their resume or CV. It will make them more appealing to hire since they are not likely to repeat that kind of mistake.
- jaynos 11y ago
  In reality, this is probably true, but HR would never let that resume through.
  - Mahn 11y ago
    "Expertise in security processes and stipulations for large transactions and accounting operations", there you go. If they ask in the interview, say it happened to a colleague sitting next to you and you learned a lot from it.
    - FireBeyond 11y ago
      An accountant who has honesty issues. Makes for a good sales pitch.
rubidium 11y ago
"When called into Watson's office, the fellow said "I suppose you want my resignation." Watson looked at him and replied: "Are you kidding? We just spent ten million dollars educating you." "
slavik81 11y ago
> Then I thought about it, who has more experience with these scammers than the accountant that screwed up? On the other hand, sometimes people fall for scams because they are extremely gullible and they never learn. e.g. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=36572169 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=36572169
walshemj 11y ago
Does the professional body fr accounting not have anything to say - if a Medic is grossly incompetent they can get struck off for life - as can bankers if they realy screw up

throwaway7767 11y ago

> What I would do, though, is get my lawyer involved to write up a new contract that would make them liable for every last penny should this happen again. No accountant would work for you with that stipulation, the risk/reward calculation doesn't make sense.

gambiting 11y ago
Not true, my accountant has a contract where she is responsible for any mistakes or miscalculated taxes etc so she has to pay them. She does have a registered accountancy office though and insurance against this sort of thing though so the risk for her is also minimal.
- arethuza 11y ago
  That doesn't sound like an in-house accountant (i.e. an employee) but that you are engaging an external accountant to work for you - completely different commercial relationships.
  - DrJokepu 11y ago
    And they typically have liability insurance anyway. Your contract is not worth the paper it's written on if the accountant is unlikely to be able to ever repay the loss.

koliber 11y ago

Accountants who have let this happen should put the fact on their resume or CV. It will make them more appealing to hire since they are not likely to repeat that kind of mistake.

jaynos 11y ago
In reality, this is probably true, but HR would never let that resume through.
- Mahn 11y ago
  "Expertise in security processes and stipulations for large transactions and accounting operations", there you go. If they ask in the interview, say it happened to a colleague sitting next to you and you learned a lot from it.
  - FireBeyond 11y ago
    An accountant who has honesty issues. Makes for a good sales pitch.

rubidium 11y ago

"When called into Watson's office, the fellow said "I suppose you want my resignation." Watson looked at him and replied: "Are you kidding? We just spent ten million dollars educating you." "

slavik81 11y ago

> Then I thought about it, who has more experience with these scammers than the accountant that screwed up? On the other hand, sometimes people fall for scams because they are extremely gullible and they never learn. e.g. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=36572169 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=36572169

walshemj 11y ago

Does the professional body fr accounting not have anything to say - if a Medic is grossly incompetent they can get struck off for life - as can bankers if they realy screw up