A production manager for a moderate sized manufacturing company began ordering excessive raw materials and had them delivered to a wholesale company that the manager was running as a separate business. The manager falsified receiving documents and approved the invoices for payment. Which of the following audit procedures would most likely detect this fraud?
A. elect a sample of cash disbursements and compare to purchase orders, receiving reports, invoices, and check copies
B. elect a sample of cash disbursements and confirm the amount purchased, purchase price, and date of shipment with the vendors
C. bserve the receiving dock and count materials received; compare the counts to receiving reports completed by receiving personnel
D. erform analytical tests, comparing production, materials purchased, and raw materials inventory levels; investigate any differences