About this ebook
This book was born out of a simple question: What happens when the theoretical exercises of an elite business school collide head-on with the raw, unvarnished realities of the corporate marketplace?
The journey of Neeraj, Nikhil, Sumeet, and Narender begins in the sweltering, humid classrooms of a premier MBA institute in Kolkata. Like thousands of management students, they spent their nights surviving on filter coffee, surviving erratic faculty deadlines, and decoding financial case studies. But when a late-night workshop on a failing corporate giant reveals anomalies that look suspiciously like real-world manipulation, the boundary between classroom theory and legal peril begins to blur.
THE FRAUD OF ARBITRARY FIGURES is a corporate thriller dedicated to the back-benchers who spent more time questioning the system than memorizing the textbook, to the friendships forged over canteen breakfast plates, and to anyone who has ever looked at a perfectly balanced spreadsheet and thought: Where did the cash actually go?
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About the author
The author holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Financial Services (PGDBF) and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)—a global credential reflecting deep expertise in financial forensics, internal controls, and ethical practices. Straddling the worlds of law, accountancy, and finance, the author has spent over two decades navigating market cycles, managing investor behavior, and analyzing the structural frameworks of wealth creation.
When not decoding complex spreadsheets or evaluating distressed assets, the author enjoys exploring the psychological intersections of ambition and ethics in the corporate world. THE FRAUD OF ARBITRARY FIGURES is their novel, drawing deeply from imaginations of high-pressure hostel life, early campus friendships, and the chaotic, high-stakes reality of the financial ecosystem.
