ABSTRACT
In this case, Maya Gregg, CPA and data analysis expert, is a financial analyst for a publicly traded pharmaceutical company. Maya was recently asked to prepare a five-year forecast to be used as part of a secondary public offering. During the process she discovers she is being asked to use numbers she knows to be in direct violation of GAAP. She knows that she needs to refuse the request and explain to the CFO why she cannot do as he has requested.
