%0 Journal Article %T The Prevention and Counteraction of Fictitious Economic Transactions: a Comparative Analysis of State Methods and of Internal Control Methods in Economic Entities %A Vardanyan, S.A. %A Gorbacheva, A.S. %A Smotrova, E.E. %A Shemet, E.S. %K fictitious business transaction, state financial control, internal control, tax control, financial investigations, risk-based approach, signs of bad faith %J Auditor %D 2026 %N 12 %P 4 %I INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC.