Determinants of Fraudulent Financial Statements Through the Fraud Hexagon Theory Perspective: The Empirical Study of Mining Sector Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2018–2022

This study aims to analyze and provide empirical evidence regarding the effect of fraud hexagon theory elements consisting of six variables, where each variable has a proxy, namely Stimulus (external pressure), Opportunity (nature of industry), Rationalization (change in auditor), Capability (change in directors). Ego (CEO duality), and Collusion (political connection) on fraudulent financial statements. In determining fraudulent financial statements, this study uses the fscore model. The population in this study are mining sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2018- 2022. The sampling technique in this study was purposive sampling which resulted in 30 companies for 5 years, with 4 outlier data units, so that the total analysis units were 146 units. The data analysis method used is logistic regression analysis with SPSS V.25 software. The results showed that the variables external pressure and change in directors had a positive effect on fraudulent financial statements, while the nature of industry variable had a negative effect on fraudulent financial statements, while change in auditor, CEO duality, and political connection had no effect on fraudulent financial statements.