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Too Pandemic, Too PPP Fraud
It’s Paycheck Protection Program Fraud, the sequel! Caleb and Greg explore more PPP fraud in this episode, including a repeat repeat offender, a big conspiracy, funny ...
The $100 Million Deli
Think about your hometown deli. And then think about what kind of business your hometown deli would have to be to be a $100 million business. That is the case of Your ...
Steven Thomas: The Lawyer Who Sues the Big 4 for Missing Fraud and Wins
When a big company fails due to fraud and it seems that a big audit firm dropped the ball, it won’t be long until Steve Thomas shows up to sue their pants off. Caleb a...
Inigo Philbrick and the Art of the Fraud
From the outside, the art world can seem enticing, glamorous, and sophisticated. But the story can be very different behind the scenes. Caleb and Greg discuss the tale...
Fat Shamming | The Guy Who Corrupted the U.S. Navy
In this episode, Caleb and Greg discuss the saga of “Fat Leonard,” a contractor slash concierge slash fixer slash pimp for the United States Navy. HOW TO EARN FREE CPE...
Dishonest, Remarkably Stupid Conduct | The EY Ethics Exam Cheating Scandal
Certified Public Accountants (CPA) are highly regarded, ethical professionals trusted by businesses and individuals alike. But that doesn’t mean some aren’t capable of...
Meet the Fraudster: Nathan Mueller
As a young person, Nathan Mueller was hyper-focused on wanting to make money. It was this ambition that eventually led to him perpetrating an $8 million embezzlement s...
High Steaks Fraud | The Case of Easterday Farms
Caleb grew up in farm country, and Greg did not. No problem, though, together they talk through a case of a large ranching operation at the center of a massive fraud. ...
The Honest Truth About the Dishonesty Professor: Part 2
Caleb and Greg conclude their discussion of distinguished professor and author Dan Ariely and the issues raised around one of his most notable works. You might call it...
The Honest Truth About the Dishonesty Professor
Greg and Caleb have presented many ethics webinars together over the years, and much of the content is inspired by the research and writing of world-renowned professor...
The Koss of Doing Business
Family businesses are part of the bedrock of American entrepreneurship. But they carry their own unique risks. In this episode, Caleb and Greg discuss a decades-long s...
Fruitcake Is a Crime | The Case of Collin Street Bakery
Caleb and Greg aren’t fruitcake people, but they are fraud people, and in this episode, a fruitcake bakery is at the center of a multimillion-dollar fraud. So now Cale...
Snooping and Sleuthing with Tracy Coenen
When she was growing up, Tracy Coenen wanted to be a prison warden. It didn’t quite work out that way, but she still deals with bad guys on a daily basis. Caleb and Gr...
Fraud Bytes | The Case of MiniScribe Corporation
In the early days of personal computers, a startup called MiniScribe was a pioneer in hard disk drives. Caleb and Greg discuss the company's rise and the people and ci...
Revisiting Rita Crundwell and Dixon, Illinois with Kelly Richmond Pope
In this episode Caleb and Greg talk with Kelly Richmond Pope: professor, CPA, author, and documentary filmmaker. Her 2017 film, All the Queen’s Horses, documents Rita ...
PEO Fraud Is Bigger In Texas
Professional Employment Organizations (PEO) are a turnkey solution for many small businesses for payroll, workers’ compensation, health insurance and more. In this epi...
Blow the Whistle with Jason Zuckerman and Matt Stock
"We go after bad guys, and once in a while our clients get paid" - In this episode Caleb and Greg talk to Matt Stock and Jason Zuckerman from Zuckerman Law. Hear all a...
There’s No Fraud like Show Business Fraud
In this episode, Caleb and Greg discuss one of the most audacious scams to ever hit Hollywood. Hear how Zach Horowitz fooled investors in to giving him over $650 milli...
"The Fraud Came First” Remembering Crazy Eddie with Gary Weiss
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, one electronics retail chain became a phenomenon thanks to a ubiquitous ad campaign featuring a zany pitchman screaming about INSANE...
Unpayday | The Case of MyPayrollHR
Most people who get a regular paycheck probably take the payroll process for granted. So when payroll goes wrong, things get bad. In this episode, Caleb and Greg unpac...
Double, Double Oil and Trouble | The Salad Oil Scandal
Oil and water don’t mix, but oil and fraud seem to. Salad oil, that is. Caleb and Greg revisit a story that many may remember from their college accounting courses: th...
A Plethora of Pandemic PPP Fraud
The Paycheck Protection Program, aka PPP, was the main financial lifeline to small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Billions of dollars in loan...
Rooting Out Emperor Palpatine with Professor Daniel J. Taylor
Professor Daniel J. Taylor is an accounting professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Just don’t ask him about debits and credits. Professor T...
A Priest, Rabbi, and a Nun Walk Into a Fraud
“Thou shalt not steal” is the eighth commandment, but it isn’t always strictly followed in religious institutions. In this episode, Caleb and Greg unpack two cases whe...
The Golden Girls Rush | The Case of Four Seasons Nursing Centers of America
Before Medicare, nursing homes were often just old motels or converted bowling alleys. But after the landmark program became the law of the land, money flooded the ind...
Aloha Fraud | The CPA Who Ripped Off His Own Firm
In this episode, Caleb and Greg discuss the case of Patrick Oki, the managing partner of PKF Pacific Hawaii, who swiped over $400,000 from his own firm. It’s just anot...
Severely Disorganized Crime | The Case Known as 'Pappygate'
The bourbon distilling industry in Kentucky is rich with tradition, which includes employees helping themselves to bottles of rare whisky whenever they feel like it. I...
The Golden Age of Fraud : An Interview With Francine McKenna
If you’ve spent any time in the last 15 years employed by a Big 4 audit firm, you’ve almost certainly read Francine McKenna’s writing. Enjoy this freewheeling episode ...
NFTs...WTF?
What is an NFT, and why are they so ripe for fraud? Will the blockchain help prevent fraud in the future? Learn something, or maybe don’t, but either way keep your sti...
The Devil Made Me Do It (So I Could Pay for Bible School)
On the surface, James Rupard seemed like a stand-up guy. He was a volunteer firefighter and a pastor at the community church of his small town. When he was arrested fo...
