This week Kelly speaks with Christina Lekati, Social Engineering Security Specialist, Open-Source Intelligence Analyst, BlackHat Trainer, and Keynote Speaker. We zoomed "across the pond" all the way to Germany to speak with Christina about all things OSINT and the real repercussions of fraud on innocent (and not so innocent) people. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-lekati-social-engineering/ https://www.osintcurio.us/ https://www.cyber-risk-gmbh.com/ https://www.chasehughes.com/ops h...
Dec 05, 2023•54 min•Ep. 131
On this week's episode of Fraudish, Kelly speaks with Austin Harris, CFE and CFCI, who got into the fraud world by accident. Austin, like Kelly, started his career in law enforcement and stumbled into the world of financial crimes and fraud. Austin is passionate about preventing fraud and helping the victims of fraud. Show notes: Connect with Austin on Linkedin Bad Fraud Advice Newsletter About Fraud Inequality in Embezzlement David Weber Behavioral Accotant Science Proves Kelly Right Episode...
Nov 28, 2023•31 min
Dr. Emily Homer, ACFE, returns to Fraudish for an update on her career, projects with the ACFE and so much more related to fraud and criminology. Listen to the full episode for some valuable points on legal treatment of white collar criminals, the real impact of financial crime, and how we use pop culture to teach fraud. Dr. Homer is a graduate of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisville. She is currently a Research Specialist with the Association of Certified Fraud Exa...
Nov 21, 2023•40 min
This week on Fraudish we hear from Kathy Enstron, Director of Investigations-Moore Tax Law Group, on her different career moves in the fraud space. Kathy had a 26 year career as a federal law enforcement officer for IRS-CI. Take a listen to her amazing career and pivot to the defense side. She was the first woman to lead the Chicago IRS CI. Now she has retired from the government and is working with the defense. But as you know everyone deserves a defense and who better to represent you when it ...
Nov 07, 2023•44 min
An incredibly important and relevant discussion regarding sex/human trafficking from an expert in sex trafficking. A 25 year career at the Phoenix Police Department. Heidi now provides actionable, relevant training for many industries and professionals. Links: Heidi Chance on Linkedin Chance Consulting Sex Trafficking in America Human Trafficking Conference Sex Trafficking Awareness with Heidi Chance of A Chance For Awareness...
Oct 17, 2023•39 min
This week on Fraudish Kelly chats with Diana Ngo on all things business intelligence, deal intelligence for mergers and acquisitions, and how intelligence is essential for when things in business and deal making goes wrong. We also chat about why Diana is happy she didn't become a lawyer and how cultural differences impact investigations. Enjoy the episode! Links: Diana on Linkedin Diana on Twitter...
Oct 10, 2023•40 min•Ep. 126
This week on Fraudish we hear from Rob Gardner of Robert Gardner and Associates who specialize in public records and helping Forensic Accountants and Consultants find where the paper trail ends. Listen to this episode to learn more about how to find and utilize public records in investigations. Rob is here to help us be better fraud professionals! Links: Rob's Linkedin Rob's Twitter Manage Risks Big Data Casino...
Oct 03, 2023•37 min
This week on Fraudish Kelly chats with Michael Reddington, a CFI, to discuss how gender, age and culture impact interrogations. Also we touch on the books that have impacted his career. As Michaels says, the best leaders and the best interrogators capitalize on the same two core skills: vision and influence. The cognitive process that leads suspects to commit to saying “I did it”, employees to commit to saying “I’ll do it” and prospects to commit to saying “I’ll buy it” are essentially identical...
Sep 05, 2023•43 min•Ep. 124
This week on Fraudish, Kelly talks to Linda Miller, Founder & CEO, Audient Group, on how she got into finding and fighting fraud in the government. Linda talks about how she struggled past government bureaucracy to create a study and guide for how agencies should manage fraud risks that led to the writing of the Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act that was unanimously passed. She also discusses how she go a front row seat the the absolute perfect storm of fraud that happened during the pa...
Aug 29, 2023•40 min
This week on Fraudish Kelly speaks to Peter Taylor aka The Fraud Guy. Peter specializes in fraud risk and system improvement reviews, audits, training, events, articles, research, and investigation. Peter has wanted to work in fraud since he was 7 years old after watching some crime and fraud related TV shows! He began his career at the Greater Manchester Police and went on to be the Head of Fraud for Major Loss Adjusters. Please enjoy this episode where we talk all things fraud and ethics!...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 2 min
This week Kelly is joined from all the way across the pond with Claire Maillet, or as you may know her, "The Lord of Fraud." We discuss her stellar branding as a fraud professional and her journey to become the Lord of Fraud. If you are looking for how to improve your Linkedin presence, implement branding in your fraud professional life, and the presence of fraud in the Fintech space, then this is the episode for you! Connect with Claire on Linkedin....
Aug 15, 2023•31 min
This week on Fraudish Kelly is joined by Dr. David P. Weber, CFE, who recently defended his dissertation on the Severity of Embezzlement as Predicted by Demographic Variables, or as I call it, Pink Collar Crime. David and I chat all things about the demographic factors of embezzlement, how in todays world that truth may not be a popular one, and how we share the facts of embezzlement despite resistance. We also get into some places we have seen fraud in pop culture. Enjoy! Check out Dr. Weber's ...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 28 min
This week on Fraudish we are joined by Frank Perri, author of Red Collar White Collar Crime, we discuss how our perceptions of white collar crime may had been wrong this whole time. Tune in to learn about violent fraud offenders and how it's a myth that white collar criminals are the kinder criminal offenders. Show Notes: Red Collar White Collar Crime by Frank Perri Frank Perri Linkedin Frank Perri Youtub e...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min
This week on Fraudish we are joined by a convicted embezzler, Nathan Mueller, who has since become a sought-after speaker for Compliance and Ethics presentations. Nathan is a felon friend of Kelly's whose story is one to learn from. Don't miss out on this fascinating story of embezzlement, personal growth, and redemption! Nathan started as a CPA and after years of experience in the field he played a key role in transitioning his company's operations after being bought. He began embezzling money ...
May 16, 2023•52 min
You won't want to miss this chat about the world of high-finance, billion dollar deals, and of course, the secrets behind them. This week on Fraudish, Kelly talks with Robert Kerbeck, a professional actor who makes his real money lying on the phone, charming people into revealing their employers’ most valuable information. Kerbeck pursued acting after college, but to make ends meet, he began his apprenticeship as a corporate spy. Kerbeck became one of the world’s best practitioners of this decep...
May 09, 2023•43 min
From Graphic Designer to OSINT Analyst, Rae Baker's career path has been a fascinating one. This week we get into open source intelligence, AI, sock puppets, and more! Rae Baker is an Osintcurious Project Executive Board Member, OSINT Lead with Operation Safe Escape. She is Maritime OSINT obsessed. From graphic design to OSINT expert. Rae’s career is so interesting. Show Notes: Rae Baker Website Rae Baker Linkedin Rae Baker AI Sock puppet blog Rae's Twitter Exploring Maritime OSINT Captain Phill...
May 02, 2023•42 min
This week on Fraudish I spoke with Professor Emeritus and Ethics Sage, Dr. Steve Mintz. We discussed all things accounting, ethics, whistleblowing and retaliation. Show Notes: Steve Mintz Linkedin Steve Mintz Website Mintz Linkedin Update Steve Mintz Twitter Steve Mintz Book Giving Voice to Values The Ethics Expert Youtube The Ethics Expert Podcast...
Apr 25, 2023•48 min
This week on Fraudish I speak to Lisa Verdon, an Economist who specializes in auto finance fraud. Lisa has extensive theoretical and practical experience in the fields of statistics, econometrics, and financial analysis. Lisa works at PointPredictive. PointPredictive powers trust in lending utilizing powerful and unique Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Human Intelligence. Show Notes Lisa Verdon Linkedin...
Apr 18, 2023•41 min
This week on Fraudish I allowed a lawyer on the show to chat all things trust. Imagine that! Dr. Yoram Solomon is THE Trust Expert and we discussed trust, gut instinct, ethical bars, relative trust, and much more. Dr. Yoram Solomon is an Author of The Book of TRUST and host of The TRUST Show podcast. He has published a total of 16 books, 9 patents, and was one of the creators of Wi-Fi and USB 3.0 technologies, for which he was dubbed "TI's Great Innovator." Dr. Solomon was named as one of the to...
Apr 11, 2023•53 min
This week on Fraudish Lena Sisco and I discuss all things spies! Lena is a TV expert in deceptive analysis and interrogation, author of “Honest Answers” and “You’re Lying,” keynote speaker, trainer specializing in human behavior, truth and deceptive analysis, enhanced communication, elicitation, counter-elicitation and questioning techniques. Sign up for my newsletter Breaking Fraud, here! Show Notes Lena Sisco Linkedin Sector Intell The Congruency Group Sector Intell Webinar Registration...
Apr 04, 2023•41 min
This week on Fraudish Dr Jay Albanese and I chat about the difference between male and female embezzlers, gambling, how smart people do stupid things, and much more! Dr. Jay Albanese is a Professor & Criminologist in the Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). He was the first Ph.D. graduate from the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice. Dr. Albanese has written and edited 20 books, 100+ articles and book chapters, and has made keynote and in...
Mar 28, 2023•53 min
Eric Vento is a board certified Certified Protection Professional through ASIS International and is globally known as a senior security leader who thrives on stakeholder engagement, vision casting, and empathetic leadership. Eric is a passionate people manager who loves to develop, mentor, coach, and lead others. 60+ Linkedin recommendations attest to his leadership success and track record of delivering consistent ROI above and beyond. We discussed all things Linkedin, professional etiquette, a...
Mar 21, 2023•35 min
Author of Private Eye Confidential: Stories from a Real PI . Mike became an investigator after a career in journalism. His stories are engaging, informative and fun to hear. Over the years, Mike has performed these many high level PI services for clients including surveillance, witness interviews, photography and video documentation, and records and document research. Don't miss out on the knowledge Mike has to share on this episode of Fraudish! Sign up for my Breaking Fraud newsletter here! Sho...
Mar 14, 2023•35 min
This week on Fraudish I spoke with Daniel Porter, mechanic turned investigator. We discussed his journey from the fixing cars to investigating cases, the value of untraditional backgrounds in the field, and much much more! Sign up for my newsletter here! Show Notes: Daniel's Linkedin
Mar 07, 2023•41 min
Tracy finds you the money! She practices exclusively in the area of forensic accounting. Her work falls into three categories: 1. Fraud investigation - Cases of embezzlement, financial statement fraud, investment fraud, insurance fraud, white collar criminal defense. 2. Family law and divorce - Lifestyle analysis to quantify the need for support or find hidden income or assets. 3. Litigation - Expert witness in cases involving contract disputes between companies, corporate divorces, economic dam...
Feb 28, 2023•23 min
This week on Fraudish I speak with Pamela Barnum, The Trust Agent, Former Undercover Police Officer & Federal Prosecutor, Nonverbal Communication Expert Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live as a different person with a different name, identity, and background for months. That's precisely what Pamela did for almost nine years as an undercover police officer in the Drug Enforcement Section. While working full-time as an undercover police officer, Pamela completed law schoo...
Feb 21, 2023•43 min
Avi Klein is a licensed private investigator who focuses on supporting litigators (civil and criminal), in-house counsel and investors. He specializes in asset searches, background investigations, locating and interviewing key witnesses, identifying anonymous online fraudsters, surveillance and challenging service of process. Sign up for my Breaking Fraud newsletter here! Show Notes: Avi's Linkedin Avi's Twitter Klein Group Bored to Death Movie Digital Recognition Network Michael Wakshull's Link...
Feb 14, 2023•47 min
This week on Fraudish I talk with Dee Studler about insurance claims, fraud, and much more! What happens when a business gets embezzled? Hopefully they have a fidelity policy. That is when Dee gets hired around the world to investigate. She has over 30 years of experience and her stories are amazing. Sign up for my Breaking Fraud newsletter here! Show Notes: SDCCPA Dee Studler Linkedin Dee's Blog Dee's CV...
Feb 07, 2023•57 min
This week on Fraudish, James D. Ruotolo and I discuss his work helping organizations manage their fraud risk. James’ career has progressed from SIU to tech to consulting all while in the fraud fighting industry. Sign up for my new Breaking Fraud newsletter here! Show Notes: James D. Ruotolo Linkedin James Twitter Coalition Against Insurance Fraud Twitter Coalition Against Insurance Fraud Four Faces of Fraud PDF Fraud Statistics ID Theft Center...
Jan 31, 2023•44 min
All things email with Katie Intrater and Phil Davis, AtData How important is email in your life? Do you use email for intelligence, fraud prevention, marketing? This episode is all about emails. You will learn just how important your email address is and how companies can and do use it for so much information. Sign up for my new Breaking Fraud newsletter here! Show Notes: Katie Intrater Linkedin Phil Davis Linkedin AtData AtData Twitter AtData Youtube...
Jan 24, 2023•43 min
