Miss West should have gone to Mr. Bailey and asked why this looks different than other financial matters that I've been involved in, he says. The common red flags of a financial advisor kind of fraud scam are writing checks directly to the advisor and then also advisors not explaining explicitly how they are paid to give investment advice. None of those things were present in Miss West's case.
Even if there are not many obvious warning signs, a gut feeling can tell you when something seems amiss.
Kelly Richmond Pope is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University and the author of the book “Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry.” Pope joined Ricky Mulvey to discuss: - How to talk to aging relatives about fraud - What your “gut feeling” can tell you about potential scams - What generative AI means for the future of fraud
Company discussed: WFC
Host: Ricky Mulvey Guest: Kelly Richmond Pope Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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