

Fraudish
Kelly Paxton
Fraudish is a podcast to help those working in fraud. Hosted by Kelly Paxton, Certified Fraud Examiner, Ex-Private Investigator, and Pink Collar Crime Expert. Kelly is a former special agent turned investigator specializing in embezzlement and workplace dishonesty cases. Fraudish interviews outstanding fraud professionals so you can continue to move forward in your career. Origin stories, tips, resources are just some of the amazing fraud content you will hear each Tuesday.
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Oct 18, 2022 • 38min
Diann Cattani
Great Women in Fraud is now Fraudish! Want to help us shape 2023? Let me know.Diann Cattani was an up and coming young professional. What started as a mistake, billing a personal trip on the company card (not by Diann but the travel agency) turned into a $450,000 embezzlement. Diann provides her back story as an All American good girl and how the embezzlement changed her and her family and victim’s lives. There’s Dr. Phil, company culture, personal and professional relationships (#trustisnotaninternalcontrol). Also, don’t have your employees walk your dogs! Show notes:https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117770695484085199 (https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117770695484085199)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvQEwT5_uFw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvQEwT5_uFw)https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianncattani/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianncattani/)https://money.cnn.com/2011/11/30/smallbusiness/con_artist/index.htm (https://money.cnn.com/2011/11/30/smallbusiness/con_artist/index.htm)https://www.deseret.com/2011/3/6/20177489/greed-is-no-respecter-of-persons-y-grad-convicted-felon-shares-her-cautionary-tale (https://www.deseret.com/2011/3/6/20177489/greed-is-no-respecter-of-persons-y-grad-convicted-felon-shares-her-cautionary-tale)Kelly Paxton is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Private Investigator, and Professional Speaker. In 2020 she published Embezzlement: How to Prevent, Detect and Investigate Pink-Collar Crime.Connect with her on https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellypaxton/ (Linkedin) or https://twitter.com/pdxcfe (Twitter)

Oct 11, 2022 • 56min
Francine McKenna
Great Women in Fraud is now Fraudish! Want to help us shape 2023? Let me know.Francine's latest venture is Accounting Lecturer full-time https://twitter.com/Wharton (@Wharton). I can't imagine how lucky her students are. We first met via Twitter and I have fan girl'd her ever since. This interview is full of all things fraud. You must listen to her story. She really has seen so much and used that to bring attention to what matters. Be sure to follow her on Twitter. Writer, speaker, CPA. Using tools instead of tools using me. https://twitter.com/marketwatch (@marketwatch)Philadelphia, MXDF, Chicagohttps://t.co/rfN5ahkgGW (thedig.substack.com)Key resources- https://twitter.com/retheauditors (https://twitter.com/retheauditors)https://thedig.substack.com/ (https://thedig.substack.com/)https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinemckenna/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinemckenna/)Kelly Paxton is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Private Investigator, and Professional Speaker. In 2020 she published Embezzlement: How to Prevent, Detect and Investigate Pink-Collar Crime.Connect with her on https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellypaxton/ (Linkedin) or https://twitter.com/pdxcfe (Twitter)

Oct 4, 2022 • 32min
Hailey Windham - Certified Financial Crime Specialist
Great Women in Fraud is now Fraudish! Want to help us shape 2023? Let me know.Hailey Windham, Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS)Hailey has 8+ years of experience at financial institutions. She has developed enterprise-wide comprehensive financial crimes risk management programs. Hailey sees the benefits in assessing fraud risk at financial services.She is leading the way at her employer by providing mitigation suggestions to prevent customer impact and financial loss. She has expertise in leading large-scale fraud prevention initiatives through effective employee and customer training and prevention awareness. She even started an internal podcast because she is such a fan of Fraudish.Kelly Paxton is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Private Investigator, and Professional Speaker. In 2020 she published Embezzlement: How to Prevent, Detect and Investigate Pink-Collar Crime.Connect with her on https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellypaxton/ (Linkedin) or https://twitter.com/pdxcfe (Twitter)

Sep 20, 2022 • 35min
Jen Hoar, HUMINT expert, Forward Risk and Intelligence
Great Women in Fraud is now Fraudish! Want to help us shape 2023? Let me know.Jen is a former journalist-turned-corporate investigator who has leveraged the potent act of asking, and listening, to turn strangers into sources and contacts into clients. Jen’s expertise, and passion, is identifying and interviewing smart people who know more than she does about any given topic, to learn as much as possible to inform clients’ executive decision-making.Harnessing her experience as a journalist and business intelligence practitioner, Jen has developed a Human Intelligence for Business training for entrepreneurs, sales, private equity, business development and legal professionals. Jen is also interested in moderating panels, guest-hosting podcasts and serving on investigative industry and/or non-profit boards.Resources:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-h-26a7bb6/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-h-26a7bb6/)https://www.forwardrisk.com/ (https://www.forwardrisk.com/)https://www.forwardrisk.com/team/jen-hoar/ (https://www.forwardrisk.com/team/jen-hoar/)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-1-six-levels-down/id1455379351?i=1000555532510 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-1-six-levels-down/id1455379351?i=1000555532510)https://www.hbo.com/the-jinx-robert-durst (https://www.hbo.com/the-jinx-robert-durst)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intelligence-matters/id1286906615 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intelligence-matters/id1286906615)https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-say-strangers-subway-want-chat-not-all-strangers-180952086/ (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-say-strangers-subway-want-chat-not-all-strangers-180952086/)Kelly Paxton is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Private Investigator, and Professional Speaker. In 2020 she published Embezzlement: How to Prevent, Detect and Investigate Pink-Collar Crime.Connect with her on https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellypaxton/ (Linkedin) or https://twitter.com/pdxcfe (Twitter)

Jul 19, 2022 • 37min
Jen Rodriguez - Forensic Accountant
Jen was an integral part of the Lizzie Mulder case out of Orange County. You may remember Mulder from American Greed and Pink Collar Crimes with Marcia Clark. Jen’s career changed when she worked with the detective working this #pinkcollarcrime case. Listen to how she pivoted to fraud and forensics investigations and the silver lining that came out of her interactions with a serial fraudster.Jen has more than 20 years of professional experience in accounting, operations, and data management, returned to school to pursue a profession in Forensic Accounting and Digital/Data Analytics. Graduated with nearly a perfect GPA (3.91), from Florida Atlantic University with a Master's of Forensic Accounting/Digital Forensics and Data Analytics.Additional Resources:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-r-forensicacct/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-r-forensicacct/)https://www.withum.com/ (https://www.withum.com/)https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-mulder-sentencing-20171017-story.html (https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-mulder-sentencing-20171017-story.html)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/queen-of-the-con/id1583019312 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/queen-of-the-con/id1583019312)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZRLQnV254 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZRLQnV254)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au4m68ESZNk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au4m68ESZNk)

Jul 13, 2022 • 38min
Alison Taylor, Ethical Systems
Alison works on challenges at the intersection of corporate integrity, risk and responsibility. She is the Executive Director of Ethical Systems, which is part of NYU Stern School of Business and is a collaboration between leading academics working on behavioral science, systems thinking and organizational psychology. Alison is currently writing a book for HBR Press on how the landscape for business ethics is transforming.She has advised hundreds of large multinational companies on strategy, sustainability, political and social risk, culture and behavior, human rights, ethics and compliance, stakeholder engagement, ESG, and anti-corruption. I regularly speak and write on all aspects of business responsibility and ethics. I’ve written articles in Harvard Business Review, WSJ, Quartz, Reuters, Barron's,, and Forbes, and am quoted in New York Times, Financial Times, Time, Axios, Bloomberg, NBC News, Strategy + Business, Foreign Policy, Fortune, Voice of America, and Politico. I guest lecture for sustainability, business, public policy, political science and law graduate students all over the place.Lots more on Twitter @https://twitter.com/FollowAlisonT (FollowAlisonT)Resources.https://twitter.com/EthicalSystems (https://twitter.com/EthicalSystems)https://www.ethicalsystems.org/alison-taylor/ (https://www.ethicalsystems.org/alison-taylor/)https://www.ethicalsystems.org/meet-alison-taylor-ethical-systems-new-executive-director/ (https://www.ethicalsystems.org/meet-alison-taylor-ethical-systems-new-executive-director/)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-the-fever/id1510944005 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-the-fever/id1510944005)https://www.ethicalsystems.org/incentives/ (https://www.ethicalsystems.org/incentives/)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilla%27s_Sense_of_Snow_(film) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilla%27s_Sense_of_Snow_(film))https://yourewrongabout.com/ (https://yourewrongabout.com/)https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-women-really-less-happy-than-men/ (https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-women-really-less-happy-than-men/)

Jul 5, 2022 • 36min
Episode 85 Jessica Cath
Jessica Cath works with FinTechs, RegTechs and traditional financial institutions to apply technology in new ways and constantly seek better solutions to combat the risk of financial crime, stay compliant with regulations and improve operational efficiency.Jessica is passionate about financial crime prevention, super high quality project delivery and effective operational processes - anything that prevents crime, whilst making our job easier and simpler. She is currently building FINTRAIL's growing consulting team and internal operating model. Show Notes:Jessica's LinkedinFINTRAIL TwitterDeath in Paradise TV Series KYC360The Laundry NewsThe Wolfsberg GroupKGB Banker BookEthical SystemsCredit Suisse LeakRed Notice BookGraham Barrow's Linkedin

Jun 28, 2022 • 35min
Episode 84 Jami Rice
Jami Rice is the creator of Dirty Money Moves and Murderish. Her life changed from banking to podcasts when Mary Carole McDonnell showed up at Jami's bank and ripped them off to the tune of $15 million dollars. This wasn’t the first time Mary Carole McDonnell had ripped people off. Jami found her calling doing podcasts about true crime. Show notes:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamirice/https://murderishpodcast.threadless.com/https://twitter.com/MurderishPodhttps://twitter.com/dirtymoneymoveshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092

Jun 21, 2022 • 41min
Episode 83 Missy Coyne
Missy Coyne, NICB Regional Learning and Development Facilitator at National Insurance Crime Bureau. Missy was a Baltimore County County Detective for 33 years. She has been with the NICB for the past 6 years doing training and investigations. Show Notes:https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjorie-missy-coyne-46041939/https://www.nicb.org/https://www.iafci.org/

Jun 14, 2022 • 50min
Episode 82 Crossover with Karisse Hendrick
Karisse Hendrick of the Fraudology podcast and I talk shop including our origin stories, how the field of fraud takes a lot of curiosity and so much more. I think you will enjoy this episode. Karisse is an Award-Winning Cyberfraud Expert; Ecommerce Fraud Prevention Consultant; Chargeback Geek; Host of the Fraudology Podcast; and Startup Advisor. Show Notes:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karissehendrick/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fraudology-podcast/id1530461089