Fraudish

Staci Dresher defies the belief that most Investigators hold about Attorney-Investigators. Staci and Kelly discuss the importance of storytelling in investigations, open source intelligence, favorite workplace investigations, and much more on todays episode of Fraudish. Show Notes:Staci's Linkedin Association of Workplace Investigators

Edward Ajaeb, of Nighthawk Strategies, a professional investigation firm that uses modern technology and effective strategies to deliver fast, reliable and accurate intelligence. Show Notes : LinkedinTweet BeaverTweet Topic ExplorerKitty Haley PI Perspectives PodcastPI's Declassified PodcastHeist DocumentaryFear City 

Marta is the co-founder of NOFRAUD.  NOFRAUD uses AI, data analytics and a library of over 90k terms related to the Fraud Triangle. This is a fascinating area of work to proactively risk score.  It is a tool for fraud professionals to utilize in their work.  

This week on Fraudish, we get to learn from and about the most VIP guest of all: Kelly Paxton. Recent Fraudish guest, and interviewer extraordinaire, Jen Hoar, makes a cameo as host of the show, asking Kelly about what cases still bother her, why she considers herself a "fraud therapist" and how a perennial dissatisfaction with things that don't make sense inspire her to dig and dig until they do. Don't miss this dialogue between two limitlessly curious investigators and conversationalists!Show Notes:Yoga to the People FraudPortrait of an Unknown WomanJen Hoar LinkedinDan McCrum Linkedin

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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/)