May 08, 2024

Ep.140 I Deciding to Fraud-Proof Your Business: Why “Trusting Your Employees” Isn’t Enough with Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope

54 minutes

Fraud is everywhere. Fraud is costly. Fraud isn’t sequestered in dark basements in the middle of the night; it could happen in the front office of your business. But how can you prevent fraud, catch red flags quickly, and empower your team to blow the whistle if they witness it within the walls of your business? Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, a leading forensic accounting expert, shares her expert approach.

KEY TOPICS

Catching red flags for fraud in your business.

Debunking the profile of a “white-collar felon.”

The internal controls that protect businesses from scams.

Situations that prevent employees from blowing the whistle on internal fraud.

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Pope: All the Queen’s Horses: How Could One Woman Steal $3 Million Without Anyone Noticing?: Kelly Richmond Pope, Director of All the Queen's Horses Documentary

Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. Pope is a nationally recognized expert in risk, forensic accounting, and white-collar crime research, and an award-winning educator, researcher, author, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. Pope teaches managerial and forensic accounting both at the undergraduate and graduate level.

In 2020, the AICPA and the CPA Practice Advisor named Dr. Pope among the top 25 most powerful women in accounting. Her area of expertise lies in understanding and identifying financial fraud risk within financial statements, assessing corporate culture and compliance systems designed to confront internal control challenges. Pope's research on executive misconduct culminated in directing and producing the award-winning documentary  All the Queen's Horses , which explores the largest municipal fraud in US history.

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