Fraud Fighter Podcast

Robyn Shaw is a CPA, CFE, and owner of Facts & Figures Forensics, PLLC, a forensic accounting firm in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  She was previously a forensic accountant as a financial analyst with the Colorado’s 4th Judicial District Attorney's office.  She has worked on over 40 criminal investigations.

www.factsfiguresforensics.com

In this episode, we discuss:

1. How Robyn joined the District Attorney’s office as forensic accountant
2. The criminal cases she investigated as part of the prosecution team
3. The difficulties of opening her own forensic accounting firm
4. How she now markets her forensic accounting services.

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After 20 years as a special agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Robert Nordlander decided to start a new chapter in life.  He left the agency in mid-March to start a forensic accounting and tax resolution firm called Nordlander CPA, PLLC.

www.nordlandercpa.com

In this episode, he discussed:

1. The various investigations and opportunities he had during a 20 year tenure
2. Why he decided to leave IRS-CI 
3. How the podcast helped change his outlook on forensic accounting
4. What is on the horizon for the new firm

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Heather Culp is a law partner with Essex Richards in Charlotte, North Carolina.  She focuses on bankruptcy and commercial litigation.  She is frequently hired as a receiver.

https://www.essexrichards.com/attorneys/heather-w-culp/

In this episode, we discuss:

1. The difference between bankruptcy and receivership
2. The role of a receiver
3. The role and need for a forensic accountant in a receivership
4. The critical skills and credentials needed for a forensic accountant
5. How forensic accountants should market themselves
6. The value of mentors and sponsors

Book recommendation:

The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

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The Fraud Fighter Podcast has produced 20 episodes.  The podcast has been downloaded from 75 different countries in 700 cities.  It continues to grow thanks to listeners like yourself who are interested in fraud and forensic accounting.  From the last 20 episodes, I summarized the key takeaways I had from the 20 guests.

1. Communication is vital, both written and oral.
2. There are many opportunities for self-employed forensic accountants.
3. The key to marketing isn't necessarily skills, but relationships.
4. Once a level of success is achieved, people want the intangible benefits of helping others.
5. Credentials are key to being an expert witness.
6. There are many people who need forensic accountants.

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Scott Hogue is currently the Director of Global Investigations at Walmart.  In his previous career, he was a special agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How Scott chose forensic accounting and fraud investigations as a career.
2. The different areas that Global Investigations oversee at Walmart
3. The qualifications needed to be a good investigator
4. The steps needed to be an investigator at a large retail store
5. What retail investigators focus on
6. The public corruption case that he is most proud of.

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Chrissie A. Powers, CPA/CFF, CFE, CVA is the owner of Powers Forensic Accounting, LLC located in Columbus, Ohio. She left a regional accounting firm that shut down their forensic accounting services niche and decided to start her own boutique firm.

https://www.powersforensic.com

In this episode, we discuss:

1. How she got started in forensic accounting
2. Why she started her own forensic accounting firm
3. The value of a CPA license and CFE credential
4. The importance of books and conferences in growing her firm

Book recommendations:

1. “Frankensteins of Fraud: By Joseph T. Wells
2. “The Expert Witness Marketing Book” by Rosalie Hamilton
3. “How to Market Your Expert Witness Practice Evidence-Based Best Practices” by James J. Mangraviti, Jr; Steven Babitsky; Alex Babitsky
4. “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson, MD

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Kevin Greene is a retired special agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.  After 27 years of experience in federal criminal investigations, he and another retired federal agent started Eagle Intel Services LLC, a private investigation firm.

www.eagleintelservices.com
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In this episode we discuss:

1. Using technical equipment to gather evidence in an investigation
2. How an investigation shut down the trading between the United States Federal Reserve and Switzerland
3. The value of a mentor in investigations
4. The most valuable skills needed to be a successful investigator

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Kevin Hanff spent over 22 years as an  IRS special agent.  He is now the Chief Information Officer for Integritas³, a forensic accounting and compliance company.  He discusses the basic software needed to operate a forensic accounting firm.

https://www.integritas3.com/
https://www.integritas3.com/kevin-hanff

In this episode, we discuss:

1. How information is transferred from bank statements to analyze
2. The software that he uses as a forensic accountant to analyze bank transactions
3. How the information is compiled, sorted, and analyzed
4. How the report is linked to show its supporting evidence

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Caryn Finley is a federal prosecutor, who spent 18 years with the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division.

In this episode, we discuss:

1. The role of the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division
2. The various ways employment tax fraud is conducted
3. When the civil employment tax violations become a criminal violation
4. What federal prosecutors will use to advocate a sentence to a judge.

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Jeffrey Robinson is an international best selling author.  He is considered “one of the world's leading experts on international financial crime.”  As a master storyteller, he has written over 30 books, including the best seller “The Laundrymen.”  He talked in detail about his 2011 book called “The Takedown”, which describes a federal prosecutor and federal agent taking down the Norte Valle Cartel.

www.jeffreyrobinson.com

In this episode, we discuss:

1. How Robinson got started writing about money laundering
2. The definition of money laundering
3. The myth of Al Capone and money laundering
4. How trade-based money laundering is achieved.
5. The investigation that meant the most to him
6. Why the best investigators practice shoe leather.
7. How great books are based on great storytelling.

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