Fraud Files
Dive into the murky world of white-collar crime and corporate fraud!
Join us for riveting episodes of 'Fraud Files' where we shine the spotlight and expose the facts behind major frauds, financial crimes and scams.
Hosted by Edward, a forensic accountant with first hand experience encountering frauds and fraudsters.
Also available on Spotify, Apple and Amazon podcasts.
New episodes drop every Tuesday.
Episodes
8 episodes
A Can of Worms
Companies with accounting & finance environments that have inadequate policies and procedures and weak internal controls leave themselves open to risks of white collar fraud. In this episode, a case study is presented of one suc...
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Episode 8
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21:55
Chinese Takeaways
Listen to Edward's takeaways about the lessons learned and the red flags, and about how investors were taken advantage of by a number of cunning and deceitful promoters of Chinese real estate to foreign investors. Lessons that will hold true an...
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Episode 7
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21:26
Shanghai Surprise! - part two
Hear how a group of Irish investors were deceived in an alleged fraud, when they invested a significant amount of money in an overseas residential property investment opportunity in Shanghai, China. As details of the purported fraud came to lig...
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Episode 6
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25:46
Shanghai Surprise! - part one
Investing in overseas property, in countries like China, creates additional risks for the investor not only because of the geographical distance involved and the different laws and regulations but also because of the increased reliance that is ...
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Episode 5
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13:15
The Ponzi Nice Guy - part two
In part two of the episode, you'll hear about the details of the Ponzi fraud, about the trial and the sentencing, and about the impact on the perpetrator and his fall from grace. You'll also hear about red flags to look out for when considering...
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Episode 4
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14:44
The Ponzi Nice Guy - part one
I open the files on how one entrepreneur, who I met on a number of occasions, operated a Ponzi scheme in which he defrauded the investors out of millions to fund a lavish lifestyle, until the law finally caught up with him ......
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Episode 3
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9:02
The Trusted Accountant
I open the files on how one professional, who I met on a number of occasions, managed to convince a large number of investors to trust him with their money in a property development scheme, and how it cost them dearly when the tide went out ......
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Episode 2
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12:33