Fraud Fighter Podcast
Hosted by a former white-collar federal criminal investigator, this bi-weekly podcast seeks to find the best tools, practices, opportunities, and people to answer your questions about fraud and forensic accounting. Every episode is a conversation with an expert in the fraud or forensic accounting industry who has a story to tell, ideas and wisdom to share, successes to inspire, and failures to confess. Where can you find the right credentials for your career? Where can you find the right training for you and where you want to be? What opportunities exist in the anti-fraud industry? What software or technology is available to help you in your career? If you are asking these questions, this podcast is for you.
Fraud Fighter Podcast
055 - From Ponzi Scheme to Forensic Software - Tod McDonald of Valid8
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Robert Nordlander, CPA, CFE
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Episode 55
Tod McDonald was a CPA investigating a bankruptcy case, when he uncovered the largest Ponzi scheme in the history of the Northwest United States. Seeing the need for forensic accounting software, he co-founded Valid8, a forensic accounting software company.
https://www.valid8financial.com/
In this episode, we discuss:
- How he uncovered the largest Ponzi scheme in the Northwest US.
- The need for forensic accounting software.
- Why Valid8 was created to investigators quickly follow the money.
- His observations in the financial and technology field.