324 Kelly Richmond Pope: Predator, Prey and Whistleblowers

<p dir="ltr">What does it mean to be the only one in the room who knows something is wrong? You're the only one in your company who sees the number they missed.</p> <p dir="ltr">What do you do? Do you speak up? Try this on -- is anything really that bad going to happen if you keep it to yourself?</p> <p dir="ltr">All those little decisions, to sit on some information, or fudge a number, they add up to the tune of about one trillion dollars of fraud a year. </p> <p dir="ltr">Kelly Richmond Pope is a forensic accountant, a professor at DePaul University and an award-winning documentarian and filmmaker. Her documentary on the not-too-distant world of fraudsters and whistleblowers is called “All The Queen’s Horses,” out on Netflix. And now Kelly is out with a book, "Fool Me Once," diving deep into that same world.</p> <p dir="ltr">She’s covered everyone from Madoff, to Elizabeth Holmes, to the embezzler of a grill from Lowes. We’ll talk about what makes a predator in this world, what makes prey, and how the line isn't as distinct as we'd hope. That's where the third path -- whistleblowing -- comes in.</p> <p> </p>