The Bellatorum Fraud and Lessons for Compliance

In this episode, we spoke with Chris Bentley, the former CEO of Bellatorum Resources, a Texas-based energy fund. This is an episode about fraud and some of the priceless lessons for Business Owners, Investors and Entrepreneurs. 

In 2021 Chris let all his clients, employees, and partners know that he had committed fraud and squandered nearly $40 million dollars. He had used the money entrusted to him to prop up his business, an investment management firm that specialized in Texas oil and gas royalties and mineral rights. He wrote a book about his experience, which you can find in the show notes. In this episode you can hear about the lessons that Chris learned, and can compliance function and audit truly help fraud prevention. 

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