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
038 - Lottery Fraud - Terry Rich
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Robert Nordlander, CPA, CFE
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Episode 38
Terry Rich is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, and former director of a state lottery. When a $16 million lottery ticket was suspiciously redeemed, an investigation started and led directly to Eddie Tipton, an computer programmer working for the lottery. This story is how hot dogs, Bigfoot, and a lottery ticket combined into the uncovering of a multi-state lottery fraud.
https://terryspeaks.com/
In this episode, we discuss:
- How various lotteries work.
- The investigation into a multi-million dollar lottery fraud
- How the lottery fraud was uncovered
- The importance of checks and balances