August 2013

In the last five years or more I have spoken to various business and accounting groups about The Lying, Cheating, and Stealing Side of Business. Last month I had the pleasure of presenting this at a meeting of the Toronto Finance Network. They enjoyed my stories and important tips, and treated me to some of their real-life experiences.

One of the most important thing I told them was never to count on your intuitions about people to protect you. Some fraudsters are so plausible that you just cannot distrust them. So instead of trying to decide who to trust, systematically take precautions.