Tag: fraud

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.

I have begun recording 30 Points about law and life from my 30 years in and out of court, which started with court appearances as a law student.

The video for the first topic, Law and Trust, is below. You might also want to look at my article Of Crooks and Governments — The Legal Basis of Prosperity:

https://www.franklaw.ca/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/Of_Crooks_and_Governments_41.pdf

Note that since I recorded this, the firm of Rosenbaum & Frank has dissolved. For the last few years I have been a sole practitioner again.