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  • Episode 400: Employee Makes $6M From $15M in Stolen Funds. Do They Get To Keep It?

    Episode 400: Employee Makes $6M From $15M in Stolen Funds. Do They Get To Keep It?
    2026/08/20

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    An internal employee stole close to $15M from Bridgestone over 4 years and through investments, made and additional $6M. Did they get to keep it and the way the internal fraudster was caught after they left the company. And what question should you ask of your vendor process?

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    Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

    Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

    Department of Justice Press Release: Former Bridgestone Americas Assistant Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Nearly $15 Million Wire Fraud Scheme

    WKRN News Article: Ex-Bridgestone employee defrauded company of $21M

    Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-session

    Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links

    Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com

    Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training

    Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars

    Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup

    YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DebraRRichardsonLLC

    More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars https://training.debrarrichardson.com

    More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com

    Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
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    25 分
  • Episode 399: 11 Signs It’s Time To Clean Your Vendor Master File

    Episode 399: 11 Signs It’s Time To Clean Your Vendor Master File
    2026/08/13

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    If these 11 things are happening, they are signs it’s time to review the data in your vendor master file. What are the 11 signs?

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    Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

    Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

    • Free Training Session: 8 Steps to Clean Your Vendor Master File https://training.debrarrichardson.com/course/cleanup
    • Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-session
    • Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-download
    • Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
    • Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
    • Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
    • Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup
    • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
    • More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
    • More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
    • Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
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    29 分
  • Episode 398: Do You Manage The Vendor Process? Start Here to Build Controls, Manage Risk and Maintain Accurate Vendor Data

    Episode 398: Do You Manage The Vendor Process? Start Here to Build Controls, Manage Risk and Maintain Accurate Vendor Data
    2026/08/06

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    Being a Vendor Process Manager is a little like being a referee, detective, and data janitor all at once. In this episode, we'll cover the key priorities that help you reduce risk, improve compliance, and clean up vendor chaos.

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    Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

    Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

    • Roadmap to a Controlled Vendor Process
    • On-Demand Webinar: Ensuring Adherence: How to Audit Your Vendor Setup and Change Process
    • On-Demand Webinar: 3 Ways To Meet Nacha’s ACH Fraud Monitoring - Same Day
    • Foundational Vendor Process Training: Vendor Process Essentials Training Sessions
    • Free Training Session: 8 Steps to Clean Your Vendor Master File
    • Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-session
    • Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-download
    • Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
    • Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
    • Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
    • Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup
    • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
    • More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
    • More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
    • Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
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    28 分
  • Episode 397: 4 Reasons Why This Statement “My Accounting System Catches Duplicates” Is Wrong

    Episode 397: 4 Reasons Why This Statement “My Accounting System Catches Duplicates” Is Wrong
    2026/07/30

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    If you think you don’t have to worry about duplicate vendors because your Accounting System or ERP catches them – just know – that you probably have duplicate vendors.

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    Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

    Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

    • Free Training Session: 8 Steps to Clean Your Vendor Master File
    • Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-session
    • Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-download
    • Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
    • Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
    • Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
    • Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup
    • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
    • More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
    • More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
    • Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
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    25 分
  • Episode 396: Build a Fraud Response Plan So You Know What To Do If A Fraudulent Payment Happens – In 5 Steps

    Episode 396: Build a Fraud Response Plan So You Know What To Do If A Fraudulent Payment Happens – In 5 Steps
    2026/07/23

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    Do you and your team know what you need to do if there is a fraudulent payment? If you want the five steps that are probably not in your IT team’s fraud response plan……

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    Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

    Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

    • On-Demand Webinar: Build a Fraud Response Plan So You Know What To Do If Business Email Compromise (BEC) Happens
    • https://training.debrarrichardson.com/course/june2024-1
    • Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-session
    • Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-download
    • Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
    • Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
    • Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
    • Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://www.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup
    • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
    • More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
    • More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
    • Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
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    25 分
  • Episode 395: Your Vendor’s Validations Were Successful - So Why Could It Still Be Fraud?

    Episode 395: Your Vendor’s Validations Were Successful - So Why Could It Still Be Fraud?
    2026/07/16

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    Many organizations have as part of the vendor validation process to verify vendor’s information against state business registrations, IRS TIN Match records, and bank records. If validations are successful that information is trusted and payments are made. Fraudsters are now taking advantage of this trust. How?....

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    Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

    Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

    • JD Supra Article: Business Identity Theft: How Corporate Hijacking Works and What to Do
    • Find the State A Vendor Is Registered In: OpenCorporates
    • Links To State Business Entity Searches: Vendor Process Training Center > Resource Library
    • Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-session
    • Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-download
    • Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
    • Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
    • Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
    • Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://www.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup
    • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
    • More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
    • More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
    • Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
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    34 分
  • Episode 394: Your Vendor’s Bank Routing Numbers Do Change – 3 Ways You Find Out Before Nacha Fines or Returned Payments

    Episode 394: Your Vendor’s Bank Routing Numbers Do Change – 3 Ways You Find Out Before Nacha Fines or Returned Payments
    2026/07/09

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    Banks merge, get acquired or fail – often. This is not something your vendor normally makes their clients aware of, so if you want three ways to find out before fines or returned payments…..

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    Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

    Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

    • Vendor Master File Tip of the Week (YouTube): What Vendor Teams Need to Know About US Routing #’s – ABA and ACH
    • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): Failed Bank List
    • PCBB: Closed Bank Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links
    • Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
    • Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
    • Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
    • Vendor Master File Clean-Up: https://www.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup
    • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
    • More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
    • More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
    • Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
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    24 分
  • Episode 393: 5 Reasons to Establish a Vendor Process Audit

    Episode 393: 5 Reasons to Establish a Vendor Process Audit
    2026/06/25

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    Organizations put processes in place when adding new vendors and changing existing vendor information to avoid fraud, regulatory fines and bad vendor data. But are they being followed?

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    Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team.

    Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:

    • Free Webinar: Ensuring Adherence: How to Audit Your Vendor Add and Change Process
      Free On-Demand Training: 8 Steps To Clean Your Vendor Master File
    • Free Download: Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-download
    • Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.com
    • Customized Fraud Training: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training
    • Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinars
    • YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqeoffeQu3pSXMV8fUIGNiw
    • More Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars www.debrarrichardson.com
    • More ideas? Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com
    • Music Credit: www.purple-planet.com
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    27 分