Fraud Big and Small Detailed in New Book ‘Fool Me Once’ | Black Voices | Chicago News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 27, 2023
In “Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry,” DePaul University forensic accounting professor Kelly Richmond Pope explores the many forms fraud can take and the sometimes surprising stories of the people who perpetrate it.
The book breaks perpetrators of fraud into categories — intentional, accidental and righteous — and also focuses on the types of whistleblowers who revealed instances of fraud.
“I wanted to offer a new way of thinking about a perpetrator because everyone doesn’t steal for money,” Richmond Pope said. “You could be an accidental perpetrator, which you . . .
