Kelly Richmond Pope

Kelly Richmond Pope

Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Accounting at DePaul University

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Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Accounting at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. Pope is a nationally recognized expert in risk, forensic accounting, and white-collar crime research, and an award-winning educator, researcher, author, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She’s the author of Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion Dollar Fraud Industry (Harvard Business Review Press, March 2023). Pope teaches managerial and forensic accounting both at the undergraduate and graduate level.

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32 min
“Fraud is a trillion dollar problem, about $5 trillion today with that number increasingly rising annually.”
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“Fraud never sleeps. It's really a global problem. Fraud is a trillion dollar problem, about $5 trillion today, with that number increasingly rising annually.”
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Fraud is a $5 trillion “industry.” But not all its perpetrators look alike. Kelly Richmond Pope, a professor of accounting, breaks down who commits fraud — and why.
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More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains.
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Kelly Richmond Pope, a forensic accountant, shares a simple test that puts your ethics under the spotlight.
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Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains how fraud runs rampant — even when businesses don’t intend it.
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