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Caleb Newquist

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04/30/22 • 77 min
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REFERENCES
https://www.ft.com/content/bd138302-9ea6-11e0-9469-00144feabdc0
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117461651648146411
https://thedig.substack.com/p/busting-the-myth-about-auditors-and
https://twitter.com/retheauditors
If you’ve spent any time in the last 15 years employed by a Big 4 audit firm, you’ve almost certainly read Francine McKenna’s writing. In the late 2000s, her blog, Re: The Auditors, relentlessly chronicled the blunders and, in some cases, malfeasance of the largest global audit firms. Francine was the transparency reporter for MarketWatch from 2015 to 2019. Her journalism has appeared in Forbes, American Banker, the Financial Times, and elsewhere.
Enjoy this freewheeling episode of Oh My Fraud, where Caleb and Greg talk to Francine about many topics, including auditing in a pandemic, Big 4 impunity, and why we’re in the Golden Age of Fraud.

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02/23/22 • 76 min
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REFERENCES
Lessons from an $8 million fraud — Journal of Accountancy
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2014/aug/fraud-20149862.html
Report to the Nations 2020 — ACFE
https://www.acfe.com/report-to-the-nations/2020/
Nathan Mueller’s LinkedIn profile — LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-mueller-b87111b4/
The 2013 Marquet Report on Embezzlement — Chris Marquet
http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/vpr/files/The_2013_Marquet_Report_On_Embezzlement.pdf
Mueller gets 8 years for $8.5 million ING fraud [MST]
https://www.startribune.com/mueller-gets-8-years-for-8-5-million-ing-fraud/37479859/
Eden Prairie Man Sentenced to 97 Months for Defrauding His Employer [FBI]
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/minneapolis/press-releases/2009/mp_011309a.htm
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In October 2021 IDC MarketScape named Avalara a Leader in tax automation in three categories (small and midsize business, enterprise, and VAT). If you’re considering tax automation, check out the independent IDC evaluations at http://OMF.show/avalara
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CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS
Greg Kyte, CPA
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkyte/
Caleb Newquist
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/

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NFTs...WTF?
Oh My Fraud
03/23/22 • 59 min
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REFERENCES
- NFTs, explained [The Verge]
- Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT theft shows the ease of hacking crypto [Protocol]
- Non-fungible tokens [Ethereum]
- Beeple’s Opus [Christie’s]
- Icebreakers With...Bloomberg Columnist Matt Levine [Morning Brew]
- Bored Ape Yacht Club: What you need to know about the NFT collection [CNET]
- NFT hack sees collector lose $2.2 million of ‘Bored Ape’ pictures [Independent UK]
- Man Upset That Hackers Stole His Bored Ape NFTs [Vice]
- Fake Banksy NFT sold through artist's website for £244k [BBC]
- Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then They Got Scammed. [Vice]
- Booming NFT art market plagued by 'mind-blowing' fraud [Thomson Reuters]
- DeFi ‘Rug Pull’ Scams Pulled In $2.8B This Year: Chainalysis [CoinDesk]
- How NFTs became a $40bn market in 2021 [FT]
A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR
Thank you to our sponsor, Avalara. Avalara’s award-winning tax automation solutions help accounting practitioners and businesses of all sizes simplify sales tax compliance and with real-time rates, automated returns filing, and more.
In October 2021 IDC MarketScape named Avalara a Leader in tax automation in three categories (small and midsize business, enterprise, and VAT). If you’re considering tax automation, check out the independent IDC evaluations at http://OMF.show/avalara
Learn more about Avalara for Accountants and you’ll get a free gift: meet with an expert to explore how Avalara can help your accounting practice grow, and you’ll receive a $50 gift card. Contact Avalara at [email protected], and mention the code “Fraud”
HOW TO EARN FREE CPE
In less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 hour of NASBA-approved accounting CPE after listening to this episode. Download our mobile app, sign up, and look for the Oh My Fraud channel. Register for the course, complete a short quiz, and get your CPE certificate.
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CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS
Greg Kyte, CPA

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02/08/22 • 79 min
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REFERENCES
All the Queen’s Horses Documentary — Kelly Richmond Pope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS1T3IwOQSs
Lessons learned from shocking municipal fraud cases — CPA Insider
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/newsletters/2018/oct/lessons-learned-municipal-fraud-cases.html
FBI press release — indictment
Dixon’s quiet hero — Fraud Magazine
https://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4295003585
DOJ sentencing press release
Rita Crundwell and the Dixon Embezzlement - Chicago Magazine
https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2012/Rita-Crundwell-and-the-Dixon-Embezzlement/
Rita Crundwell stole $54 million then returned to the scene of the crime - WGN
How one of the biggest swindlers in American history built a horse breeding empire - LA Times
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-horse-swindler-crundwell-20151030-story.html
A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR
Thank you to our sponsor, Avalara. Avalara’s award-winning tax automation solutions help accounting practitioners and businesses of all sizes simplify sales tax compliance and with real-time rates, automated returns filing, and more.
In October 2021 IDC MarketScape named Avalara a Leader in tax automation in three categories (small and midsize business, enterprise, and VAT). If you’re considering tax automation, check out the independent IDC evaluations at http://OMF.show/avalara
Learn more about Avalara for Accountants and you’ll get a free gift: meet with an expert to explore how Avalara can help your accounting practice grow, and you’ll receive a $50 gift card. Contact Avalara at [email protected], and mention the code “Fraud”
HOW TO EARN FREE CPE
In less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 hour of NASBA-approved accounting CPE after listening to this episode. Download our mobile app, sign up, and look for the Oh My Fraud channel. Register for the course, complete a short quiz, and get your CPE certificate.
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This…is American EIDL Fraud!
Oh My Fraud
08/02/23 • 69 min
In previous episodes Caleb and Greg have discussed the rampant fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). But in this episode, the guys discuss a much less talked about program that was also subject to a lot of pandemic relief fraud: Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL).
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CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS
Greg Kyte, CPA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregkyte
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkyte/
Caleb Newquist
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/
Email us at [email protected]
Sources:
- 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak [Wikipedia]
- Economic Injury Disaster Loans [SBA]
- Business Physical Disaster Loans [SBA]
- Current Declared Disasters [SBA]
- Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
- Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
- Disaster Assistance Upate Nationwide COVID EIDL, Targeted EIDL Advances, Supplemental Targeted Advances April 28, 2022 [SBA]
- Inspection of Small Business Administration’s Initial Disaster Assistance Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
- COVID-19 EIDL Program Recipients on the Department of Treasury’s Do Not Pay List
- Georgia man admits submitting false information to obtain COVID-19 disaster relief funding [DOJ]
- Georgia man who used COVID relief funds to buy Pokemon card sentenced to prison [DOJ]
- He Spent $57,000 in Covid Relief on a Pokémon Card. Now the U.S. Owns It. [NYT]
- Florida Man [Wikipedia]
- Florida Man Beats Out Heart Disease As Nation's No. 1 Killer [The Onion]
- Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ forced disclosure amendment withdrawn [WFLA]
- Florida State Representative Indicted For Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Making False Statements [DOJ]
- Florida Lawmaker Charged With Pandemic Aid Fraud [NYT]
- State Rep. Joe Harding resigns after feder...

08/16/23 • 68 min
What do you get when you mix a polygamous cult, biofuel, and federal tax credits? Sure, maybe the worst orgy you’ve ever been to, but also: a gigantic fraud. Caleb and Greg discuss all of this and more in this episode.
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HOW TO EARN FREE CPE
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CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS
Greg Kyte, CPA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregkyte
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkyte/
Caleb Newquist
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/
Email us at [email protected]
Sources:
Leader of $1 Billion Polygamist Fraud Gets 40 Years in Prison - Bloomberg
A multimillion-dollar biofuel fraud began with a cowboy hat and a slew of seafood, Jacob Kingston testifies - Salt Lake Tribune
Jacob Kingston testifies about his polygamous sect and the birth of a multimillion-dollar tax scam - Salt Lake Tribune
Girls in polygamous Kingston Group continue to marry as young as 15, records show, sometimes leaving Utah to marry cousins - Salt Lake Tribune
Fallout from Washakie fraud could cost polygamous Kingston Group members their businesses and homes - Salt Lake Tribune
Polygamous Kingston Group may have swiped ‘millions’ in student aid, lawsuit says - Salt Lake Tribune
Feds move to seize homes and businesses from polygamous Kingston Group as fraud defendants plead guilty - Salt Lake Tribune
Inside “the Order,” One Mormon Cult’s Secret Empire - Rolling Stone
What Religion are the Stars of Sister Wives? - In Touch Weekly
The Latter Day Church of Christ - Wikipedia
Blood Cult - Southern Poverty Law Center
Washakie Renewable Energy - About.Me
Diesel Vehicles Using Biodiesel - Alternative Fuels Data Center
Biodiesel Fuel Basics - Alternative Fuels Data Center
Biodiesel Production and Distribution - Alternative Fuels Data Center

There’s No Fraud like Show Business Fraud
Oh My Fraud
09/23/22 • 67 min
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CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS
Greg Kyte, CPA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregkyte
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkyte/
Caleb Newquist
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/
EMAIL : [email protected]
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Sources:
- A rising actor, fake HBO deals and one of Hollywood’s most audacious Ponzi schemes [LAT]
- SXSW: 1inMM, Alebrije Team to Form One Key Entertainment [Variety]
- Hollywood grifter: the actor who took Tinseltown for a Ponzi scheme ride [The Guardian]
- RISE AND SHINE: ZACH AVERY TALKS ABOUT SHOW BUSINESS, FATHERHOOD, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO FOLLOW YOUR PASSION [Swagger]
- How Actors Zach Avery & Phil Haus, Thrive and Succeed As Celebrity Turned Entrepreneurs [Medium]
- USA v. Zachary J. Horowitz [Criminal Complaint/PDF]
- SEC Obtains Emergency Asset Freeze, Charges Actor with Operating a $690 Million Ponzi Scheme [SEC Press Release]
- SEC v. Zachary Horwitz [SEC Complaint]
- Beverlywood Man Arrested for Allegedly Bilking Investors by Falsely Claiming to License Latin American Film Rights to Netflix and HBO [DOJ]
- Beverlywood Man Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud, Admitting Massive Ponzi that Falsely Claimed to License Foreign Film Rights [DOJ]
- L.A. Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for $650 Million Ponzi Scheme that Falsely Claimed to License Foreign Film Rights [DOJ]
- Zach Avery [IMDB]

High-End Wine Collectors Get Screwed
Oh My Fraud
09/27/23 • 53 min
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Caleb and Greg discuss a beloved oenophile who was shaking up the stuffy world of high-end wine collectors by buying and selling large quantities of sought after bottles.
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CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS
Greg Kyte, CPA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregkyte
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkyte/
Caleb Newquist
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/
Email us at [email protected]
Sources:
The great wine fraud - The Guardian
Sour Grapes - Documentary Film currently available on Peacock
How Long Can A Wine Be Stored And When Is It Ready To Drink? - rarewineinvest.com
History Of The Wine Investment Market - BiBO
How Rudy Kurniawan Fooled the Wine World - Wine Enthusiast
The F.B.I. Has an Art Crime Team. And These Days, It’s Busy - NYT
Billionaire Koch brother's crusade against counterfeit wine - CBS News
In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire - Book by Peter Hellman

PEO Fraud Is Bigger In Texas
Oh My Fraud
10/21/22 • 68 min
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*Caleb here: Neither Greg and I are from Texas and clearly neither of us looked at a map of Texas before we recorded this podcast. Then you look at a map, and San Antonio isn’t really in west Texas. It’s more like south-central Texas. Apologies to west Texas. Or maybe to San Antonio? Either way, no one there is paying state income tax.
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CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS
Greg Kyte, CPA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregkyte
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkyte/
Caleb Newquist
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/
EMAIL : [email protected]
Sources :
Local employment firms accused in $66 million tax fraud [MySA]
Patrick Mire, 1/24/2011
Guilty plea in $70 million fraud case in S.A. [MySA]
Patrick Mire, 11/3/2011
Former executive indicted in $110 million tax fraud [MySA]
John Bean, 8/20/2012
Pircher guilty plea [DOJ]
11/21/2013
Kimes guilty plea [DOJ]
1/16/2014
Sentences for Bean, Mire, Solis, and Walker [DOJ]
2/21/2014
San Antonio Businessmen Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fraud and Tax Scheme Involving More Than $130 Million in Real-Dollar Losses [FBI] Pircher and Kimes sentencing, 4/15/2014
Ringleaders of $133M fraud headed to prison [SAEN]
Professional Employer Organization: Wikipedia.org

Meet the Fraud Investigator: Chris Marquet
Oh My Fraud
09/13/23 • 69 min
Caleb and Greg talk to one of their fraud podcasting forebears, investigator Chris Marquet. Chris hosted the Fraud Talk podcast in 2014 and 2015, basing the show on discussions of fraud topics with various experts and decades of his professional experience.
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HOW TO EARN FREE CPE
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Connect With Chris
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-marquet-4262533
Fraud Talk Podcast: https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2349/fraudtalk
Connect With The Hosts
Greg Kyte, CPA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregkyte
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregkyte/
Caleb Newquist
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/
Email us at [email protected]
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