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All Things Internal Audit

The Heartbreaking Fraud

April 14, 2026·7 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

All Things Internal Audit: Fraud Podcast "The Heartbreaking Fraud" Listen to The IIA's Fraud Podcast, brought to you by All Things Internal Audit. The Fraud Podcast provides fictionalized accounts of real-world frauds featured in Internal Auditor magazine's Fraud department.  In this episode, one ordinary Thursday cracks open a decade of misplaced trust. What starts as a simple payroll question quickly spirals into a trail of inflated salaries, personal charges, and checks written to someone who was practically family. The money is gone, but the real cost runs much deeper. Access the full article here. Read the April issue here. Interested in more fraud-related topics? Earn CPEs by registering for The IIA's Fraud Analytics for Internal Auditors Certificate, available online and in-person. Chapters: Introduction to the Case (00:00:00) Part 1: A Thursday That Changed Everything (00:00:23) Part 2: Something Doesn't Add Up (00:02:46) Part 3: Peeling Back the Layers (00:03:56) Part 4: The Truth (00:05:13) Part 5: A Hard Lesson (00:06:07) Follow All Things Internal Audit: Apple PodcastsSpotify Youtube LibsynDeezer

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