Fraud Podcast: "The Fall of the Trusted Leader"
Podcast
10-02-2026
Dan Ramey
Listen to The IIA’s Fraud Podcast, brought to you by All Things Internal Audit. In this episode, a small-town bank built on trust begins to unravel when a persistent internal auditor notices patterns that don’t quite add up.
What starts as a routine review of commercial lending reveals missing records, suspicious payment activity, and mounting resistance from leadership. As regulators step in, the true scope of the scheme comes into focus, exposing how unchecked authority and weakened controls can bring down even the most trusted institutions.
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