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The SkyStem Podcast is a place where we ponder topics around finance and accounting, including the people, process and technology that drive the back-office function. We explore ideas relating to process improvement, technology, corporate governance and fraud. SkyStem LLC is the maker of ART – a SaaS solution that helps CFOs and Controllers shorten the month-end close.

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  1. Fraud Story - Paul H.

    This is the story of Paul H., an accountant who stole more than $1 Million from his clients through his bookkeeper business.

  2. Fraud Diary - Kubient

    This is the story of tech company, Kubient, and its former CFO and Audit Committee Chair, who fabricated information surrounding the company's nascent revenue scream and lied to its auditors as part of their scheme to conceal the fraud.

  3. Fraud Story: IRL Social App

    This is the story of IRL, an up and coming social app that was once valued at $1 Billion, until it was revealed that most of its users were fake.

  4. Fraud Story: FTX / Prager Metis

    This is the story of FTX's external auditor firm, Prager Metis, and the role it might have played in contributing to the spectacular collapse of FTX in November 2022.

  5. How Milford Federal Streamlined Month-End Reconciliations and Saved Time During Audit

    Milford Federal Bank is headquartered in Milford, MA, and has been serving its communities since 1887 for over 136 years. Today, it has roughly an asset size of $500 million and 4 locations. In this session, we’re thrilled to have Melissa Mestre, VP Finance at Milford Federal Bank, share her...

  6. FEI Podcast (Part three) - Core Benefits of ART

  7. FEI Podcast (Part two) - Stay on top of your close with ART

  8. FEI Podcast (Part one) - Why automation is the need of the hour

  9. Fraud Diary - Janet Mello

    This is the story of Janet Mello, a civilian who is accused of stealing $100 million from the Army.

  10. Mastering Efficiency: How UWCU Elevated the Month-End Close Process Through Automation

    University of Wisconsin Credit Union is a $5 Billion dollar institution headquartered in Madison, WI. With more than 300,000 members. UWCU is the third largest credit union in the state of Wisconsin and currently operates 29 full service branches throughout the Madison and Milwaukee metro areas.…

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  11. Fraud Diary - Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

    This is the story of Tom Stalf, Pete Fingerhut and Greg Bell, who were indicted this month and are charged with fraud and misuse of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium's assets to the tune of $2 million.

  12. Fraud Diary - John Nock

    This is the story of John Nock, an Arkansas businessman convicted in $18 million investment fraud conspiracy this September 2023

  13. Fraud Story: Aimee Boch

    This is the story of Aimee Boch and her non-for-profit Feeding Our Future, along with 60 other individuals, orchestrated a $240 million scheme to defraud a federal program designed to feed underprivileged children.

  14. Becoming a CEO With a Vision for Technology and Teamwork

    Check out the latest episode of the CUES Podcast, "Becoming a CEO With a Vision for Technology and Teamwork," with guest Dana DeFilippis, CCE, CEO of Merck Sharp & Dohme Federal Credit Union. Now CEO at the credit union for two years, DeFilippis has leveraged the knowledge she gathered to help…

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  15. Chit Chat: Elevating the Month-End Close Process Through Automation -- Lancaster Leaf

    Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co., Inc., is a subsidiary of Universal Corporation, the leading global leaf tobacco supplier. Lancaster Leaf manages Universal’s dark air cured tobacco operations in all relevant traditional dark air-cured origins. Lancaster Leaf supplies virtually all of the major cigar...

  16. Fraud Diary - Ali and Yousef Jaafar

    This is the story of Ali and Yousef Jaafar, a father and son who were sentenced to federal prison this month in connection with a massive "ten-percenting" scheme that resulted in over $20 million dollars in fraudulent lottery winnings.

  17. Fraud Diary: George Constantine, Marc Elefant and Andrew Dowd

    This is the story of George Constantine, Marc Elefant and Andrew Dowd. These three individuals, together with others, attempted to defraud their victims of more than $31,000,000 through "trip and fall" accidents in New York. Episode source:...

  18. Fraud Diary - Guo Wengui

    This is the story of Guo Wengui, who was arrested this week for allegedly orchestrating a complex $1 billion fraud scheme that duped online followers with promises of outsized investment returns.

  19. Fraud Diary - Deloitte China

    This is the story of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP ("Deloitte China"), who paid a $20 million penalty to the SEC for asking clients to perform their own audit testing, and presenting the results as its own.

  20. Boost Month-End Efficiency by Going Paperless - Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

    This Chit Chat session features Jonna Wall, Financial Analyst of Pinnacle Financial Partners, a ~$40 Billion (assets as of 06/30/2022) publicly traded financial institution based in Nashville, TN with locations in many markets throughout the southeast. Join us as we discuss the Bank’s journey to...

  21. Fraud Diary - German Nino

    This is the story of German Nino, a former investment advisor as UBS, who allegedly Stole $5.8 Million from investors’ discretionary accounts.

  22. Fraud Diary - Justin Costello

    This is the story of Justin Costello, who allegedly defrauded victims out of $35 million based on the 'mirage' of being billionaire, Harvard MBA, Iraq veteran.

  23. Fraud Story - Rosa Bonilla

    This is the story of Rosa Bonilla, former First Lady of Honduras, who misappropriated $590,000 of public funds and spent it on real estate, credit card payments and her children's school fees.

  24. Taking the Close Process From Good to Great - Machias Savings Bank

    This episode features Tara Bartko, SVP Accounting and Finance, and Jody Dennison, VP Accounting of Machias Savings Bank. With nearly $2.2 billion in assets, 300 employees, and 16 locations stretching across Maine, the team at Machias Savings Bank believes that with every relationship there is a…

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  25. Fraud Diary - City of Cottage Grove MN

    This is the story of the City of Cottage Grove, MN, which fell victim to a wire fraud scam to the tune of over $1.2 million in losses. The investigation is still ongoing as of August 2022.

  26. Fraud Diary - Marc Sporn

    This is the story of Marc Sporn, who committed healthcare fraud worth $20 million to fund a lavish lifestyle.

  27. A New World Needs a New Way to Close (as Featured on the The Finance Executive Podcast)

    A key responsibility for anyone in the finance function is closing the company books on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis. And although to a layperson that may seem like a straightforward process, anyone with an accounting or finance background knows it’s anything but. Filled with multiple...

  28. Fraud Diary - Michael Kail

    This is the story of Michael Kail, an ex-Netflix executive convicted of taking $500K+ in bribes and kickbacks from tech companies for approving streaming contracts with Netflix.

  29. Slash Admin Work and Eradicate Paper for Month-End Close -- C&F Bank

    This "Chit Chat" session features Matt Guth, VP and Assistant Controller of Citizens and Farmers Bank (C&F Bank), $2 Billion publicly traded financial institution based in Virginia. Join us as we discuss C&F Bank’s journey to build a month-end close process involving less administrative burden…

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  30. Signs of a Poor Month-End Close Process

    What are the top indicators of a month-end close process that is not up to snuff?

  31. Fraud Diary - Marie Fulle and Comerica Bank

    This is the story of Marie Fulle, the ex-bank manager of Comerica Bank who embezzled over $1 million from a customer over the course of one year.

  32. Flashing Insight: 20 Years of SOX

    2022 marks 20 years since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2022 was established. How do retail investors feel about it and how has compliance / audit functions fared?

  33. Fraud Diary - Peter Armbruster of Roadrunner Transportation

    This is the story of Peter Armbruster, the former CFO of Roadrunner Transportation, who executed a complex securities and accounting scheme that resulted in $245 million of shareholder losses.

  34. Fraud Diary - Kevin McInnis of Merida Group

    This is the story of Kevin McInnis, former CEO at Merida Group, who orchestrated a $150 million healthcare fraud scheme.

  35. Fraud Diary - Kevin Miller and Co-Conspirators

    This is the story of Kevin Miller, Eam Peng Chou, Mean Peach, Chonnathason Has and Thi Ho, who stole $2.4 million from a Maryland-based company over the course of three years.

  36. Fraud Diary - Luckin Coffee

    This is the story of Luckin Coffee, the Wall Street darling that was ultimately found to have falsely inflated revenues by $300 million.

  37. Fraud Diary - Maryann Stoffel

    This is the story of Maryann Stoffel, a 70-year old woman who misappropriated ~$650,000 from the Vermillion Township in Dakota County, Minnesota.

  38. Fraud Diary - Zachary Horwitz

    This is the story of Zachary Horwitz and his production company, who allegedly orchestrated a pyramid scheme that raised $690 million dollars.

  39. Streamlining Month-End Reconciliations Through Automation - Stock Yards Bank & Trust

    SkyStem’s Head of Sales and Support, Nancy Wu, and Stock Yards Bank & Trust's Corporate Controller, Derek Slone, explore his team's progression from a manual reconciliation process to one that is automated and modernized.

  40. Fraud Diary - Suraj Samaroo

    This is the story of Suraj Samaroo, who defrauded IKEA out of $400,000 by processing unauthorized customer refunds.

  41. Fraud Diary - Interview with John Kurtzweil

    John Kurtzweil joins the SkyStem Podcast to discuss his experience working as the Corporate Controller of MiniScribe in the late 1980's around the time a massive fraud was discovered to have been perpetrated at the company.

  42. Fraud Diary - MiniScribe Corp

    This is the story of MiniScribe Corp, whose employees perpetrated massive fraud in the mid to late 1980s.

  43. Fraud Diary - Rita Crundwell (Part 2)

    This is the story of Rita Crundwell, who stole $53 Million from the City of Dixon, Illinois over the course of 22 years (Part 2 of 2).

  44. AFP & SkyStem - Month-End Close Automation with Linda Harris (Ichor Systems)

    The Association for Finance Professionals (AFP) sits down with Nancy Wu at SkyStem and Linda Harris at Ichor Systems to discuss modernizing the month-end close process at Ichor Systems. As featured in AFP Conversations podcast.

  45. Total Accountability Through Month-End Close Automation - CountryMark

    Headquartered in Indianapolis, CountryMark is an agricultural cooperative firm in the crude oil and oil refinery business. Nikki Collier, Director of Accounting & Finance for CountryMark, joins us in this webinar to share her experience in automating month-end close and reconciliations to…

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  46. Fraud Diary: Rita Crundwell (Part 1)

    This is the story of Rita Crundwell, who stole $53 Million from the City of Dixon, Illinois over the course of 22 years.

  47. Fraud Diary: Tangoe & Management

    Today's case involves a company called Tangoe, an IT Expense Management Company, that was accused of accounting fraud by the SEC along with four of its high ranking executives: Albert Subbloie, Gary Martino, Donald Farias and Thomas Beach.

  48. Fraud Diary: Sheila Jameson

    This is the story of Sheila Jameson, who embezzled $1.8 million from Enersys over the course of 11 years.

  49. A Controller's Journey into Month-End Close Automation - Aquarion

    SkyStem’s Head of Sales and Support, Nancy Wu, and Aquarion’s Corporate Controller, Deb Kirven, explore the challenges facing today’s finance and accounting function. Deb and Nancy journey through Aquarion’s decision to evaluate and adopt month-end close automation while touching upon topics such...

  50. Reduce Risk Through Month-End Close Automation - Lake Health

    Established over 100 years ago, Lake Health is a leader in community health care in Northeast Ohio and the largest private employer in Lake County. Join Lisa Mothersbaugh, Director of Accounting at Lake Health, as she shares her team's journey to modernize the close and reconciliation process…

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The SkyStem Podcast is a place where we ponder topics around finance and accounting, including the people, process and technology that drive the back-office function. We explore ideas relating to process improvement, technology, corporate governance and fraud. SkyStem LLC is the maker of ART – a SaaS solution that helps CFOs and Controllers shorten the month-end close.

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