Accountant by Day - Purloiner by Night

The Story of Kami Power

Power’s Short CV:

Accountant for Vintage Press - Undisclosed Embezzlement

Accountant for Grateful Palate - $680K Embezzlement

Accountant for A-C Construction - $500K Embezzlement

Office Manager for Construction Firm - $1.4 Million Embezzlement

Power’s Theft to Success Methods:

Company credit card fraud to pay for personal items

Ghost employees

Fictitious vendor payments

Theft of authentic vendor payments

Recommended Prevention Measures:

Pre-employment background investigations

Yearly audit of accounting practices

Yearly audit for unauthorized vendor payments

Yearly audit for ghost employees

The best and most cost-effective method to prevent fraud committed by this type of determined criminal employee is to contract with a Certified Fraud Examiner to conduct the yearly comprehensive audit, spending thousands to prevent the loss of millions.