#12 Embezzlement Busting with David Harris

Podcast   Jul 17, 2020

David Harris has been embezzlement busting for over 30 years. He is a certified fraud examiner, financial investigator, CPA and skilled in financial forensics. As the CEO of Prosperident he’s seen countless cases of theft and financial mismanagement and today he’s sharing some steps that dentists can take to mitigate the embezzlement in their office.

In this episode of the Grow Your Dental Practice Podcast, host Mohamed Ismail is talking with David Harris about his embezzlement investigating past, how common embezzlement really is and what dentists can do to mitigate it. They’re going to dig into the details of the dental hiring process, how to spot fraud and what to do if you suspect it. 

Join us for an in-depth discussion of:

  • How embezzlement happens in a dental clinic and why it’s so hard to detect
  • How you can modify your hiring practices to help nip the embezzlement bud in the front
  • What reports you need to pull and look at on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
  • How mistakes happen
  • How to spot suspicious financial activity within your practice 
  • What to do if you suspect embezzlement (and a horror story about what can happen if you act too quickly)
  • Embezzlement lessons that have come from the COVID pandemic
  • How embezzlement has changed throughout the years

But it’s not all doom and gloom on this episode, David is also going to share with us the most ridiculous embezzlement case he’s come across. 

If you want to reach out to David directly, you can do so at:

www.dentalembezzlement.com 1 (888) 398-2327 david@dentalembezzlement.com

Hear the full interview by listening to the episode. If you like this episode, please rate and review it on your podcast app of choice and share it with friends, family or colleagues you think would find it valuable.

The Grow Your Dental Practice Podcast is hosted by Mohamed Ismail, founder of Shift Accounting. Mohamed is a cloud accounting expert and business advisor that works with dental and medical professionals. Shift Accounting is a Canadian digital firm that helps their dental and medical clients reach their financial goals with their superior business consulting and bookkeeping services. Shift provides clients with financial insights that help them improve their profitability and achieve their goals faster.

This episode was sponsored by Xero, cloud-based accounting software that Shift Accounting uses for all its clients.

If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on your favourite podcatching app. You can find more information at Shift Accounting by visiting www.shiftacct.com or reach out to Mohamed Ismail directly at info@shiftacct.com. This episode of the Grow Your Dental Practice Podcast was produced by Tae Haahr and edited by Grace Njoki. Its theme music “Happy Energetic Indie Rock” by Xena_Ann is licenced through Audio Jungle.

Author
Mohamed Ismail

CPA, CGA

Business Advisor & Cloud Accounting Expert helping dental and medical professionals to grow their practices.

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