Accounting Fraud Indicator Signals Economic Trouble

The M-Score is warning that the chance of fraud is the highest in over 40 years; Did KPMG fail to issue a critical audit matter for Silicon Valley Bank?; The spreadsheet apocalypse, revisited; Former startup founder charged by prosecutors for defrauding JPMorgan Chase; EY split fails; watch out for AI voice cloning scams; and more!SponsorsShareFile - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/sharefileRelay - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/relayClient Hub - https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clienthubChapters(00:00) - Preview: Incentives to allow fraudulent users (01:17) - Introduction and welcome to the show (04:16) - WSJ reports fraud indicator "M" score is up (10:30) - Should KPMG have issued a critical audit matter for SVB? (17:51) - EY no longer to split off auditing (20:14) - JPMorgan defrauded for $175 million by startup founder (25:00) - CPA in Bakersfield stole $355,000 from investors (26:10) - Block accused of allowing fake accounts to boost their user growth numbers (29:27) - Square is changing their refund policy to not refund processing fees (30:42) - A few new Intuit announcements (33:45) - Security risks with AI and voice cloning is happening in real life (37:32) - Microsoft Loop (42:13) - Nicholas asks for recs for CPAs who want to start their own small firm (48:29) - Michael's email about barriers to CPA (50:01) - Corey from Minnesota CPA Society shares message and website with resources (51:06) - Will AI attract or detract more people to the accounting profession? (59:29) - Blake co-wrote an article for CPA Practice Advisor (01:04:10) - Wrap up and where to reach us Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: https://podcast.earmarkcpe.comGet CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: https://earmarkcpeShow NotesIntuit QuickBooks Launches Rest-of-World App Store - CPA Practice Advisorhttps://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/04/11/intuit-quickbooks-launches-rest-of-world-app-store/78582/ EY’s leaders missed a brewing revolt at the firm’s biggest operation. Soon, their deal was scuttledhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/ey-breakup-plan-doomed-by-miscalculations-and-powerful-opponents-61b7e02d ‘I’ve got your daughter’: Scottsdale mom warns of close call with AI voice cloning scamhttps://www.azfamily.com/2023/04/10/ive-got-your-daughter-scottsdale-mom-warns-close-encounter-with-ai-voice-cloning-scam/ Bond losses such as those at Silicon Valley Bank could have been raised as “critical audit matters”—a measure designed to help investors decode risks and uncertainties buried in financial statementshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/auditors-didnt-flag-risks-building-up-in-banks-6506585c Former Start-Up Founder Charged by Prosecutors for Defrauding JPMorgan Chasehttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/business/charlie-javice-jpmorgan-fraud.html The Spreadsheet Apocalypse, Revisited [Chart]https://twitter.com/johnnosta/status/1641586085640695810?s=12 The M-Score is warning that the chance of fraud at major companies is the highest in over 40 years, writes Numbers columnist @JoshZumbrunhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/accounting-fraud-indicator-signals-coming-economic-trouble-506568a0 New Microsoft Loop app is built for co-creation | Microsoft 365 Bloghttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/03/22/new-microsoft-loop-app-is-built-for-modern-co-creation/ Shares of the payments company formerly known as Square fell more than 20% in early trading Thursday after a short seller questioned the company’s user numbers and accused it of predatory tacticshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/short-seller-hindenburg-says-jack-dorseys-payments-company-inflates-user-numbers-f3216466 Startup CEO charged in $175 million fraud case        https://abcnews.go.com/Business/startup-ceo-charged-175-million-fraud-case/story?id=98363900 Our Obsession with Hours Is Destroying the Accounting Professionhttps://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/04/12/our-obsession-with-hours-is-destroying-the-accounting-profession/78643/ Accounting firm EY calls off 'Project Everest' to break up firmhttps://www.bbc.com/news/65247525 Intuit QuickBooks Launches Rest-of-World App Storehttps://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/04/11/intuit-quickbooks-launches-rest-of-world-app-store/78582/ Intuit Mailchimp Launches Email Content Generatorhttps://www.destinationcrm.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=158086 Mailchimp’s new GPT-powered AI tool can write marketing emailshttps://www.fastcompany.com/90877547/mailchimp-gpt-powered-tool-can-write-marketing-emailsGet in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details,