Coming up on today’s episode, the Queensland Health Fraud, starring quote/unquote, Tahitian Prince, Joel Barlow. A fraud that cost the Queensland taxpayer upwards of $16 million Australian dollars. I say upwards, because $16 million dollars is what Barlow stole. The costs associated with detecting and investigating the fraud, prosecuting Barlow, and reinforcing internal control environments to prevent a recurrence: this also totals in the millions.

Barlow’s plan, as you will find out in this episode, was incredibly simple. So simple that it should have been detected the first time it was deployed. But it wasn’t. Indeed, Barlow was able to execute a total of 65 fraudulent transactions, using the same plan, over and over again before he was caught. And, it’s arguable that, the only reason he got caught wasn’t because the control environment finally woke up, but because Barlow himself got so cocky that his actions became impossible to ignore.

In today’s episode of The Risktory Podcast, the often rollicking fraud tale of Queensland Health vs the alleged Tahitian Prince.

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Bibliography
https://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/publications/fraud-financial-management-and-accountability-queensland-public-sector-examination-how