Portfolio

Emily is currently employed full-time as the writing manager at Dragonfly Editorial. Her portfolio below includes some recent work; Fraud Magazine interviews, profiles, and original content; a link to her work on Medium; and information about recent speaking engagements. You can also read more on Fraud-Magazine.com (links to the web pages are at the bottom of the page).

Clients, latest work and speaking engagements

Daphne’s message lives on

For years, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia probed the activities of Malta’s ruling elite. She shared her findings on her blog, “Running Commentary,” and was regularly intimidated for her work. In 2017, she was murdered in a car bombing in Malta. Her son, Matthew Caruana Galizia, shares his mother’s story and how he and other investigative journalists worldwide are honoring her legacy.

5 most scandalous fraud cases of 2019

When Fraud Magazine debuted its first list of scandalous fraud cases last year, names like Theranos, 1MDB and Danske Bank were all over the news for their notorious schemes. It’s hard to believe that anything could top these costly and infamous cases, but, sadly, fraud never seems to be on the decline.

An interview with Theranos whistleblower

Tyler Shultz, Theranos whistleblower and ACFE Sentinel Award Winner, explains where things went wrong at the infamous blood-testing company and why he couldn’t sit back silently.

An interview with Panama Papers journalist

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer isn’t afraid of investigating the global elite. He’s spent his career digging into the uncomfortable truths of Nazi war criminals, abusive Catholic priests and crooked politicians. Obermayer set into motion the largest collaborative event in the history of journalism when he initiated the Panama Papers.

Revelatory robots

Data analytics has been helping organizations detect fraud for years. But the future of fraud prevention and detection is looking toward new technologies, like artificial intelligence and machine learning, to stop fraudulent behavior before it costs companies millions.

The doctor who took on Goliath

Dr. Sam Foote didn’t plan to be a whistleblower. He didn’t even plan on being a doctor, let alone one in the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department (VA) during the height of scandal in Arizona. But the moon landing in 1969 altered the course of his future and potentially the lives of thousands of U.S. veterans.

Numbers manipulator describes Enron’s descent

Nearly 15 years ago the actions of Enron's C-suite executives led to the company's demise. In this interview with Andrew Fastow, former Enron CFO, read how the toxic corporate culture and his rationalizations behind "finding the loopholes" led to one of the largest and most well-known cases of corporate fraud and corruption.

Murder, money laundering and the demise of Pablo Escobar

Retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agentsSteveMurphy and Javier Peña — the inspiration behind the hit show “Narcos” on Netflix — tell the tale of their time in Colombia, investigating and capturing notorious narcoterrorist and Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Not everything you see on TV is true, but their story comes pretty close

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