Compliance into the Weeds: Episode 114-Lessons on Internal Control Overrides

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist
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Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly (the coolest guy in compliance) and I take a deep dive into the recent Bankrate DOJ enforcement action in which the company garnered a NPA and for which it paid a total penalty of $28.5 million. We feature a discussion of internal control overrides.

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Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly (the coolest guy in compliance) and I take a deep dive into the recent Bankrate DOJ enforcement action in which the company garnered a NPA and for which it paid a total penalty of $28.5 million. We feature a discussion of internal control overrides.

Some of the highlights include:

--What are the background facts of the matter?

--Why should you never name a slush fund “Ed’s Cushion"?

--What is the difference between management over-ride of internal controls and abuse of management control override?

--Why is robust accounting required when there is a single source of data?

--What is the straight line from internal controls and accounting to the Board and the audit committee?

--Where was the Audit Committee?

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