Leadership in the Face of Fraud: A Fraud Response Plan for the Vendor Process

Vendor Payment Fraud Is Escalating — Is Your Team Prepared? Email-based Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are growing more targeted and deceptive, especially when vendor changes rely on manual processes. These BEC attacks can lead to serious financial loss if vendor data is manipulated and goes undetected.

This expert-authored white paper by Debra Richardson outlines the most urgent fraud risks impacting today’s vendor operations—and how your team can respond with confidence.

What You’ll Learn:

• How BEC scams infiltrate AP workflows
• Recent stats and trends in vendor payment fraud
• A practical, 5-step fraud response plan
• How to secure buy-in from executives and stakeholders

Download Now to strengthen your fraud prevention approach and safeguard your vendor data—powered by real-world AP expertise.

About The Author:

Debra Richardson

Debra is an accounts payable speaker, consultant, and trainer with over 25 years of experience in AP, AR, general ledger, and financial reporting for Fortune 500 companies including Verizon, General Motors and Aramark.

For over a decade, Debra has focused on Global Vendor Maintenance and implemented a vendor self-registration portal for 140k+ global vendors across five ERPs. In her consultancy, she focuses on authentication techniques,  internal controls, best practices and vendor validations to prevent fraud in the vendor master file.  She is the President of the Central Atlantic Region IOFM Chapter and is the IOFM Ask the Expert for the Vendor Master File Category. 

A Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Debra works with accounts payable and vendor teams to pay the right vendor by offering consulting and vendor process training sessions to avoid fraud, fines and bad vendor data.

She has a YouTube channel where she posts vendor master file tips every Tuesday and hosts a weekly podcast:  “Putting the AP in hAPpy”.