Women Steal More Due to Opportunity in Financial Roles with Michelle Tavares

Women Steal More Due to Opportunity in Financial Roles with Michelle Tavares

June 23, 2026 · 37 min

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Michelle Tavares discusses her career in financial fraud investigation and consumer protection.

Which fraudsters would you have dinner with? Most people would answer Bernie Madoff or Charles Ponzi. But how many of you would pick a famous fraud investigator? Our guest in this episode does! Michelle Tavares recently launched Standard and Proof Investigations, a litigation support focused on financial fraud, OSINT searches, corporate governance, and assessing the integrity of AI-produced data. Michelle discusses her career through consumer protection roles at the CFPB and the FTC, pl...

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Host: Kelly Paxton

Guest: Michelle Tavares

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Organizations: CFPB, FTC

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