Crime and Science Radio with special guest Richard York
b'Show Title: Follow the Money: Catching Cheaters, Frauds and Con Artists \\u2014 An Interview with Securities Fraud Investigator Richard B. York\\n\\nRichard B York began his career in Law Enforcement over forty years ago, when he became a police officer in Arkansas City, Kansas. He holds degrees in police science, criminal investigation and police administration, and received several certifications for financial crimes investigations.\\xa0\\n\\nFrom 1984-2011, he served in the Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner in Wichita, Kansas, where he became the Director of Enforcement. This is the Kansas\\xa0State agency overseeing registration and enforcement of investor related laws (The Kansas Uniform Securities Act).\\xa0 He personally handled over 300 investigations and supervised over 1,000 investigations.\\xa0 Most involved some form of fraud and overlap of other federal or state laws. Many investigations were coordinated with outside law enforcement agencies. His activities included training and supervising other investigators; working with federal, state, and local agencies; covert investigations investigations; training banking and law enforcement in S.A.R. \\u2014 Suspicious Activity Reports \\u2014 and government compliance; working with victims of financial crimes; case\\xa0preparation and testimony in prosecutions of financial crimes.\\n\\nMr. York has been a professional musician from childhood, when he made frequent television appearances as a guitarist. He still participates in playing finger-style guitar at the Winfield Music Festival and elsewhere.'