Ep: 79 The Legal Theft: Fraud, Red Tape, and the Regulatory Tax

The Sense and Senseless Podcast · Oct 4, 2026 · 49m · transcript

Fraud headlines get the attention. The quieter bill does not. In this episode of the Sense and Senseless Podcast, Bryan and Jason walk through federal fraud estimates, whistleblower recoveries, and the much larger cost of regulatory compliance — household figures near $16,000 a year and national estimates above $2 trillion. They cover how agency rules get written, why small and mid-size businesses pay a higher relative burden, and how the Big Four accounting networks sit on both sides of the maze: helping shape technical rules and selling the expertise to navigate them. The back half looks at…