Richard Bowen — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Named CPA of The Year (2012) by the Dallas Society of CPA’s and recognized with the 2012 Financial Executives Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance.
Professional Speaker on Business Ethics at Ethical Leadership Speaker since 2009.
Served as Senior Lecturer of Accounting at the University of Texas at Dallas for 14 years (2008-2022).
As Business Chief Underwriter for Citigroup's Consumer Lending Group, he warned that 60-80% of $90 billion in annual mortgages were defective or fraudulent.
Testified before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission regarding mortgage fraud.
Holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. from Texas Tech University.

Biography

Richard Bowen is known as the Citigroup whistleblower, having exposed widespread mortgage fraud within the financial services conglomerate during the housing bubble and sub-prime mortgage crisis. As Business Chief Underwriter for Citigroup's Consumer Lending Group, a unit that bought and sold $90 billion of residential mortgages annually, he began warning the board of directors in June 2006 about extreme risks.