Employee theft is a concern that affects businesses worldwide, costing billions each year. Even prominent billionaire and Dallas Mavericks co-owner Mark Cuban faced this challenge in the early days of his entrepreneurial journey. In a recent interview on the Club Shay Shay podcast with three-time Super Bowl champion Shannon Sharpe, Cuban opened up about how a receptionist stole $82,000 from his first company, MicroSolutions. Cuban candidly discussed the incident, going as far as to spell out the name of the former employee who brought his fledgling business to the brink of collapse.
