Alanis Morissette has claimed "woman's intuition" made her realise her former business manager was stealing from her.

Accountant Jonathan Todd Schwartz was sentenced to six years in federal prison back in 2017 after pleading guilty to wire fraud and tax fraud charges stemming from allegations he had stolen $7.2 million from his clients, including $4.8 million from the You Oughta Know hitmaker.

Alanis recalled how she and her husband Mario 'Souleye' Tradway had seen some inaccurate calculations when looking at her finances and went to her new business manager with her suspicions.

Speaking on the Call Her Daddy podcast, she said: "Something felt weird. A woman's intuition.

"I just kept going into the new business manager's office over and over and saying, 'I need more information because something's up and I don't know what.'

"And I kept coming in to the point where, God bless, they said, 'Why are you here in this boardroom?' And I said, 'I still don't have the answer yet.'"

Alanis brought in papers with "inconsistencies" for her new team to review, and they asked if she spent a lot of cash. Despite finding the process frustrating, the 52-year-old singer "stayed the course" and kept "showing up" to get answers.

Alanis spoke in court when Schwartz was sentenced and admitted she was relieved the case was overseen by a female judge, United States District Judge Dolly M. Gee because she had been concerned the legal system had "bias against wealth, bias against women, bias against women knowing."

She said: "I just looked right at her. It was really actually quite corrective for me."

Schwartz - whose clients included Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyonce - has spoken about stealing from his clients and apologising for his actions since being released from prison.

Last month he admitted he hasn't spoken to Alanis since he was sentenced because he believes it would "cause her more harm than good."

Speaking on the Chatter That Matters podcast, he said: "None of those people deserved my behaviour, and Alanis certainly did not.

"I mean, she was an incredibly wonderful client and I violated my fiduciary responsibility."

But if they ever cross paths again, Schwartz would like to beg the Ironic hitmaker for forgiveness.

He said: "I would say, 'May I please speak to you for a moment,' and hope she says yes.

"I would cry and tell her how much pain and suffering I caused her, and I'm very sorry, and I hope she can forgive me, but I understand if she cannot."