Michael Lewis: Complexity, Fraud and Listening to Contrarians

Michael Lewis: Complexity, Fraud and Listening to Contrarians

Michael Lewis isn’t a fraud examiner. But as a journalist and author who has written multiple books about financial shenanigans on Wall Street, he has important insights into the nasty underbelly of markets and how fraudsters can thrive there. The latest market selloff could be a good case in point as investors look for guidance amid concerns over rising inflation and the potential for a recession.

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Cash Isn’t King: Alternative Payment Systems Are Shaking up the Banking Industry

Cash Isn’t King: Alternative Payment Systems Are Shaking up the Banking Industry

For years, we’ve operated off and relied on the traditional finance system our parents used — a complex web connecting a central bank system through multiple sources to finally get to the end party (being you or whoever you are paying). Inside that network, the U.S. banking and payment system is even more complex, with bureaus inside of departments, and oversight from the federal and state governments.

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Is It Time To Rethink the Fraud Triangle?

Is It Time To Rethink the Fraud Triangle?

The COVID-19 pandemic has, undoubtedly, changed a lot of things around the world, and our worlds, in just two years’ time. With those changes in environment, a lot of the things we’ve grown accustomed to have had to be tweaked. So, in the fraud examining world, is it time to change the tried-and-true Fraud Triangle?

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Veteran Fraud Fighter Tony Kwok Imparts Important Life Lessons

Veteran Fraud Fighter Tony Kwok Imparts Important Life Lessons

Now in his seventies, Tony Kwok has settled nicely into retirement after spending decades successfully fighting corruption and wrongdoing in his own native Hong Kong and in other parts of the world. Even though he’s no longer actively fighting fraud, he still has some important life lessons for aspiring fraud examiners.

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Fraud Museum Game: Country Music Hall of Shame

Fraud Museum Game: Country Music Hall of Shame

Past ACFE Global Fraud Conference Fraud Museum giveaways featured artifacts, memorabilia, documents and other pieces of fraud history collected by ACFE founder and Chairman Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA. But this year we’re doing something a little different and featuring some of the most infamous frauds in country music to honor our host city, Nashville, home of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Less Than Two Weeks Until the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference 2022

Less Than Two Weeks Until the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference 2022

For the first time since 2019, the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference - the world’s largest conference for fraud fighters - will be held in person. This year’s conference will take place June 19-24 at Music City Center in Nashville, TN, and will also be available virtually for attendees.

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