Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
How do you conduct a digital investigation when your subject is dead? This was the central question of the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference session, “Death, Data and Digital Legacies,” presented by Derek Ellington, CFE, senior consultant of Ellington Digital Forensics, LLC.
Read MoreGurbir Grewal jokes that he has never been in the public eye as much as he has since he started as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s director of the division of enforcement in July last year. “Now when I go to speak as SEC enforcement director, it is almost a cottage industry, whether it is accounting firms or law firms, it generates all sorts of press and media coverage,” said Grewal, noting his comments are his own.
Read MoreIf you are someone who tends to shrug off cyber threats, just listen to Rachel Wilson. Your nights may be less restful. Wilson should know about the dangers lurking behind your computer screens. She is the first-ever head of cyber security for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and she spent years at the National Security Agency (NSA), where she spied on and hacked the computer systems of terrorists and other enemies of the United States.
Read MoreBethmara Kessler, CFE, a self-proclaimed troublemaker in public accounting since she graduated college, joined 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference attendees to speak on how we can advocate for managing fraud risk in a company.
Read MoreYou’ve heard the phrase “it takes a village.” Well, it takes a village to effectively fight fraud, and this sentiment was echoed during the “Building a Community-Oriented Fraud Strategy” virtual session at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. Philip Swan, CFE, FCLA, FRM is Fraud Manager at Gate City Bank headquartered in Fargo, ND. He has executed several anti-fraud educational programs for different groups of people around his community.
Read MoreTaking the first step to becoming a whistleblower is a daunting task, and Pav Gill did so reluctantly. But the soft-spoken lawyer who famously brought down the once-revered German payments firm Wirecard has some inspirational words for those individuals who feel helpless in the face of enormous frauds and the powerful players who perpetrate them.
Read MoreSamantha Weeks, CFE, kicked off her session at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference with a stark warning to fraud fighters. “If you have not already been greatly impacted by account takeover fraud in your organization, you should be very concerned that you haven’t seen it yet. because it is happening,” said Weeks, the fraud project manager for financial technology company Chime.
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