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"I was deeply wounded when I found out that ACORN was not living up to its mission,” said ACORN 8 whistleblower Marcel Reid in her Tuesday morning keynote address at the 32nd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. "And I was more deeply wounded when I found out that D.C. ACORN, along with national ACORN, had been misusing funds."
Read More"Instead of suspending the people involved, they had been promoted. Nothing had happened,” said investigative journalist for the Financial Times Dan McCrum in his Monday afternoon keynote address at the 32nd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. "I knew this was a big break. For the first time we could really see inside the company. This is what you have to have to break these sorts of stories."
Read More“You need a culture of encouraging people to do the right thing, and also encourage people to admit mistakes when they’ve made mistakes and give them an opportunity to rehabilitate themselves,” said former public protector of South Africa and professor for Stellenbosch University Thuli Madonsela in her Monday morning keynote address at the 32nd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. “As fraud examiners, I think our work should include helping people to fix the system.”
Read MoreEvery year, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners recognizes exceptional individuals for their contributions to the fight against fraud. These professionals provide an inspiration to others, and we are proud to honor them for their service.
Read More"But even though we couldn't control the quick pace of change caused by the pandemic, we can control how we react to it. As anti-fraud professionals, we may not be on the front lines of this battle like our brave medical professionals, but we do play an important role in combating the consequences of this invisible enemy," said ACFE President and CEO Bruce Dorris, J.D., CFE, CPA, at the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.
Read More"I looked at the numbers and realized this person's making $10,000 more than I am, and I'm supposed to be the senior person here,” said convicted fraudster* Gary Foster. “So it really pissed me off."
Foster spoke with the ACFE’s vice president- education John Gill, J.D., CFE, at the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference to tell the story of how he embezzled $22 million from his employer Citigroup.
Read More"If my mother's memory and legacy are destroyed, the criminal and corrupt that she investigated, and who are responsible for her assassination, will have triumphed. And the universal values that my mother worked so hard to defend will have failed,” Matthew Caruana Galizia told attendees at the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. Matthew accepted the posthumous 2020 Guardian Award on behalf of his mother, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered in a car bombing in Malta in 2017.
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