Fraud Investigations in a Remote World: How to Pick up on Social Cues From Behind a Computer Screen

Fraud Investigations in a Remote World: How to Pick up on Social Cues From Behind a Computer Screen

Aspects of our life that we probably never thought would need to go remote or virtual have gone that way due to the pandemic. That includes fraud investigations which commonly included the observance of behaviors of people suspected of fraud.

So, does this mean you can’t get the whole picture of telling body language during a fraud investigation done remotely? According to Rupert Evill, CFE, there are still mannerisms you can pick up behind a computer screen. He outlined them during his session “Behavioral Analysis and Truth Detection in the Remote Era” at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.

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How to Fall Victim to Investment Fraud 

How to Fall Victim to Investment Fraud 

While we may think it is a safe bet to invest with large financial institutions, it’s important to remember that Bernie Madoff sold to individual investors and to large financial institutions. There's no safe haven in investment fraud, and it will take victims wherever it can as long as there is money to be made.

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The Subject Today Is Death: Digging into Digital Legacies

The Subject Today Is Death: Digging into Digital Legacies

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.

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Gurbir Grewal: Keeping Corporations on the Straight and Narrow

Gurbir Grewal: Keeping Corporations on the Straight and Narrow

Gurbir 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.

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