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“It is unusual for those of us in the inspector general community to have people, when you are introduced, to actually stay in the room to listen and talk to you. Usually, people run for the doors,” joked Michael Horowitz, the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), as he addressed another packed session at 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Seattle on Tuesday.
Read More“I spent all night scanning page after page after page after page of the reports, and I kept seeing money laundering.”
At the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, Miranda Patrucic goes in depth about her investigation into the Prime Minister of Montenegro.
Read More“One of the things that we’ve learned, even with a lot of these criminals, is they’re human, right? They’re flawed characters, they’ve made mistakes.” In this session, Bruce Dorris, ACFE President and CEO, speaks with James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, producers, directors and writers of “The Big Conn” and “McMillion$”
Read More“The bank robber expects to be arrested, it's an occupational hazard. The bank teller who embezzled does not; they think they are smarter than everyone else.” Wendy Evans, CFE, ACFE Regent and senior manager of ethics core programs and services at Lockheed Martin opened her session at the 34th ACFE Global Fraud Conference explaining that she originally had hesitancy when she first began investigating fraud, thinking it would just consist of boring cases, but as evidenced by her quote, she quickly realized that white-collar crime was vastly different from her experience with typical police work. In her session “Ethics and the Investigative Process, From Intake to Outcome,” Wendy walked attendees through internal ethics investigations, best practices when conducting them and common mistakes made.
Read More“This is our first ACFE conference, and it is great. The check-in was smooth, and I am looking forward to the Crypto Panel discussion and the “How to Satisfy the Objectives of Your Investigative Interview.” It is very prevalent in my job, so I am really looking forward to that.”
Read MoreWhen Miranda Patrucic first started out as an investigative journalist, her editor Drew Sullivan would tell her, “Go get me a miracle.” Patrucic never quite understood but she was soon to discover what he meant after being assigned to do a profile of Milo Dukanovic, the longstanding leader of the small Balkan nation Montenegro.
“I didn’t know anything about Montenegro, and [here I was] deciding to go investigate a prime minister, the most powerful person in the country,” recalled Patrucic to another packed opening session at the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Seattle on Tuesday.
Read MoreEveryone’s had some experience with construction, whether it’s making repairs around the home, hanging a picture or assembling a Lego set. But just because you’ve picked up a saw or hammered a nail into a wall, you aren’t an expert on construction, Wayne Kalayjian, CFE, PE, told attendees in his early Tuesday morning session, “The Money Pit: Tales of Construction Fraud and How to Prevent It.” As Kalayjian explained throughout his session, construction is a complex field. A fraud examiner without the requisite construction knowledge might as well visit a building site without a hard hat.
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