Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
Returning once again this year, the ACFE Foundation Charity Poker Tournament will be held on Monday, June 24, 2024. Anyone with a valid ACFE Global Fraud Conference registration, any Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), any associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) or any ACFE member in the Las Vegas area who is over 21 years of age is eligible to participate.
Read MoreAt this year’s virtual 2021 ACFE Government Anti-Fraud Summit, attendees walked away with a wealth of knowledge on fighting fraud in law enforcement and government agencies. The opening keynote address was given by Aaron Tapp, section chief of the financial crimes section of the FBI. Tapp’s position grants him the unique ability to oversee all of the FBI’s financial crimes programs — and his past experience as a special agent connected him with agents around the globe to detect, disrupt and prosecute those who fund terrorism.
Read MoreDuring the 2021 ACFE Women’s Summit, in the first keynote of the day, the ACFE’s Director of Research, Andi McNeal, CFE, CPA, introduced two women who have been championing the work of whistleblowers, sharing their stories and working to erase the stigma behind whistleblowing.
Erika Cheung and Cynthia Cooper engaged the virtual audience in an enthralling conversation about the ethical underpinnings that drive people to speak up when they see wrongdoing within a company. Cheung was one of the first whistleblowers who reported the medical malpractice at Theranos, which ultimately led to the shutdown of their medical lab. Cooper played a pivotal role in uncovering fraud at WorldCom and is now an influential speaker, consultant and author.
Read MoreIn the session titled “Upping Your Tech Game in Times of Extraordinary Change” at the 2021 ACFE Women’s Summit, attendees heard from four tech experts in the anti-fraud field. As the conversation began, a few of the panelists commented on how rare (and delightful) it was to be on a tech panel with all women. However, it didn’t take long for them to dig in and demonstrate why they are each considered experts in their respective fields.
Read MoreIn an inspiring and humor-filled session at the first-ever ACFE Women’s Summit, the ACFE’s Director of Research, Andi McNeal, CFE, CPA, and Communications Manager, Mandy Moody, CFE, invited attendees to hold a mirror up to ourselves and examine some habits that we may consider to be professional defects, in order for us to reframe these habits as sources of power.
Read MoreSpecial Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko will address more than 150 law enforcement and government anti-fraud professionals in Washington, D.C., November 7. The 2019 ACFE Law Enforcement and Government Anti-Fraud Summit will be held at Washington Plaza at Thomas Circle and will feature educational sessions on topics ranging from cyberfraud and money laundering to whistleblower protection and subcontractor fraud.
Read MorePreet Bharara has a more impressive résumé than most people can even fathom. Before writing his New York Times best-seller “Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law,” and hosting the podcast Stay Tuned with Preet, he served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for a little less than eight years. He made a name for himself there prosecuting white-collar crime. After prosecuting numerous cases of insider trading, corruption and money laundering, Bharara has expansive insight into what factors allow fraud to start, and to flourish, in organizations.
Bharara told attendees at the 2019 ACFE Fraud Risk Management Summit that culture is one of the most important facets he saw in preventing fraud.
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