No Need to Write a Book: A Whistleblower’s Guide to Protecting Yourself

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No Need to Write a Book: A Whistleblower’s Guide to Protecting Yourself

At the 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, Clark Bolton, J.D., CFE, an attorney with Morgan and Morgan, presented "No Need to Write a Book: A Whistleblower’s Guide to Protecting Yourself" to attendees. This session provided critical insights and practical advice for Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) on navigating the complex and often perilous journey of whistleblowing. Drawing from his own experiences as a successful health care whistleblower, Bolton offered attendees a comprehensive guide on how to protect themselves when faced with employer fraud. 

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On Whistleblowers, and Those Who Kept Quiet

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On Whistleblowers, and Those Who Kept Quiet

Jacqueline Bloink intimately knows what it’s like to be a whistleblower. The anxiety, the fears, the mixed emotions and more. During her time at a health care organization, she uncovered a fraud scheme. She talked a bit about her experience during her virtual presentation, “Health Care Whistleblowing: Top Cases and Trends,” for the 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. 

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Ayleen Charlotte: Breaking Down the Shame and Taboo of Fraud

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Ayleen Charlotte: Breaking Down the Shame and Taboo of Fraud

Ayleen Charlotte, fraud victim turned hero, started off her keynote address at the 2023 ACFE Fraud Conference Europe with the story that thrust her into the spotlight — a romantic tryst with a man she later learned was a convicted fraudster. Her romantic past — an emotional roller coaster and whirlwind romance, turned negative mental states, turned sweet revenge plot — was the subject of the 2022 Netflix documentary, “The Tinder Swindler,” watched by people across 200 countries around the world.

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The Power of the Small: A Conversation with Wirecard Whistleblower Pav Gill

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The Power of the Small: A Conversation with Wirecard Whistleblower Pav Gill

Taking 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.

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Fraud Museum Game: Country Music Hall of Shame

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Fraud Museum Game: Country Music Hall of Shame

Past ACFE Global Fraud Conference Fraud Museum giveaways featured artifacts, memorabilia, documents and other pieces of fraud history collected by ACFE founder and Chairman Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA. But this year we’re doing something a little different and featuring some of the most infamous frauds in country music to honor our host city, Nashville, home of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

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Are Rewards Necessary for Whistleblowers in Europe?

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Are Rewards Necessary for Whistleblowers in Europe?

With each new edition, the ACFE’s Report to the Nations shows the importance of tips in detecting fraud. In the upcoming 2020 edition of the report, 43% of the fraud cases were discovered through tips, and in organizations with fraud awareness training and formal reporting mechanisms, the number rose to 56%. Establishing a hotline, anonymous web form, email address or other tip reporting mechanism is often an inexpensive, and highly effective, way to detect fraud in organizations of all sizes and industries. But what use is a tip reporting tool if no one uses it?

Stephen Kohn spends a lot of his time pondering this question. Kohn is widely recognized as one of the U.S.’s leading whistleblower and qui tam attorneys, and currently represents Danske Bank whistleblower Howard Wilkinson. In his keynote address at the 2020 ACFE Fraud Conference Europe, presented virtually, he asked attendees, “How do you create a whistleblower program where most employees will report?”

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