Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
At the 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, Adesola Osuji, CFE, spoke about the transformative potential of integrating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) principles into the fabric of fraud investigations, emphasizing not only compliance but also ethical and empathetic practices.
Read MoreBrian Lazarte and James Lee Hernandez are storytellers by trade. But these filmmakers, directors and producers of the HBO docuseries “McMillion$” and the Apple TV+ docuseries “The Big Conn” align their styles closely with that of a fraud examiner. In front of a packed crowd at the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, the Emmy-nominated pair discussed their process of “investigating an investigation,” conducting effective interviews with both criminals and their victims, and truly understanding the long-term impacts of fraud.
Read MoreIf you Google your name, you will find many tidbits on yourself that are, somehow, public information – even information that you tried very hard to keep private. It may be a nuisance to many, but to investigators, publicly available information or open-source intelligence (OSINT) is quite handy. This was the subject of “Use Public Information to Your Advantage in Fraud Investigations,” an educational session from ACFE Regent and Senior Vice President of J.S. Held LLC, Natalie Lewis, CFE, CPA/CFF.
Read MoreAs joint operations center manager for the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), Chris Covington, CFE, learned tools and tricks for identifying fraudsters. Pulling from a large dataset generated during the pandemic, in his presentation at the 34th Annual Global Fraud Conference Covington outlined applicable examples of red flags to look for and fraud fighting strategies that Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) can implement in their industries today.
Read More“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 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.
Read MoreYou have probably heard the phrase, “Proper planning prevents poor performance.” That is how one of the session panelists introduced the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference session, “72 Hours to Get it Right, Sponsored by FORVIS,” which focused on the role of timeliness when it comes to fraud investigations. FORVIS forensics and valuation services professionals Erik Lioy, CFE, CPA/CFF, Zachary Powers, and Pat Hoan, CFE, CPA, wanted to prove that the actions taken by fraud investigations in the first three days after a potential fraud is uncovered play a crucial role in the direction of the investigation.
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