Keeping the Story Going: Honoring Investigative Reporter Jeff German

Keeping the Story Going: Honoring Investigative Reporter Jeff German

At the Tuesday afternoon general session honoring investigative reporter Jeff German, Las Vegas Review-Journal editor Glenn Cook told 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference attendees about the time German found himself on the receiving end of a sucker punch from a Mafia associate. People unhappy with German’s reporting smashed his windows and slashed his car tires. But these acts of intimidation didn’t deter German; instead, he confronted the subject of his story one night at the old Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. 

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Understanding the Righteousness of Anti-Fraud Work: Glenn Cook

“Be courageous. Understand the righteousness of your work, to never doubt the importance of doing the right thing and stopping people from doing the wrong thing,” Glenn Cook stresses to attendees when speaking about the dangers of exposing fraud and corruption.