Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
We hear so many cases about fraudsters’ rationalizations for committing their crimes. Eugene Soltes, Harvard business professor and fraud researcher, told a story during the Tuesday morning General Session about a brilliant top executive who avoided jail not because of his sterling ethics, but because he humbled himself enough to listen to the wise counsel of a dissenting voice.
Read MoreDr. Sam Foote, the whistleblower who brought the U.S. Veteran Affairs (VA) scandal to light in 2014, was awarded the ACFE Sentinel Award during Monday's working lunch. One of the questions Dr. Foote asked the U.S. members of Congress, was, "How can you possibly say that this man's death was not a result of a delay in care?" when speaking up about delayed wait times for veterans. For choosing truth over self, Dr. Sam Foote was and is a true anti-fraud hero.
Read MoreACFE President James D. Ratley welcomed more than 3,000 attendees to the 28th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. In keeping with the theme, Ratley thanked our heroes for their contribution to the anti-fraud profession. "By joining in this global fight, you, too, are a hero."
Read More"The biggest value out of the conference is the networking. We are meeting more than 3,000 fraud investigators which I think is the biggest platform in the world. Look at the experience here, the diversity and the speakers here, they have an enormous amount of experience and have achieved so much in their field. That is the learning I'm getting out of this." — Atul Pramod Kimtee, CFE, VMware Inc, Bangalore, India
Read More“Some people call me a professional lie detector. I prefer to use the phrase ‘truth detector’ because when people tell lies, they leak the truth,” said Cliff Lansley, body language expert and CEO of the Emotional Intelligence Academy (EIA) and managing director of Paul Ekman International. Lansley was the keynote speaker during Monday's working lunch.
Read MoreUsing luxury goods to project status is a silent language understood around the world. All too often though, many can find counterfeit goods that look almost exactly like genuine articles, but at a fraction of the price. What they might not know is that their knock-off Chanel bag, or their $30 Rolex, is likely a device to launder money from organized crime groups — and was made by victims of human trafficking.
Read MoreJennifer Shasky Calvery, Global Head of Financial Crime Threat Mitigation (FCTM) at the global bank, HSBC, encouraged fraud examiners to embrace change during the opening session on Monday, June 19. The ACFE presented Calvery with The Cressey Award for a lifetime of achievement in the detection and deterrence of fraud.
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