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"As I stand here before you and accept this very honorable award before so many distinguished professionals in this audience, I know all of you live and breathe those values in your work," said Sir Rob Wainwright, former executive director of Europol during the Monday morning General Session.
Read MoreEarlier this year I read a short article in Barron’s about why we should all care about Tim Duncan’s fraud case. I know I care because I am a devout San Antonio Spurs fan and love Timmy about as much as I love Pete Sampras. Which, trust me, is a lot.
The fraud may not have even been discovered if not for Duncan's divorce in 2013.
Read More“Practically all of the companies and governmental entities represented in this room are potential targets of interest to us,” Peter Warmka, CFE, CPP, director of business intelligence at Strategic Risk Management LLC, told the room full of conference attendees in his Monday-morning session. “We consider ourselves masters in social engineering. We can manipulate you.” Warmka was impersonating the mindset of a fraudster on the hunt for a vulnerable target, and the effect was enough to grab the attention of the audience.
Read MoreAccording to Jeremy Clopton, if you are asking yourself how to deal with millennials or what to do with baby boomers in the workplace, you are asking the wrong questions. “The worst thing you can possibly do is say how do I manage 'the millennials,'” Clopton said. “You don’t have a millennial or a boomer; you have an employee.”
Read More"People didn't think about fraud before; there was a small subculture that considered the risks associated with different industries. Now as it has progressed, more and more clients, individuals and organizations are asking the questions: what are we doing to prevent fraud? What are we doing to mitigate risk in the long term? So now you've got organizations working together to mitigate risks in order to protect their clients and customers." — Mike Chism, CFE, SIU Manager, Cigna
Read MoreEurope is losing the fight against dirty money, said the former executive director of Europol, but it could make great strides if all law enforcement and investigative sectors “power up their cooperation” in information sharing and intelligence across all borders. During the Monday Opening Session Sir Rob Wainwright received the 2018 Cressey Award for a lifetime in achievement in the detection and deterrence of fraud. (Wainwright was recently awarded a Knighthood by the Queen in the Birthday Honours List for service to the U.K.)
Read MoreIf you grew up on the ocean and around boats, chances are you learned how to swim at a very young age. And like Jack Healey, CFE, CPA/CFF, CEO at Bear Hill Advisory Group, you might have even taken water safety courses. “Included in every water safety course I completed was a section on ‘what to do if you wind up in the water and you’re not able to swim,’” said Healey in his breakout session, “We’ve Been Hacked! Now What?” at the 29th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.
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