June 27, 2022

Tom Hardin: Confessions of an Insider Trader

June 27, 2022/ Paul Kilby

When then-financial analyst Tom Hardin left his Manhattan apartment building one summer’s morning in July 2008, he knew the game was up.

“I stepped onto the sidewalk and this guy behind me says, ‘Are you Thomas Cody Hardin?’ Anytime someone calls you by your full name, you are probably in trouble,” he laughs. “I knew I was trouble as a child when my mother did it.”

The voice came from one of two FBI agents who quickly informed him that they knew that he had made four trades on the stock market using insider information.

June 21, 2022

Keynote Speaker: Gurbir Grewal

June 21, 2022/ Sarah Thompson

“The opportunity for professionals like you to detect misconduct probably has never been greater because the volatility that we've seen in the markets over the last number of years ... has uncovered a lot of wrongdoing,” said Gurbir Grewal, director of the Division of Enforcement for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Tuesday morning at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.

October 31, 2017

You Can Teach an Old Enforcement Model New Tricks

October 31, 2017/ Mandy Moody

Jeff Kehoe began his address at the ACFE Fraud Conference Canada in Toronto today by explaining the importance context. “Context is important today,” Kehoe, the Ontario Securities Commission’s director of enforcement, said. “It is one of embracing change.”

February 17, 2017

Rogue Trader to Address Fraud Conference in London

February 17, 2017/ Sarah Hofmann

Convicted fraudster* Kweku Adoboli first made headlines in 2011 when it was discovered that while working for UBS, he incurred the largest trading losses in British history — more than $2 billion. After serving time in prison, he now says that banks are still at risk for massive fraud.

September 21, 2016

A Ponzi Scheme is Just a Trusted Liar With a Bank Account

September 21, 2016/ Sarah Hofmann

Most people believe they could never fall victim to a Ponzi scheme. They assume they would be able to spot the fraud a mile away and be able to deflect it before they were in. As nice as it would be for that to be true, Diana Henriques, financial journalist and author of The Wizard of Lies warned conference attendees at the 2016 ACFE Fraud Conference Canada that Ponzi schemers can pull the wool over anyone’s eyes — even natural skeptics.

August 25, 2016

Quebec’s New Whistleblower Program to Build Trust and Transparency with Canadian Investors

August 25, 2016/ Mandy Moody

In late June, Québec’s financial market regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), launched its very first whistleblower program. According to Jean-François Fortin, the AMF’s executive director of enforcement, the program’s focus is two-fold: to generate more tips and to generate better tips. Fortin will be speaking about the new program, as well a cooperative governance model the AMF created, at the upcoming 2016 ACFE Fraud Conference Canada next month in Montréal.

June 20, 2016

All the Advantages of Life Didn’t Stop Roomy Khan From Crossing the Line

June 20, 2016/ Dick Carozza

“As a girl who grew up in India and came to the U.S. — I went to some of the top schools, worked for some of the best corporations, caught all the breaks that I wanted. … But I am responsible [for my fraud] and no one else,” Roomy Khan said. “The culpability is completely mine. I should have known better. Looking forward, I hope I can now be part of the solution.”

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