Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
As narrator of CNBC’s “American Greed,” actor Stacy Keach said that his show “has … given me an insight into the machinations of the lengths that people will go to, what they are willing to risk, in order to make easy money — more and more money." With the aid of clips from the TV show, Keach described the crimes of extravagant fraudsters.
Read More“I spent my entire life in the company of criminals,” said Chris Mathers, the Tuesday morning General Session speaker. “Two things I learned: People do not steal your money to save it. And … people typically do not resort to criminality late in life. It’s not like taking up golf. It’s something you do from the very beginning.
Read MoreJames D. Ratley, CFE, ACFE President and CEO, delivers a message regarding the ACFE's new Corporate Alliance program and the initiatives to support members globally.
Read MorePreet Bharara, the U.S Attorney for the Southern District of New York, received the ACFE’s prestigious Donald R. Cressey Award for a lifetime of achievement in the detection and deterrence of fraud. He also challenged attendees to step back from merely concentrating on the law of fraud and help develop a culture of integrity that will deter it.
Read MoreOne of the nation’s top business investigative correspondents, Allan Dodds Frank, accepted the ACFE's Guardian Award for fraud reporting and spoke on the similar attributes and goals of fraud reporters and fraud fighters.
Read MoreACFE founder and Chairman, Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, outlined the three emerging threats facing the fraud industry: investment schemes, financial statements manipulations from insiders and cyber crime.
Read MoreThe ACFE Global Fraud Conference kicked off Monday, June 24 with a flag procession. More than 60 countries were represented in the procession.
Read MoreThe collapse of financial giant Lehman Bothers provides an insightful case study in how top executives perpetrated a fraud that resulted in an $600 million bankruptcy. ACFE Regent and Fraud Conference speaker Bruce Dubinsky takes an in-depth look at how the fraud happened in his session Lehman Collapse: The Anatomy of Accounting Deception. Watch the video below for a preview of this invaluable breakout session.
Read MoreEthics, always a hot topic in the anti-fraud industry, is in the forefront of many CFEs mind these days. So much so that the ACFE Global Fraud Conference devotes an entire track to legal and ethical issues. In this preview of the Ethics Panel, moderator Michelle Brown, CFE shares her view on what makes ethics such a hot topic right now and what attendees can expect to take away from the session.
Read MoreThe latest updates from the world’s largest gathering of anti-fraud professionals
© 2013 Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc. All rights reserved.
