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Documentary filmmaker Bryan Fogel, who won the Academy Award for best documentary feature for his Netflix film ICARUS, has joined the list of keynote speakers at the 29th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Las Vegas, June 17-22.
Read MoreMore than 3,000 anti-fraud professionals will gather in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 17-22, 2018, for the 29th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference to power up their network, boost their skills and recharge their careers. You can now customize your schedules by choosing from more than 100 educational sessions across 13 tracks. The wide range of topics touches on nearly every facet of occupational fraud — from contract fraud to cross-border investigations to the Paradise Papers — with sessions for all levels of experience. Here are a few highlights:
Read MoreMartin Ford, futurist and author of The New York Times best-seller, "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future," will address more than 3,000 attendees this June for the 29th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Las Vegas. An expert on artificial intelligence, job automation and accelerating technology in the workplace, Ford will impart what he's learned in his 25 years of experience in the fields of computer design and software development to anti-fraud experts from around the world.
Read MoreRob Wainwright, Executive Director of Europol, will join Clare Rewcastle Brown, the investigative journalist who exposed 1MDB, convicted fraudster* Ryan Homa and others as speakers at the 29th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Las Vegas June 17-22.
Read MoreI eagerly anticipated my second ACFE Global Fraud Conference, knowing this one would be different because this year I'd be attending as a student representative. When we finally landed in Nashville, Tennessee, home of country music venues including the Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium, I was met by bands rocking every bar on the Honky Tonk Highway (Broadway Street) and hapless bachelorettes staggering from bar to bar or pedaling down the street on “Nashville’s #1 Party Bikes!” Nashville was definitely hopping and as I observed the debauchery I had to ponder: was this preparing me for a taste of my next four years of college life?
Read MoreThey are impossible to solve. They are too time consuming. The documents don’t exist. Tiffany Couch, CFE, CPA/CFF, Principal Acuity Forensics, reviewed these three myths surrounding cash skimming schemes to start off her breakout session at the 28th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.
She shared four case studies to dispel these myths and illustrate a few ideas on how to effectively investigate and prove cash skimming schemes. We’ll take a deeper look at one of them, which she dubbed the “Busy Mom” scheme.
Read MoreThe contrition of convicted fraudsters* who speak to attendees at the end of each ACFE Global Fraud Conference ranges widely. Some are desperately sorry and others are still rationalizing. Former bank executive James Scalzo, who went to prison for bank loan frauds totaling $1.4 million, seemed to want to convince attendees of the full repentance of his crimes.
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