Caldwell Says U.S. Isn’t Global Corruption Police; Has to Cooperate with International Agencies

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Caldwell Says U.S. Isn’t Global Corruption Police; Has to Cooperate with International Agencies

“We don’t want to be the world’s global corruption police,” said Leslie R. Caldwell, assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice during the Monday opening General Session. “We can’t and we don’t want to be. … We are vigorously investigating international corruption, vigorously prosecuting organized crime … and we’re increasing our commitment everyday to international cooperation in our struggle to safeguard markets, our networks, our privacy and our citizens.”

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Investigators and Auditors: One Team, One Fight

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Investigators and Auditors: One Team, One Fight

Investigators and auditors bring their own sets of tools to an investigation. In the investigator’s tool kit are interviewing skills, knowledge of the law, collecting and preserving evidence know-how, and honesty and ethics. Auditors bring different assets: integrity, independence, an attention to detail, internal controls experience and expertise in collecting hard copy evidence. 

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Navigating Investigations Overseas

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Navigating Investigations Overseas

"When I was stationed as a law enforcement attaché in Chile, we learned there were possible IEDs in a certain area," said Liseli Pennings, Special Agent of the U.S. Department of Treasury. "We immediately let the U.S. Consulate know to set a travel alert for U.S. citizens traveling to the area — and just the public in general — that it wasn't safe to travel to the affected area."

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10 Tips for Ethics Training

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10 Tips for Ethics Training

What is the best way to train your employees on ethics? Well, it depends. According to Bethmara Kessler, CFE, CISA, Chief Audit Executive at the Campbell Soup Company, a company’s ethics program depends entirely on the company. Kessler led a Pre-Conference Session today at the ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Baltimore about how companies can build effective ethics programs.

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Virtual Currencies: The New Landscape for Laundering Money

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Virtual Currencies: The New Landscape for Laundering Money

Last year, at the 25th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, Jim Butterworth, CFE, explored fraud’s expanding playground with the growth of virtual currencies in his breakout session. “Virtual and cryptocurrencies are still the Wild West,” said Butterworth. “This creates a hotbed for fraudsters and new fraud techniques, something the fraud community will be combating for the foreseeable future.”

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Traveling Fraud Museum Celebrates the 15-Year Anniversary of Frankensteins of Fraud

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Traveling Fraud Museum Celebrates the 15-Year Anniversary of Frankensteins of Fraud

Fraud is a crime with severe impacts of historical magnitude. Made up of artifacts, memorabilia, documents, and other pieces of fraud history collected by ACFE founder and Chairman Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, the Fraud Museum displays financial frauds committed by an educated society.

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Carolyn W. Colvin, Social Security Commissioner, Joins Keynote Lineup

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Carolyn W. Colvin, Social Security Commissioner, Joins Keynote Lineup

Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), has officially joined the keynote lineup at the 26th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. She will speak on Tuesday, June 16 at the 8:30 a.m. General Session in Exhibit Hall CD. 

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