5 Seconds to Truth: How to Use the New Body Language to Detect Deception

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5 Seconds to Truth: How to Use the New Body Language to Detect Deception

Janine Driver, CEO of The Body Language Institute and the self-proclaimed “Lyin’ Tamer,” began her full session today at the 26th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference by analyzing the body language of two unknowing audience members. She quickly summed up the way one man was sitting with his arm on the chair next to him by saying that he was confident. “When we are confident, we choose to take up more space,” Driver said. 

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The War Against Herbalife: Pyramid Scheme or Multi-level Marketing Master?

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The War Against Herbalife: Pyramid Scheme or Multi-level Marketing Master?

On Dec. 19, 2012, activist investor William Ackman publicly confirmed that he was “betting” against the stock of Herbalife because “the company operates like a pyramid scheme.” Ackman claimed in a 334-slide, three-hour presentation, “Herbalife is a pyramid scheme because, among other reasons, distributors earn more than 10 times as much from recruitment as they do by selling the company’s overpriced products to bona fide retail customers.” 

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It’s a Performance, Not a Conversation: Capitalizing on Media Attention

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It’s a Performance, Not a Conversation: Capitalizing on Media Attention

Fraud examiners are frequently asked to conduct interviews, pilfer through written and online data, and sometimes give expert testimony. They are rarely asked to give a short media performance. Although a performance is exactly what anti-fraud professionals need to do when working with the media, according to Katherine McLane, founding partner of The Mach 1 Group in Austin, Texas. “A good interview is never a conversation; it is a performance,” McLane said. “It takes time and skill and training to master the art.” 

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SSA Acting Commissioner: Fraudsters Beware

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SSA Acting Commissioner: Fraudsters Beware

“Our message to those who attempt to defraud Social Security is plain: We will find you, we will prosecute you, we will seek the maximum punishment under the law, and we will fight to restore the money you have stolen from the American people,” says the acting commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), Carolyn W. Colvin, during the Tuesday morning General Session.

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How Corruption Facilitates Transnational Organized Crime

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How Corruption Facilitates Transnational Organized Crime

"Sixteen years of clean audits at FIFA shows that corruption is mostly invisible," said Paul O'Sullivan, CFE, senior consultant at Paul O’Sullivan & Associates. "These people don't need a receipt for their crimes." Like the FIFA scandal, corruption isn't always loud and it isn't always in your face. Corruption is calculated. "Corruption is a proverbial iceberg — it's not always visible," said O'Sullivan. 

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