Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
James D. Ratley, CFE, ACFE President and CEO, delivers a message welcoming attendees to San Antonio and touches on the changes the ACFE has seen since its inception 25 years ago.
Read MoreACFE founder and Chairman, Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, gave a final address to attendees at his last ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including 10 key pointers to fighting fraud. "It's hard for me to put into words what this organization has meant to me. But I didn't make the ACFE what it is, you did."
Read MoreHeralded for transforming the FBI from a national law enforcement agency to a global security institution, Louis Freeh, during his keynote, shared some of the lessons he learned during his FBI tenure and extolled the virtues of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Read MoreMartin Kenney, CFE, an international asset recovery expert and recipient of the ACFE's highest award, the Dr. Donald Cressey Award, gave an impassioned keynote address on "grand corruption" during Tuesday's morning General Session.
Read MoreFounder of Transparency International, the non-governmental organization promoting transparency and accountability in international development, Prof. Dr. Peter Eigen has led initiatives for better global governance and the fight against corruption. Hear his keynote address from Monday's Opening General Session.
Read MoreAs 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.
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