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 MoreHumberto Aguilar’s life has been a study of polarizing contrasts. He told conference attendees at Wednesday’s general session that after graduating from the University of Florida Law school in 1978, he wanted “to be the best criminal lawyer” he could be. Yet, shortly after beginning his law practice he began laundering money for his drug-dealer clients. He was in the running for a state judgeship, but, in 1990, he was indicted on 27 counts of racketeering, money laundering and other charges for assisting his clients. “I went to prison because I committed a crime,” but he also said, “I never considered myself a criminal.” He was a peace-loving attorney who never stole from his clients, but he shot two hit men in a defensive gunfight — wounding one and killing another.
Read MoreDinesh Thakur, the whistleblower in the huge Ranbaxy USA drug fraud case, challenged attendees to increase their efforts to combat health care fraud in countries beyond the U.S. “Health care fraud is one of the most heinous frauds there is,” Thakur said during the Wednesday closing general session. “And there is more of a need for you — with all the wonderful work you do in the financial area — to expand that and look at health care fraud.”
Read More"Bitcoin is the buzzword."
Jim Butterworth, CFE, and executive director of services at ManTech, explored virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin (BTC), in his session, “Bitcoin and Virtual Economies: Fraud’s New Best Friend.” In this breakout session, Butterworth explored the concept that while virtual currencies may be the future of financial technology, they’re also stepping stones to the expansion of fraud’s playground.
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 MoreMarc Goodman, a global security advisor, believes the anti-cyber crime community should mount a campaign against online criminals similar to President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon.
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