Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
“Silence. Everybody has that tool in their toolbox, and it’s a great one,” said Gregory Coleman, Retired Special Agent for the FBI, in his session, “Body Language: I See What You’re Saying.” And he immediately showed just how much impact one minute of silence can have on a roomful people.
Read MoreSteve Morang, CFE, CIA, CRMA, Senior Manager at Frank Rimerman & Co LLP, began his session today at the ACFE Global Fraud Conference asking attendees to raise their hands if they believed the Volkswagen executives didn’t know anything about the fraudulent emissions tests built into more than 11 million of their diesel cars. Only one person raised his hand.
Read More"I'm deeply involved in the data analytics aspect of our internal audit function, so coming here I'm learning ways I can develop our data analytics program from an audit perspective and a fraud perspective. Ways we can best utilize what we already know, how we can best train others on how to go out into the field and apply a lot of these techniques. I've learned a lot so far; there's a great depth of knowledge and it's just been awesome." — Joseph Gause, Lead Auditor, GM Financial
Read MoreAccording to the ACFE’s 2016 Report to the Nations, the No. 1 way fraud is detected is through tips. However, the most prevalent anti-fraud control put in place by companies is external audits. About 80 percent of survey respondents cited external audits as an anti-fraud control while only 54 percent cited tips as a control. According to Tiffany Couch, CFE, CPA, CFF, Principal of Acuity Forensics, these statistics tell auditors an important story.
Read MoreImagine you are a small business owner. You started the company from the ground up and now it’s operating like a well-oiled machine. You have a large staff of individuals you trust completely. They’ve been in the trenches with you and have been a huge part of your success. So you become a little relaxed with your management style — you don’t believe they need a firm hand anymore.
Read More“What would make smart people give him their millions?” actor Richard Dreyfuss asked himself when he was preparing to portray Bernie Madoff in the February ABC miniseries, “Madoff.”
“He had to be the most comfortable, menschy, honest, sweetest guy in the world with a very strong opinion about who deserved to be in his exclusive investment company,” Dreyfuss told attendees at the Monday working lunch.
Read MoreAlong with a bagpipe procession and a presentation of colors, the 27th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference opened with a video welcoming more than 3,000 anti-fraud professionals from all over the world.
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