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Jeff Kehoe began his address at the ACFE Fraud Conference Canada in Toronto today by explaining the importance context. “Context is important today,” Kehoe, the Ontario Securities Commission’s director of enforcement, said. “It is one of embracing change.”
Read MoreAmber Mac, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) expert, opened the ACFE Fraud Conference Canada today in Toronto with a hypothetical story called “the paper-clip experiment” to show how helpful and simultaneously dangerous AI could be for individuals and organizations.
Read More“Why now?” That is the question Linda Lister, CFE, CPA, CMA, CGA, Senior Manager at EY, asked anti-fraud professionals at the ACFE Fraud Conference Canada’s Pre-Conference session yesterday. She followed up with, “Why come out now with a fraud risk management guide?”
Read MoreWith the increasingly international nature of business, the U.S. Department of Justice is keeping its eye on white-collar criminals both within and outside the U.S. White-collar criminal schemes seem to have no bounds. "Email, internet, computer intrusions and spoofing schemes, often originating from beyond our borders, are on the uptick,” said acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco, J.D.
Blanco will discuss the future of the DOJ’s white-collar crime enforcement at the 2017 ACFE Law Enforcement and Government Anti-Fraud Summit in Washington D.C., October 30.
Read MoreDirector of Enforcement for the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Jeff Kehoe has recently commented on the aftermath of a short-selling scandal involving Home Capital Group. In response to criticism that OSC had not handled warnings properly, Kehoe told BNN in an interview, "There’s always criticism of the regulators when they’re in the middle of a matter and I think the proof is in the pudding, that what we saw is a successful resolution of the matter."
Kehoe will be addressing attendees at the largest anti-fraud conference in Toronto, Canada, Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at the 2017 ACFE Global Fraud Conference Canada.
Read MoreHundreds of anti-fraud professionals will gather this winter at the 2018 ACFE Fraud Conference Middle East, hosted by The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and Abu Dhabi Accountability Authority (ADAA). The event will take place 25-27 February 2018 at Jumeirah at Etihad Towers.
Read MoreThe 2016 ACFE Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse showed fraud incidents in Canada were most commonly detected through tips from whistleblowers. This comes as no surprise to Heidi Franken, Chief of the OSC’s Office of the Whistleblower and Deputy Director of Enforcement. “Whistleblowers are a key ally in the fight against wrongdoing, and companies should take measures to encourage individuals to come forward without fear of reprisal,” said Franken. “The sooner misconduct is detected, the sooner we can take action to protect investors and our capital markets.”
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