Social Engineering Expert Advises to Verify Before Trusting

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Social Engineering Expert Advises to Verify Before Trusting

“Practically all of the companies and governmental entities represented in this room are potential targets of interest to us,” Peter Warmka, CFE, CPP, director of business intelligence at Strategic Risk Management LLC, told the room full of conference attendees in his Monday-morning session. “We consider ourselves masters in social engineering. We can manipulate you.” Warmka was impersonating the mindset of a fraudster on the hunt for a vulnerable target, and the effect was enough to grab the attention of the audience. 

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How to Lead the Multigenerational Team

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How to Lead the Multigenerational Team

According to Jeremy Clopton, if you are asking yourself how to deal with millennials or what to do with baby boomers in the workplace, you are asking the wrong questions. “The worst thing you can possibly do is say how do I manage 'the millennials,'” Clopton said. “You don’t have a millennial or a boomer; you have an employee.”

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Heard in the Halls: The Future of the Anti-Fraud Profession

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Heard in the Halls: The Future of the Anti-Fraud Profession

"People didn't think about fraud before; there was a small subculture that considered the risks associated with different industries. Now as it has progressed, more and more clients, individuals and organizations are asking the questions: what are we doing to prevent fraud? What are we doing to mitigate risk in the long term? So now you've got organizations working together to mitigate risks in order to protect their clients and customers." — Mike Chism, CFE, SIU Manager, Cigna

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Sir Rob Wainwright Encourages ‘Powering Up’ Information, Intelligence Sharing

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Sir Rob Wainwright Encourages ‘Powering Up’ Information, Intelligence Sharing

Europe is losing the fight against dirty money, said the former executive director of Europol, but it could make great strides if all law enforcement and investigative sectors “power up their cooperation” in information sharing and intelligence across all borders. During the Monday Opening Session Sir Rob Wainwright received the 2018 Cressey Award for a lifetime in achievement in the detection and deterrence of fraud. (Wainwright was recently awarded a Knighthood by the Queen in the Birthday Honours List for service to the U.K.)

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We've Been Hacked! Now What?

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We've Been Hacked! Now What?

If you grew up on the ocean and around boats, chances are you learned how to swim at a very young age. And like Jack Healey, CFE, CPA/CFF, CEO at Bear Hill Advisory Group, you might have even taken water safety courses. “Included in every water safety course I completed was a section on ‘what to do if you wind up in the water and you’re not able to swim,’” said Healey in his breakout session, “We’ve Been Hacked! Now What?” at the 29th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.

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Hiding in Plain Sight: How Criminals Use Anonymous Shell Companies

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Hiding in Plain Sight: How Criminals Use Anonymous Shell Companies

In 2016 an unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files from the database of the world’s fourth largest offshore law firm, Mossack Fonseca, exposed the myriad ways in which the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes. Famously known as the “Panama Papers,” the leak exposed organized crime rings, corrupt politicians and celebrities for hiding billions in shell companies and tax havens.

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Heard in the Halls: Powering Up Through Learning and Networking

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Heard in the Halls: Powering Up Through Learning and Networking

"I chose to attend the ACFE conference this year because I wanted to gain more industry knowledge and more advanced technique opportunities so that I can take them back to the team. My goal is to become one of the most experienced CFEs in the industry so that I not only advance my career but I can teach those that are coming along behind me." — Keoji Collins, CFE, Auditor U.S. Department of State

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