Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
"Bryan Fogel and Clare Rewcastle Brown risked their lives to conduct their investigations and both brought them to successful conclusions. That was an extremely strong message to send to all of us fraud fighters." — Dr. Paul Milata, CFE, Managing Partner, Milata KG
Read MoreCorrupt politicians are a common trope in society, but what's more uncommon is how to spot the red flags of shady dealings. In "Targeting the Proceeds of Political Corruption," Michael Schidlow, CFE, CAMS-Audit, head of financial crime risk training and emerging risk advisory at HSBC Bank, took attendees on a ride through the world of political corruption combining pop culture references with infamous real-world examples involving names like Gaddafi and Putin.
Schidlow clearly conveyed the message that political corruption is a massive problem with a wide range of consequences that affect everyone in the world.
Read MoreFraud fighters rarely break the rules. They are meticulous, focused and hold themselves to a high ethical standard while ferreting out wrong-doers. However, Steve Morang, CFE, CCEP, CIA, senior manager at Frank Rimerman & Co LLP, argued that sometimes holding yourself and your thoughts to a too-strict ethical framework can backfire against realistic fraud prevention.
Read MoreThe 29th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference kicked off in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 18 with the presentation of the colors, a bagpipe procession and ACFE members from 72 countries bearing their nations’ flags.
Read MoreRelax. If you’re a fraud examiner, machine learning probably won’t eliminate your job. Probably. “In terms of your own career, the best advice I can give is to avoid doing something that’s routine and repetitive; you want to be good at something that involves engaging other people or something that involves creativity,” said Martin Ford, the Monday lunch keynoter. Ford is a futurist and author of The New York Times best-seller “Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future.”
Read More"As I stand here before you and accept this very honorable award before so many distinguished professionals in this audience, I know all of you live and breathe those values in your work," said Sir Rob Wainwright, former executive director of Europol during the Monday morning General Session.
Read MoreEarlier this year I read a short article in Barron’s about why we should all care about Tim Duncan’s fraud case. I know I care because I am a devout San Antonio Spurs fan and love Timmy about as much as I love Pete Sampras. Which, trust me, is a lot.
The fraud may not have even been discovered if not for Duncan's divorce in 2013.
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