Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
Every year, the ACFE recognizes exceptional individuals for their contributions to the fight against fraud. These professionals provide an inspiration to others, and we are proud to honor them for their service. To kick off this year’s 31st Annual ACFE Virtual Global Fraud Conference coverage, we’ll be highlighting each of the ACFE’s 2020 award winners.
Read MoreThousands of anti-fraud professionals attending the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, June 22-24, will get a chance to hear from some of the leading experts in the anti-fraud industry. Telling their stories of perseverance and sharing their insight, the conference, presented virtually, will feature some of the following speakers:
Read MoreDanske Bank whistleblower Howard Wilkinson, security expert Jules Kroll, WIRED magazine Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson and other experts will address thousands of anti-fraud professionals, June 22-24, at the virtual 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.
Wilkinson first raised concerns about potential money laundering in 2013 while employed at the Estonian branch of Danske Bank; however, the bank did not launch an investigation into the allegations until 2017 — after Wilkinson submitted four separate whistleblowing reports. Wilkinson was exposed as the whistleblower by an Estonian journalist shortly after Danske Bank hired a law firm to investigate the allegations. “I’ll have a lot more satisfaction if authorities manage to recover suspicious money and if and when those involved have been held to account,” he told Fraud Magazine. For his efforts to expose wrongdoing, he has been named the 2020 recipient of the Cliff Robertson Sentinel Award “for choosing truth over self.”
Read MoreThe fraud-fighting community is built upon leaders who shine a light on scams that might go unnoticed and urge others to illuminate tactics to prevent, detect and deter fraud. Now, more than ever, we need anti-fraud professionals to share trailblazing tales and successful strategies to combat nefarious deeds.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of us around the globe. However, the ACFE stands firm in its commitment to provide quality education and resources for anti-fraud professionals, which is why the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference will be presented virtually this year.
Read More“People don’t rob banks with guns anymore; they use USB sticks and malware.” Implementing this sobering remark as a reminder of the everchanging landscape of crime, Raj Samani greeted his virtual audience at the ACFE Fraud Conference Europe. Samani, who is Chief Scientist and McAfee Fellow at the cybersecurity firm McAfee, helped found the initiative NoMoreRansom, which now includes more than 100 partners across the public and private sector.
Samani’s talk comes at a ripe moment for increased awareness and precautionary measures regarding cybercrime, which has recently been employed to target the health care industry as it combats the dire prognosis of COVID-19. Samani noted that many cybercrime enforcement officials believed that criminals would take the high road and resist attacking hospitals and health care providers during the pandemic, yet as soon as Samani heard word of a cyberattack at a health care facility a few weeks into this global situation, he received unwanted confirmation that criminals will always take advantage of opportunities when they arise.
Read MoreAs a fraud investigator, you may be used to being given a case, investigating it, submitting a report with the findings and then moving on to the next case with little follow up on what the result of the report was. But what happens after the report is filed may be just as important for the organization as the investigation itself.
Sherman McGrew, J.D., CFE, highlighted the importance of what happens after an investigation in his virtual session at the 2020 ACFE Fraud Conference Europe. McGrew, who is a program analyst at the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) walked the audience through the practical steps of investigating a fraud allegation. Although many fraud examiners may be removed from the process after the investigation is complete, McGrew urged them to make a few recommendations to their employers before they’re completely done with the process.
Read MoreWhen Lewis Woodcock, head of Cyber Security Operations at A.P. Moller — Maersk, spoke to a virtual crowd at the 2020 ACFE Fraud Conference Europe, he remained cautiously optimistic. Despite the gravity and intensity of his experience on the ground during the cyberattack that plagued Maersk in the summer of 2017, Woodcock recalled his time working with the response team saying, “there was no sense of panic, more of a distinct, determined energy. There was work that could almost be described as excitement to tackle the enormous challenge that lay ahead.”
In this case, “enormous challenge” could almost be considered a euphemism. Maersk, an integrated transport logistic company, manages nearly 20% of world trade; its vessels make 50,000 port calls each year. The company itself is large and complex, employing approximately 88,000 people globally and with no real central office. When their networks were struck with a cyberattack that shut down all their computer operating systems, the outage it caused transcended national borders and affected hundreds of thousands of people.
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