Matthew Caruana Galizia Says Guardian Award Will Help Continue and Protect His Mother's Legacy

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Matthew Caruana Galizia Says Guardian Award Will Help Continue and Protect His Mother's Legacy

“The Guardian Award recognizes my mother’s work, not just as a personal achievement, but as a legacy that belongs to all journalists, all people who fight fraud, to all people who protest corruption all over the world,” said Matthew Caruana Galizia during the Tuesday morning General Session. Matthew accepted the posthumous 2020 Guardian Award on behalf of his mother, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was murdered in a car bombing in Malta in 2017. “My mother herself is now beyond all harm, but the Guardian Award honors her life’s work. In doing so, it helps to protect this legacy.”

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The Cyber Sickness No One Wants ... Ransomware

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The Cyber Sickness No One Wants ... Ransomware

Between 2009 and 2010, Iran’s nuclear program was the target of a devastating cyber attack. A virus took control of centrifuge controls in facilities across the country, causing thousands of machines to break. The hackers weren’t satisfied yet, though. To add insult to injury, they reportedly hijacked the facilities' workstations and used them to play AC/DC … loudly.

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Using Emojis and Geo-Location in Your Financial Investigations

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Using Emojis and Geo-Location in Your Financial Investigations

Think emojis are used only for personal text messages from Gen-Yers? Think again. According to Wale Ayantoye, emojis within payment apps could help you spot drug deals, gambling transactions, prostitution and fraudulent business trips.

Ayantoye is a Global Sanctions Consultant at Square Inc. and shared his experience of using data from emojis combined with geo-location to catch illegal activities by savvy fraudsters. “It’s more of a cat and mouse — we are thinking how are we going to catch up with them and they are thinking how are they going to evade our programs,” said Ayantoye. “For any compliance or fraud program, you need access to all of the information you can get.”

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Keynote Speakers Video: Whistleblowing Panel

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Keynote Speakers Video: Whistleblowing Panel

Rebecca Jarvis, host of "The Dropout" podcast and a chief correspondent for ABC News, led a panel on whistleblowing Monday at the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. She was joined by Stephen Kohn, Partner at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP, Tom Mueller, New York Times best-selling author of "Crisis of Conscience," and Jane Norberg, Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower for the U.S. SEC.

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ACFE Regent Chair Video: Bethmara Kessler, CFE

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ACFE Regent Chair Video: Bethmara Kessler, CFE

"One of the hardest things to learn as a leader is to recognize that there are lessons you haven't learned yet and that there are places where you can do better. We must do better. And we must continue to listen, learn and grow,” said Bethmara Kessler, CFE.

Kessler, the Chair of the ACFE Board of Regents, spoke to attendees at the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference on Monday morning and talked about the role of the Regents.

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Keynote Speaker Video: Howard Wilkinson

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Keynote Speaker Video: Howard Wilkinson

"You should never really have heard of me,” Howard Wilkinson, the Danske Bank whistleblower told attendees at the 31st Annual ACFE Global Conference on Monday.

“Something bad had happened in the branch. We all know bad things happen. A whistleblower reported it, internal audit investigated it, reported it to top management. And top management had taken the necessary action, made the necessary reports and done what needed to be done. You would have never heard of me. It didn't happen like that."

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