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Alex Gibney has been making films about fraud in one way or another ever since his directorial debut in 1980, “The Ruling Classroom,” which documents a social-studies experiment at a California middle school that simulates American society and ends in corruption.
Read MoreWhile we may think it is a safe bet to invest with large financial institutions, it’s important to remember that Bernie Madoff sold to individual investors and to large financial institutions. There's no safe haven in investment fraud, and it will take victims wherever it can as long as there is money to be made.
Read MoreHow do you conduct a digital investigation when your subject is dead? This was the central question of the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference session, “Death, Data and Digital Legacies,” presented by Derek Ellington, CFE, senior consultant of Ellington Digital Forensics, LLC.
Read More“I also learned that the most dangerous frauds are often the true believers. The ones for whom the ends justify the means. Cops call it noble cause corruption,” said award-winning producer and director Alex Gibney Tuesday afternoon at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.
Read MoreGurbir Grewal jokes that he has never been in the public eye as much as he has since he started as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s director of the division of enforcement in July last year. “Now when I go to speak as SEC enforcement director, it is almost a cottage industry, whether it is accounting firms or law firms, it generates all sorts of press and media coverage,” said Grewal, noting his comments are his own.
Read More“What am I losing sleep over in this job? I'd say the top of the list for me, sleepless nights, remains North Korea,” said Rachel Wilson, director of cybersecurity for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Tuesday morning at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.
Read More“The opportunity for professionals like you to detect misconduct probably has never been greater because the volatility that we've seen in the markets over the last number of years ... has uncovered a lot of wrongdoing,” said Gurbir Grewal, director of the Division of Enforcement for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Tuesday morning at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.
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