Fraud Talk

June 2016 - Mary Breslin, CFE, CIA, president of Empower Audit, shares the lessons she learned from her very first fraud case and the red flags she spotted within the first 10 minutes of a routine audit.  

May 2016 - Annette Simmons-Brown, CFE, Senior Paralegal at the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, explains how two embezzlers — one of a small community bank and the other of a credit union — committed crimes against their employers, and the preventive measures each institution could have used to deter these schemes.

April 2016 - Jeffrey Robinson, bestselling author of 30 books and anti-money laundering expert, discusses what the recent 2.6 terabyte data leak means in the grander scheme of global corruption.  

April 2016 - Jeffrey Robinson, bestselling author of 30 books and anti-money laundering expert, discusses what the recent 2.6 terabyte data leak means in the grander scheme of global corruption.  

March 2016 - Can we be too connected? Zach Capers, CFE, ACFE Research Specialist, defines the Internet of Things (IoT) and outlines how network connectivity impacts data security.

February 2016 - Gerry Zack, CFE, CPA, CIA, Managing Director in the Global Forensics Practice at BDO Consulting, discusses a case in which his initial investigation of an embezzlement scheme and cover-up led him to uncover a deeper web of lies and deceit.  

January 2016 - John Gill, J.D., CFE, ACFE VP of Education, outlines the top three fraud trends we are likely to see in 2016 and gives tips on how to best prepare for them.

December 2015 - In this edition of Fraud Talk, Leslie Benton, Vice President of Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement at the Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade, speaks about the ways companies can move from policies to practices, why tone in the middle is important, and practical steps companies can take to engage employees and third parties.  

November 2015 - At the 26th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in June 2015, the first-ever ACFE women’s panel discussion was a huge success. In this month’s edition of Fraud Talk, Liseli Pennings, CFE, Deputy Training Director for the ACFE, and Andi McNeal, CFE, Research Director for the ACFE, talk about being leaders in the anti-fraud industry, the importance of confidence, and the value of going for what you want and believing you can get there.

October 2015 - In this edition, Chris Constantin, CFE, CIA, CICA, assistant city manager for the City of Chico, California, discusses common fraud schemes perpetrated in local government, and provides methods for detecting and preventing these types of nefarious acts.  

September 2015 - ACFE VP of Education John Gill, J.D., CFE, speaks with Katherine McLane, media relations and crisis management expert, and founding partner of The Mach 1 Group, about how fraud examiners can adeptly work with the media to convey the right messages.

August 2015 - This month, we speak with Eileen Leslie, CFE, CPA and Financial Analyst at Forensic Strategic Solutions, about the role of a Certified Fraud Examiner when reviewing and filing, as well as testifying in, qui tam cases under the U.S. False Claims Act.

July 2015 - John E. “Jack” Little, CFE, CPA, Senior Lecturer of Accounting at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, examines a recent case in which an accounts payable clerk at the Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) diverted nearly $250,000 of cash out of TCAT accounts using a fraudulent check scheme.

June 2015 - Jonathan Turner, Senior Director of Corporate Compliance at Wright Medical Technology, speaks about his top interviewing tips. From mistakes to best practices to his No. 1 piece of advice, Turner shares his tricks of the trade.

May 2015 - In this month’s episode, Jeremy Clopton, CFE, CPA, ACDA, Senior Managing Consultant of Forensic and Valuation Services at BKD, LLP, discusses the role of a company’s most protected, and useful, data when conducting fraud examinations.