Fraud Talk

April 2015 - In this month’s podcast, we speak with Jenell West, CFE, CPA, CIA, Forensic Accounting Manager at Rehmann Corporate Investigative Services in Troy, Michigan. West details an investigation in which she and her team discovered tax-dollar misuse in a county’s animal control department.

March 2015 - This month, Hal Humphreys, CFE, owner of FIND Investigations and Pursuit Magazine , and producer of the Sound of Pursuit podcast, discusses the realities of being a private fraud investigator in Nashville, Tennessee.  

February 2015 - Misty Carter, CFE, CIA, ACFE research specialist, details how she worked with a team to create an application that monitored travel and expense report data to find fraud.

January 2015 - Chris Ekimoff, CFE, CPA, Director at FTI Consulting, advises listeners to ask questions, be fearless and make tough choices when developing your career as a fraud examiner.

December 2014 - ACFE VP and Program Director Bruce Dorris, J.D.,CFE, CPA, and VP of Education John Gill, J.D., CFE, analyze the year's top fraud headlines and discuss what their outcomes mean for 2015.  

November 2014 - In this month's podcast, we speak with Robert Church, CFE, FCPA, CVA, Director of Healthcare Investigations at Forensic Strategic Solutions, about a fraud scheme that took place at DaVita Healthcare Partners in Colorado. DaVita, a provider of kidney dialysis services, recently paid $389 million to settle criminal and civil anti-kickback investigations and ended joint ventures with kidney doctors at 28 dialysis clinics.

October 2014 - From having a LinkedIn profile to using recruiters to your advantage, this month we dive into the most practical ways you can search for, and get, the job of your dreams.

September 2014 - This month, ACFE Regent Joseph Agins, Director of Ethics and Compliance Investigations for Apollo Education Group Inc. describes the inner workings of student loan frauds and how his fraud squad goes after the people behind the fraudulent applications.

August 2014 - In this episode, John Gill, J.D., CFE, ACFE VP of Education speaks with Leah Lane, CFE, CFS, Director of Global Investigations at a large, multi-national company, about the key steps to take when conducting cross-border investigations.

July 2014 - Tyson Johnson, CFE, Vice President of Business Development at BrightPlanet, discusses the value of using open source intelligence on the Deep Web and in social media to stop online fraud. Tyson will also be speaking at the 2014 ACFE Canadian Fraud Conference in Toronto  

June 2014 - In this month's episode, Eric Feldman, CFE, Managing Director of Corporate Ethics and Compliance Programs at Affiliated Monitors, discusses the distinct relationship between a strong ethics/compliance program and a company's bottom line.

May 2014 - Jeff Windham, J.D., CFE, Analyst at Forensic Strategic Solutions, counts down the top 10 ways fraud examiners can fall into legal traps during examinations. The pitfalls include (10) admissibility challenges, (9) searches, (8) employee rights, (7) invasion of privacy, (6) malicious prosecution and abuse of power, (5) financial privacy, (4) duress, (3) privileges and work product protection, (2) false imprisonment and (1) defamation.

April 2014 - Janet McHard, CFE, founding partner of McHard Accounting Consultants, gives listeners tips on how to market your CFE credential, your practice and, ultimately, yourself. You can read more about how to successfully start your own business and promote yourself in Janet's archived Fraud Magazine article, " Hanging Out Your Shingle."  

March 2014 - This month, Fraud Talk asks, and answers, the question, "What can we learn from fraudsters?" from the ACFE's VP of Education John Gill, J.D., CFE, and Allan Bachman, CFE, ACFE Education Manager.  

February 2014 - Jacob Parks, J.D, CFE, ACFE Research Specialist, gives FraudTalk listeners an inside look into the origins of a new form of digital currency, and the risks and fraud schemes associated with it.