Accounting Students Must Have Armor of Fraud Examination
The Association offers the syllabus, instructor notes, materials, and teaching aids derived from its recent University of Texas graduate fraud examination course free of charge to institutions of higher learning.

ACFE Awards First Cliff Robertson Sentinel Award to Namesake
The respected actor is honored for standing up to the duplicitous Hollywood establishment and lends his name to an award that will honor other whistle-blowers 'For Choosing Truth Over Self.'

Admission-seeking interviews & false confessions
The goal of the fraud examiner is to get to the truth in an investigation. After the perpetrator is identified, getting a confession is the icing on the cake - unless the confession turns out to be false. In this session, you'll learn about some of the research that has been done in this area, how to prevent false confessions, and how to respond to claims that a confession is false.

At last, companies are listening: Fraud risk assessments
From the March/April issue of Fraud Magazine

The Big Apple Delivers: Fraud Examiners Get the Instruction they Need At Eleventh Annual Fraud Conference & Trade Show
Broadway turned out to be the right way for fraud examiners from around the globe as they converged on the Big Apple for the Eleventh Annual Fraud Conference and Trade Show and got what they needed – practical, meaty instruction seasoned with invaluable

Build an Antifraud Practice
This article details the steps two CPAs used to build and promote a practice in the fast-growing anti-fraud field.

The CFE Academy Experience
When I was notified that my department was sending me to the CFE Academy to learn about computer fraud, I was delighted.

CFE Designation Now 'Enhancing Criteria' For FBI Applicants
Certified Fraud Examiners will now receive special consideration when applying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Fraud prevention: the latest techniques. Developing and auditing loss prevention policies and procedures, Part 1
Sweeping changes continue to reshape the workplace. The role of the loss prevention director has found his role dramatically changing from the primary role of protecting the organization's assets. This session provides an in-depth look at the essential elements of developing an effective loss prevention program. Also discussed will be guidance in auditing policies and procedures.

Fraud prevention: the latest techniques. Developing and auditing loss prevention policies and procedures, Part 2
Sweeping changes continue to reshape the workplace. The role of the loss prevention director has found his role dramatically changing from the primary role of protecting the organization's assets. This session provides an in-depth look at the essential elements of developing an effective loss prevention program. Also discussed will be guidance in auditing policies and procedures.

FBI Combats Financial Fraud with CFEs
Brian Lamkin, chief of the FBI's Financial Crimes Section, directs his team of agents and analysts to tackle fraud while working toward additional recognition for CFEs.

Protecting the public interest: Fraud in the government, Lessons learned while building an investigative procurement fraud detection program
It’s a fraud that affects both the public and private sector — procurement fraud. It’s also a fraud that is difficult to detect. In this session, you’ll learn how to build a proactive investigative procurement fraud detection program and how to avoid making some mistakes that could be costly and program counter-productive. Also discussed will be procurement fraud risk analysis, financial system data-mining, and the need for procurement fraud referrals.

Fraud Examination in Academia: Higher Education Should Help Stave off Fraud and Abuse
Fraud examination and forensic accounting classes have to become part of the academic curriculum.

The Fraud Examiner
Detectives--either in law enforcement or in the private sector--typically have distinct personality traits.

Fraud Fighters Learn Latest Techniques at 7th Annual European Fraud Conference
Attendees at the 7th Annual European Fraud Conference not only had many opportunities to network but they had a choice of 12 breakout sessions within three tracks - Current Issues, High Tech, and Practical Fraud Techniques.

Protecting the public interest: Fraud in government. Grant/Contract fraud in the public sector
Not all fraud involves the theft of assets, but rather some involve the misuse of assets. Every year, Federal, State and Local Governments award thousands of dollars in grant/contracts to vendors. However, the grant money is not always prudently managed. This session focuses on the ways and manner in which government grants are misapplied or misused, oftentimes to the benefit of the program administrator.

Fraud Edge: Introducing Fraud Examination into the Classroom


Fraud preventions: The latest techniques. Developing a strategy to fight fraud
Does your organization have a strategy to fight fraud? It's not enough just to detect and investigate fraud, but a well-rounded anti-fraud program will also have taken measures that will prevent fraud. Once this is implemented, everything else will fall into place. Learn how you can develop strategies that will work for you.

Merger and Acquisition Fever: The Expanding Role of Fraud Examiners in the Booming Acquisition Market
By applying their forensic accounting, analytical, and legal skills, fraud examiners can help clients identify potential issues before they commit to purchase a company, preventing unfortunate surprises after the deal has closed.

Starting out: FOR AND ABOUT FRAUD-FIGHTING STUDENTS IN HIGHER-ED - New Graduate Extols Internship Programs
Students can help increase our profession’s effectiveness at fighting fraud by augmenting the college experience with fraud-fighting internships.

Note to Self: `Use Check Lists!` Background Investigation Check Lists Keep Clients Smiling
Background investigation check lists can ensure that you’ll complete the appropriate searches and quickly collect the right data the first time.

Practical solutions to current fraud issues: Producing electronic evidence
In recent financial statement scandals, much of the publicity centered around shredded documents and deleted e-mails. While this might not be a common occurrence, nevertheless, if this happened in your organization, what would you do? Learn how you might handle this situation if you are confronted with situation as well as some good tips on protecting information that might make a difference in litigation.

Fraud prevention: The latest techniques. Proactive fraud risk reviews: Page 1
In order to combat the modern day fraudster, you need to stay one step ahead of the game. Management must realize that they are not immune to fraud and abuse and must be willing to root out the causes and address their concerns head on. To be successful in the fight against fraud you need a game plan that addresses all opportunities for fraud and abuse and details a plan of action. Learn what the best practices are and what you can use to perform a fraud risk review within your organization.

Fraud prevention: The latest techniques. Proactive fraud risk reviews: Page 2
In order to combat the modern day fraudster, you need to stay one step ahead of the game. Management must realize that they are not immune to fraud and abuse and must be willing to root out the causes and address their concerns head on. To be successful in the fight against fraud you need a game plan that addresses all opportunities for fraud and abuse and details a plan of action. Learn what the best practices are and what you can use to perform a fraud risk review within your organization.

Sherlock Holmes, CPA, Part 1
The first step in uncovering fraud in the auditor’s bailiwick: analyzing financial information.

Fraud's Finer Points: Skimming revenue, part three: Stealing cash payments from customers
In the past two columns, we've discussed many methods fraud perpetrators use to steal checks from the organization and then convert them for personal benefit. Employees perpetrate these skimming frauds by removing funds from the organization prior to recording accountability for the transactions in the accounting system. Here we'll discuss some of the methods employees use to skim funds by stealing customer payments made in cash.

So You Want To Be A Fraud Examiner?
Becoming a fraud examiner is not a piece of cake; it takes exactly the right combination of skills.

Successful SIU: Building a Special Investigation Unit That Works
Special Investigation Units, in the private and public sectors, can fight fraud more effectively by developing professional relationships with prosecutors, marketing capabilities, and keeping current on fraud examination issues and techniques.

13th Annual Fraud Conference Trade Show Packed with Applicable Information
ACFE's annual conference is more than a networking opportunity; it's a clearinghouse of practical, relevant fraud examination knowledge.

Healthcare and Insurance fraud: Using technology to detect healthcare fraud
Even though strides have been made to defeat health care fraud, it continues to be alive and healthy. Where fraud examiners used to have to wait for tips, technology has provided better ways of detecting fraud. And, you don't have to be a technology expert to find it. Using software that most likely you already have, you'll learn how to research and run queries to find aberrant billing patterns that have a higher probability for fraud.

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