In Case You Missed It: 36th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference

The 36th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference welcomed more than 5,400 attendees to this year's event, which was held in person in Nashville, Tennessee, and virtually. The conference featured an inspiring lineup of keynote and breakout session speakers, an ACFE Foundation Fundraising Concert headlined by The Marshall Tucker Band, networking sessions and more.  

Whether you were able to attend the ACFE Global Fraud Conference this year or not, here are some highlights from an amazing week. 

Educational Sessions and Keynote Speakers

Visit FraudConferenceNews.com to discover key takeaways from some of the more than 90 sessions presented this year by subject-matter experts from across the anti-fraud profession. Below are a few sessions to get you started:

The Art of Radical Sharing

Keynote speaker and 2025 ACFE Guardian Award recipient, Marina Walker Guevara, opened her session by connecting her work as an investigative journalist to the work that fraud examiners do every day. Walker Guevara, executive editor of the Pulitzer Center, detailed her work as a reporter, investigating public interest stories by leveraging data and holding powerful people to account. 

Read more from Marina Walker Guevara’s keynote session. 

Eliminating Escape Routes for Deceptive Interviewees 

Daniel Porter, CFE, discussed how to identify and eliminate “escape routes” deceptive individuals use to avoid detection. He emphasized that effective interviews require understanding communication, referencing Albert Mehrabian’s research that only a small percentage of communication is verbal, with the majority of communication being nonverbal and paralinguistic.  

Read more about the advanced fraud interview strategies Porter presented. 

Battling the Dark Side of AI: The Deepfake Dilemma

Corey Chadderton presented his session on the impact of hyper realistic AI-generated media, otherwise known as deepfakes. He highlighted how deepfakes pose significant vulnerabilities across various fields, from financial institutions to national security. Chadderton provided attendees with fundamental best practices to identify and mitigate deepfake threats. 

Read more about Chadderton’s recommendations to deter deepfakes. 

The Fine Line Between Oversight and Overreach

Gerry Zack, CFE, CCEP, CIA, focused on mitigating risk by navigating privacy issues during fraud investigations. From social media posts to messy divorces and document retention policies, Zack walked attendees through a variety of scenarios to brainstorm how to handle difficult situations in the workplace.  

Read more from Zack’s session on how to handle privacy issues in fraud investigations.  

ACFE Foundation Fundraising Concert 

Anti-fraud professionals packed into a sold-out Chief’s on Broadway in Nashville to support the future of fraud prevention and detection through the ACFE Foundation Fundraising Concert, featuring The Marshall Tucker Band. 

The mission of the ACFE Foundation is to increase the body of anti-fraud knowledge and support future anti-fraud professionals worldwide. The foundation provides funding for Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarships, as well as endowments, research and other educational projects provided through the ACFE Research Institute.

Hosted by the ACFE Middle Tennessee Chapter, this year’s fundraiser brought in more than $20,000 between ticket sales to the event and additional donations.  

Thank you to everyone who donated and supported the ACFE Foundation!

Picture-Perfect Event

Don’t forget to check out the photos from this year’s conference! 

Get a glimpse at what the 36th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference looked like when more than 2,000 in-person attendees arrived at the Music City Center in Nashville at FraudConferenceNews.com.

In addition to photos from the conference, watch video clips from this year's keynote speakers, which included World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss and more.

Find more video clips from 36th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference here. 

Don't forget that conference attendees receive on-demand access to rewatch all sessions for one full year as part of registration.

What’s Next? 

The fun doesn’t stop here. The ACFE will host the 37th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, July 12–17, 2026, in Boston, Massachusetts, and virtually. Registration is now open!

Can’t wait until then? Register for other upcoming ACFE conferences, including the 2025 ACFE Fraud Conference Asia-Pacific and 2025 ACFE Fraud Conference Canada, both available in-person and virtually.

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