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Up for the challenge: Fighting fraud in an increasingly complex environment
Fraud schemes are ever more intricate, technology-driven and multinational, but there’s also more awareness and dedicated resources to fighting them than ever before, say members of the ACFE’s Board of Regents. The Regents met with Fraud Magazine during the 37th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference to discuss the current state of fraud prevention and detection, and how fraud examiners can use artificial intelligence effectively and ethically in their work.
Written By: Jennifer Liebman, CFE
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- Bribery and Corruption
- Career and Professional Development
- Fraud Investigation and Examination
Arteniece Lee, CFE
Arteniece Lee, CFE, grew up on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. She has spent more than 25 years in the insurance industry fighting fraud in Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska. She currently leads business-area compliance teams, as well as fraud and money laundering risk governance, as an assistant vice president at Horace Mann Insurance Company.
Written By: Anna Brahce, CFE
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- Career and Professional Development
- Fraud Investigation and Examination
- Fraud Risk Management
CFE Exam studies transformed my Big 4 internship
A Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential candidate talks about his experience studying for the CFE Exam while interning at a Big 4 accounting firm. The fraud examiner principles he learned in his studies changed him from a fledgling auditor into a skeptical fraud examiner with practical knowledge to enhance his future financial audit work.
Written By: Will Kelly
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- Accounting and Auditing
- Career and Professional Development
- Fraud Investigation and Examination
The high cost of cheap clothes: Unraveling fraud in fast fashion
Fraud Magazine examines how fast fashion’s fragmented global supply chain and weak oversight allow undervaluation, transshipment, greenwashing and platform-enabled counterfeiting to persist on a massive scale.
Written By: Crystal Zuzek, CFE
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- Fraud Investigation and Examination
- Fraud Prevention and Deterrence
- Legal Elements of Fraud
The Six-Dimension Scorecard: A proposed framework for assessing cyberfraud risk
The Six-Dimension Scorecard builds on the traditional Fraud Triangle for today’s digital environment. It helps fraud examiners categorize incidents as behavioral, technical or a mix of both so they can assign the right investigative resources. The author outlines how to apply the scorecard to prioritize cases, coordinate controls across people and technology risks, and clearly explain to leadership why some situations may call for specialized cybersecurity expertise.
Written By: DeAndre Redd, DBA, CFE
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- Examination
- Fraud Investigation and Examination
Keith Elliott, CFE
Keith Elliott, CFE, manages corporate and insurance fraud cases as the president and CEO of Reed Research Investigations in Ontario, Canada. A proud father and scuba-diving enthusiast, Elliott also teaches seminars on various fraud topics and has spoken at multiple ACFE Global Fraud Conferences and ACFE Fraud Conference Canada events.
Written By: Anna Brahce, CFE
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- Fraud Investigation and Examination
- Professional and Career Development
Marie Rice, Ph.D., CFE
As president of the Justice for Fraud Victims Project, Marie Rice, Ph.D., CFE, helps mitigate fraud risks for individuals, small businesses and nonprofits. She’s an assistant professor at Siena University, and values taking time to listen to clients and exercising empathy in her fraud examinations.
Written By: Anna Brahce, CFE
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- Accounting and Auditing
- Career and Professional Development
- Fraud Investigation and Examination
Saudi Arabia dental provider defrauds insurance company by duplicitous billing
A Saudi insurance company investigation discovered that a customer, a dental provider, was fraudulently billing thousands from uncontracted branches. Here’s how the insurance company discovered the evidence and broke the case.
Written By: Ibrahim AlFawaz, MBBS
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- Fraud Investigation and Examination
- Health Care Fraud
- Insurance Fraud
Taylor Swift’s Eras tour exposes ticket resale fraud
High-demand cultural events, like Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, create temporary but intense economies that may encourage fraud in ticket resale markets and other areas. Here are components of a stress test for digital payments, secondary markets and consumer protection spheres, plus principles and lessons for fraud examiners.
Written By: Kishani Udugampola, Ph.D., CFE
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- Consumer Fraud and Scams
- Cyberfraud
- Fraud Investigation and Examination
Romeo traffickers use romance as recruitment
Romeo traffickers deceive vulnerable individuals into sexual exploitation or forced labor through emotional manipulation, grooming, and false promises of love or opportunity. Fraud examiners can enhance their ability to detect and prevent such exploitation by understanding the tactics traffickers use to target and control people who are susceptible to human trafficking.
Written By: Sylvia Yu Friedman
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- Fraud Investigation and Examination
- Fraud Prevention and Deterrence
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