Taking the Plunge Into the Anti-Fraud Profession

Taking the Plunge Into the Anti-Fraud Profession

How do you make a career fighting fraud? This question formed the focus of a panel discussion among key anti-fraud experts on Tuesday at the 25th Annual ACFE Fraud Conference. Introduced and moderated by Bruce Dubinsky, CFE, CPA, CVA, CFF, managing director at Duff and Phelps, LLC, the panel covered a lot of ground and answered questions from the audience about making inroads into the profession.

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'Bring Your Own Device' Issues Require Clear Company Policies

'Bring Your Own Device' Issues Require Clear Company Policies

We live — and work — in an age of mobile technology. Most of us do not think twice about taking our cell phone or tablet with us to the office, and perhaps using it to access documents on the server or other company information. And most employers still don’t think twice about those devices being on the premises, and being used by employees for both personal and business uses.

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‘Frauds Around the World’ at the Fraud Museum Exhibit

‘Frauds Around the World’ at the Fraud Museum Exhibit

Fraud knows no borders. Take a visit around the globe at the Fraud Museum's traveling exhibit, "Fraud's Around the World," (on display in the Exhibit Hall) and see selected artifacts, memorabilia, documents and other pieces of fraud history collected by ACFE founder and Chairman Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA.

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Interviewing Fraudsters: Don’t Hold Yourself Back

Learning from past mistakes is part of growing as an investigator. When it comes to interviewing, it is important that fraud examiners don’t hold themselves back for fear of asking the wrong questions or making other miscues. Too much restraint could leave questions unasked, and stones unturned, to the detriment of the investigation.

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Developing an Ethics Hotline in Three Critical Stages

Developing an Ethics Hotline in Three Critical Stages

The most common detection method for fraud is a tip, according to the ACFE’s 2012 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud & Abuse. Other methods don't even come close – more cases are detected through tips than the next four detection methods combined, which included management review and internal audit.

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