The Era of Generative AI  

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The Era of Generative AI  

To echo the sentiments of Joe Rogan and Steve Jobs, Nina Schick’s session at the 2023 ACFE Fraud Conference Europe was “really, really scary and really, really cool.” Schick, author, entrepreneur and widely recognized as one of the first generative AI experts, enthralled her virtual audience during her discussion on the history, growth and outlook of the newest form of artificial intelligence, generative AI. A concept that is less than 10 years old, generative AI has completely moved beyond artificial intelligence as we’ve known it before — it can create data that assists in production of things we’ve historically only associated with human intelligence, such as text, music, images and video. 

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ABCs of Emotional Intelligence in Investigations 

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ABCs of Emotional Intelligence in Investigations 

The first day of the 2023 ACFE Fraud Conference Europe concluded with a session on emotional intelligence by Lloydette Bai-Marrow, a founding partner of Parametric Global Consulting, a former lawyer for the U.K. government and a visiting faculty member at the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Vienna.  Her goal for this session was to discuss recognizing how emotions can affect an investigation, how to employ emotional intelligence to manage investigations, and how to identify the four types of emotional intelligence and how they apply in investigations. 

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"Thanks for the Nightmares!" A Deep Dive into Technology Crime

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"Thanks for the Nightmares!" A Deep Dive into Technology Crime

In a session that had many virtual attendees joking about having nightmares tonight, going completely off the grid and hiding under blankets, Walt Manning, CEO of Techno-Crime Institute, told a story about darknet, cryptocurrency, encrypted messaging apps, burner phones, ransomware and more at the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.

In his session, "You're in Charge: Are You Ready for a Techno-Crime Challenge," Manning discussed the above and offered this piece of advice: "This is not the fraud of the future - this is the fraud of right now. And if you're not prepared, you need to be prepared because it's already happening."

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Psychology of Fraud

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Psychology of Fraud

The 2022 ACFE Women’s Summit opened with a group of panelists well-versed in the first topic — the psychology of fraud. As fraud examiners, one of the biggest questions we ask ourselves is why people commit fraud. Andi McNeal, CFE, CPA, director of research at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) framed that question with more direction at the start of the session: “What ultimately leads someone to cross that ethical line, and how do they keep motivating themselves to continue their crimes?”

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