Keeping the Story Going: Honoring Investigative Reporter Jeff German

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Keeping the Story Going: Honoring Investigative Reporter Jeff German

At the Tuesday afternoon general session honoring investigative reporter Jeff German, Las Vegas Review-Journal editor Glenn Cook told 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference attendees about the time German found himself on the receiving end of a sucker punch from a Mafia associate. People unhappy with German’s reporting smashed his windows and slashed his car tires. But these acts of intimidation didn’t deter German; instead, he confronted the subject of his story one night at the old Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. 

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Predators Versus Situational Fraudsters

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Predators Versus Situational Fraudsters

During her Tuesday morning breakout session, “Expanding Fraud Risk Awareness: Rationalization and Dark Triad Personalities,” Stephanie Mongiello, J.D., CFE, used Wood as an example of a predator-type fraudster. According to Mongiello, predator-type fraudsters are serial offenders noted for their lack of conscience. They are always on the lookout for an opportunity to commit fraud.

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U.S. Attorney Damian Williams Collapses the Distance Between Crime and Consequence

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U.S. Attorney Damian Williams Collapses the Distance Between Crime and Consequence

“I’ve always believed that we have to collapse that distance between crime and consequence,” Damian Williams told attendees of the 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Otherwise, the message that gets sent to the broader world, and, in particular, people who may be thinking about breaking the law, is diluted. For me, it was making sure that we showed the world just how quickly the Southern District of New York could move.”  

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Fraud Museum Game: The Mafia and the Making of Sin City

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Fraud Museum Game: The Mafia and the Making of Sin City

This year we’re taking conference attendees on a tour through the Vegas Strip’s most notorious players. Each year at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) Annual Global Fraud Conference, attendees get to explore some of the biggest frauds of the past — and a chance to win an Amazon gift card — with our Fraud Museum exhibit and trivia game.

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Strategies for Tackling Elder Fraud

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Strategies for Tackling Elder Fraud

Amy Nofziger, CFE, director of victim support for AARP’s Fraud Watch Network, led a lively – and sometimes sobering  – conversation with attendees during her roundtable discussion of elder fraud on Wednesday, the last day of the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. During the session, attendees put their heads together to strategize ways to help people realize when they’ve been victimized by a romance scam, erase the stigma of being a victim of fraud, contemplate the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on consumer fraud and how to talk to loved ones about fraud.

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Building Your Knowledge of Construction Fraud

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Building Your Knowledge of Construction Fraud

Everyone’s had some experience with construction, whether it’s making repairs around the home, hanging a picture or assembling a Lego set. But just because you’ve picked up a saw or hammered a nail into a wall, you aren’t an expert on construction, Wayne Kalayjian, CFE, PE, told attendees in his early Tuesday morning session, “The Money Pit: Tales of Construction Fraud and How to Prevent It.” As Kalayjian explained throughout his session, construction is a complex field. A fraud examiner without the requisite construction knowledge might as well visit a building site without a hard hat.

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