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“Obviously unusual to have a DOJ employee, let alone a lawyer, walk into the Chinese Embassy and, let alone, meet with the Chinese Ambassador of the United States.”
In this clip from the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, Michael E. Horowitz talks about his surprising connection to the 1MDB case, due to a fellow U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyer working to assist those who committed the fraud.
As joint operations center manager for the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), Chris Covington, CFE, learned tools and tricks for identifying fraudsters. Pulling from a large dataset generated during the pandemic, in his presentation at the 34th Annual Global Fraud Conference Covington outlined applicable examples of red flags to look for and fraud fighting strategies that Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) can implement in their industries today.
Read More“I spent all night scanning page after page after page after page of the reports, and I kept seeing money laundering.”
At the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, Miranda Patrucic goes in depth about her investigation into the Prime Minister of Montenegro.
Read More“The bank robber expects to be arrested, it's an occupational hazard. The bank teller who embezzled does not; they think they are smarter than everyone else.” Wendy Evans, CFE, ACFE Regent and senior manager of ethics core programs and services at Lockheed Martin opened her session at the 34th ACFE Global Fraud Conference explaining that she originally had hesitancy when she first began investigating fraud, thinking it would just consist of boring cases, but as evidenced by her quote, she quickly realized that white-collar crime was vastly different from her experience with typical police work. In her session “Ethics and the Investigative Process, From Intake to Outcome,” Wendy walked attendees through internal ethics investigations, best practices when conducting them and common mistakes made.
Read More“This is our first ACFE conference, and it is great. The check-in was smooth, and I am looking forward to the Crypto Panel discussion and the “How to Satisfy the Objectives of Your Investigative Interview.” It is very prevalent in my job, so I am really looking forward to that.”
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