Heard in the Halls: Education for Every Experience Level

Heard in the Halls: Education for Every Experience Level

“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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Heard in the Halls: Looking Forward to Forward Thinking

Heard in the Halls: Looking Forward to Forward Thinking

“It’s exciting to be here and be chapter leader for the Detroit chapter. It's fun to learn from these conferences and provide these opportunities for our fraud professionals in the area to come together to network. We’re looking to grow our chapter and be more involved in our community and also network with students at universities in our area.”

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Heard in the Halls: Many Facets of Fraud

Heard in the Halls: Many Facets of Fraud

“This is my fourth year, it’s great to be back in person and see everyone. My coworkers are here with me who I haven’t seen in two years! I thought the session about having an independent monitor [5B: Making Lemonade from Lemons: How to Benefit from the Imposition of a Monitor] was a really informative session, it matches up really well with my work as fraud investigator. I’m also going to be presenting Wednesday [SS22: How to Eliminate Uncertainty in Your Audits and Investigations], it’s going to go over some fundamental building blocks of a solid audit.” — John Clabaugh, CFE, Investigative Consultant, Liberty Forensic Advisors

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Heard in the Halls: Past, Present and Future

Heard in the Halls: Past, Present and Future

“I just graduated college in May, so I’m looking forward to the next step and careers I can go into. I love being here. It gets me into the mindset of where I want to go in my career. This is the environment to be in to see your future goals achieved. There's a lot of opportunities I didn’t know about before I got here.” — Kirra Clark, Student Intern, John J College of Criminal Justice

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Heard in the Halls: Looking Forward After Pre-Conference Sessions

Heard in the Halls: Looking Forward After Pre-Conference Sessions

“Right now I couldn’t be better I just won the raffle for the free CFE Prep Course so that will make the planning for the test easier now. I’m looking forward to [Shades of Green: The Rise of ESG Fraud panel]. When that one who popped up on the schedule my manager said ‘you have to attend that’ so I’m super excited not only because of my company but also myself that’s such a hot topic.”

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Seen on the Screen: Forging Ahead in the Fight Against Fraud

Seen on the Screen: Forging Ahead in the Fight Against Fraud

“So far, the session that has left the greatest impression on me is ‘Seeing What You Want to See: How Confirmation Bias Affects Fraud Examinations.’ It was helpful to examine my own bias, how it could hinder a fraud investigation and what I can personally do to make sure I remain objective to the facts of the case. I will definitely use this information immediately.” — Ugunda Toussant, CFE, Senior Investigator at Kinecta Federal Credit Union

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Seen on the Screen: Reshaping and Relearning

Seen on the Screen: Reshaping and Relearning

“Technology has continued to advance and enable remote collaboration better than ever while we are all still physically apart — a silver lining to the pandemic! I have appreciated technology and video conferencing enabling more frequent and timely collaboration with fellow anti-fraud professionals, such as through the remote roundtable discussions provided by the ACFE for Corporate Alliance members and through Discord at the Global Fraud Conference.” James Rumph, CFE, Sr. Director, Enterprise Anti-Fraud Team at Nationwide Insurance and Chairperson of the ACFE Chapter Leaders Committee

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