Live coverage from the ACFE Global Fraud Conference, including anti-fraud articles, session highlights, video clips and photo gallery.
“For Choosing Truth Over Self,” the ACFE presented James Holzrichter with the Cliff Robertson Sentinel Award during the closing General Session at the 26th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.
Read More“I went into prison thinking my life was over, but it turned out to be a lifesaving and life-changing experience,” said convicted fraudster* Nathan Mueller during the closing General Session of the 26th Annual Global Fraud Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. During his incarceration, he told attendees, he became “the person I always wanted to be.” Unfortunately, Mueller and his family had to travel a rocky and costly path so he could become a changed man.
Read More“I had to have a reason personally to have that extra money,” Nathan Mueller, convicted fraudster*, told attendees at the 26th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. “I started the gambling, I had never gambled before, to cover up the fraud, and then I started stealing to gamble. So that’s why it went on so long. That’s why it increased from that first $1,100 check to, there was a day when I took $400,000 in one day.”
Read MoreCarolyn W. Colvin, acting commissioner for the Social Security Administration, told attendees during the Tuesday morning General Session that the agency's message to those that attempt to defraud Social Security is plain: "We will find you, we will prosecute you, we will seek the maximum punishment under the law, and we will fight to restore the money you have stolen from the American people."
Read MoreThick skin and confidence. Those are just two of the skills the first-ever women’s panel offered female anti-fraud professionals during yesterday’s session at the ACFE Global Fraud Conference. Cynthia Cooper, CFE, CEO of Cooper Group, moderated a panel of five women representing public, private, government and corporate worlds.
Read More"I think we need a change in investigations. We need an evolution because of technology," said Walt Manning, CFE, president of Investigations MD in his session, "Untraceable Links: Technology Tricks Used by Crooks to Cover Their Tracks," at the 26th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. "We have to change the way we think about technology because it's not working anymore," he continued.
Read MoreGeoff Gentry, regional director for ISE, delivered "Hackers, Attack Anatomy, and Security Trends," an informative session on how to improve security systems. "When you lack systems with checks and balances, then disaster happens," warned Gentry. "You have to operate on the premise that the bad guys are already in your network."
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