Getting the Truth into the Right Hands 

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Getting the Truth into the Right Hands 

Whistleblowing, says Tom Devine, isn’t a new phenomenon. It’s existed for as long as there’s been an organized society. Devine, the 2025 recipient of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) Cliff Robertson Sentinel Award, told attendees during the Tuesday morning General Session at the 36th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, that as long we have had an organized society, we have had people intent on breaking rules and people who believed in doing the right thing and calling out the rule breakers. 

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No Need to Write a Book: A Whistleblower’s Guide to Protecting Yourself

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No Need to Write a Book: A Whistleblower’s Guide to Protecting Yourself

At the 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, Clark Bolton, J.D., CFE, an attorney with Morgan and Morgan, presented "No Need to Write a Book: A Whistleblower’s Guide to Protecting Yourself" to attendees. This session provided critical insights and practical advice for Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) on navigating the complex and often perilous journey of whistleblowing. Drawing from his own experiences as a successful health care whistleblower, Bolton offered attendees a comprehensive guide on how to protect themselves when faced with employer fraud. 

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On Whistleblowers, and Those Who Kept Quiet

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On Whistleblowers, and Those Who Kept Quiet

Jacqueline Bloink intimately knows what it’s like to be a whistleblower. The anxiety, the fears, the mixed emotions and more. During her time at a health care organization, she uncovered a fraud scheme. She talked a bit about her experience during her virtual presentation, “Health Care Whistleblowing: Top Cases and Trends,” for the 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. 

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Ayleen Charlotte: Breaking Down the Shame and Taboo of Fraud

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Ayleen Charlotte: Breaking Down the Shame and Taboo of Fraud

Ayleen Charlotte, fraud victim turned hero, started off her keynote address at the 2023 ACFE Fraud Conference Europe with the story that thrust her into the spotlight — a romantic tryst with a man she later learned was a convicted fraudster. Her romantic past — an emotional roller coaster and whirlwind romance, turned negative mental states, turned sweet revenge plot — was the subject of the 2022 Netflix documentary, “The Tinder Swindler,” watched by people across 200 countries around the world.

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The Power of the Small: A Conversation with Wirecard Whistleblower Pav Gill

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The Power of the Small: A Conversation with Wirecard Whistleblower Pav Gill

Taking the first step to becoming a whistleblower is a daunting task, and Pav Gill did so reluctantly. But the soft-spoken lawyer who famously brought down the once-revered German payments firm Wirecard has some inspirational words for those individuals who feel helpless in the face of enormous frauds and the powerful players who perpetrate them.

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