Rethinking How Investigators Detect Lies and Deceit

Rethinking How Investigators Detect Lies and Deceit

Evoking images of Big Macs and zombies, Dr. David Lieberman captivated more than 5,500 conference attendees during Monday afternoon’s keynote session at the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.

Dr. Lieberman wove clever, often humorous, storytelling into his presentation on the psychology behind detecting lies, and particularly, what actually works and why it works. A world-renowned psychotherapist in the fields of human behavior and interpersonal relationships, Dr. Lieberman conducts workshops around the world and has authored 13 books; his most recent is titled “Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are.”

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Photos: Sunday at the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference

Photos: Sunday at the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference

Including Pre-Conference sessions, the Educator’s and Women’s Receptions, and the annual Attendee Welcome Reception featuring a special guest appearance from Seattle’s Blitz the Seahawk, here are some highlights from Sunday, June 11 at the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.

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Video: 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Winners

Video: 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Winners

Every year, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners recognizes individuals and organizations who demonstrate outstanding achievements in their professional and personal endeavors. The ACFE Awards highlight the very best of the anti-fraud profession and serve to inspire a global community of ACFE members, their colleagues and future generations of fraud fighters.

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Gurbir Grewal: Keeping Corporations on the Straight and Narrow

Gurbir Grewal: Keeping Corporations on the Straight and Narrow

Gurbir Grewal jokes that he has never been in the public eye as much as he has since he started as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s director of the division of enforcement in July last year. “Now when I go to speak as SEC enforcement director, it is almost a cottage industry, whether it is accounting firms or law firms, it generates all sorts of press and media coverage,” said Grewal, noting his comments are his own.

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ACFE Hall of Fame 2022

ACFE Hall of Fame 2022

The ACFE Hall of Fame award recognizes a fraud fighter who has taken the anti-fraud profession to a new level. This award was created to acknowledge someone whose work spans decades and is a reminder that what we do is vital to the global fight against fraud. The award encapsulates the very definition of what it means to be an anti-fraud professional. Martin Biegelman is a former federal law enforcement professional with a lifetime of investigative, security, management and consulting experience.

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James R. Baker Speaker of the Year Award: Tom Caulfield

James R. Baker Speaker of the Year Award: Tom Caulfield

The James R. Baker Speaker of the Year Award is named for an ACFE faculty member who taught hundreds of classes and instructed thousands of anti-fraud professionals. The award was first presented to Jim Baker himself in 2008, who lost his battle with cancer the same year. Since then, the award is given annually to a speaker who demonstrates the best qualities that Mr. Baker exhibited: Dedication. Experience. Knowledge. Professionalism. This year’s winner, Tom Caulfield, has more than forty years of combined experience in the private sector, federal government and the military.

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