• March/April 2016 | Vol. 31 | No. 2

Featured Articles

  • Truth revealed

    Senior U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, keynoter at the upcoming 27th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, hasn't shied from vividly chastising Wall Street and the U.S. government in the wake of the Great Recession.

    Blazing a trail for the Benford's Law of words, part 1

    Fraud examiners have used Benford's Law for years to detect anomalies and possible fraud in organizations' ledgers and journals. Now the author is researching a method to analyze letters of the alphabet in business documents to find fraud patterns.

    Numbers manipulator describes Enron's descent

    In his first full-length interview after exiting prison and nearly 15 years since Enron's demise, Andrew Fastow, former Enron CFO, describes how the toxic corporate culture and his rationalizations led to one of the largest and most well-known cases of corporate fraud and corruption.

    Incoming millennial fraud tidal wave

    Fraudsters are targeting millennials because of their alleged lax social media habits and optimistic natures. Learn how you can thwart perpetrators by concentrating on this large vulnerable demographic.

    Memorable cases, part 2: More pithy stories to instruct

    ACFE faculty members share more notable cases from the trenches with practical principles that you can apply.

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