• March/April 2024 | Vol. 39 | No. 2

Featured Articles

  • Defiant together

    Jennifer Griffith, CFE, and Sarah Carver, CFE, spent years informing their superiors in the U.S. Social Security Administration office where they worked about an operation between a lawyer and an administrative law judge to fraudulently approve thousands of disability claims. But instead of rewarding them for uncovering a massive fraud, their bosses retaliated against them. Carver and Griffith talk to Fraud Magazine about their journey as whistleblowers and their courage to fight for the truth even when the odds were stacked against them.

    Playing fair

    Football — the international sport, with strikers and goalkeepers — is beloved around the world, but in an intense game where professional teams compete for wins and financial survival, fraud is commonplace. Here’s a primer on the many schemes on and off the field and meaningful steps that football clubs and leagues could take to fight fraud in the sport.

    Behind the blocks

    Charlie Shrem was atop the cryptocurrency world as CEO of pioneering bitcoin exchange BitInstant when he was arrested for indirectly facilitating drug sales on the dark web. Now post-prison, Shrem talks to Fraud Magazine about his transformation into an evangelist for compliance and regulation in crypto and where he thinks the industry will go next.

    The irrevocable trust

    In 2023, Christopher Linscott, CFE, CPA, CIRA, arranged a donation of $250,000 to the ACFE Foundation — the single largest donation to the foundation ever. Here’s the story of how a Ponzi scheme that bilked thousands of military veterans and retirees became the impetus for that donation.

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