Career

Six candidates selected for ACFE Board of Regents’ ballot

Six candidates have been selected to compete for two positions on the 2023-2024 Board of Regents. The board sets standards to promote professionalism and to ensure the reputation of the CFE credential.

Navigating the choppy waters of internal whistleblowing

All whistleblowers pay huge costs for their honesty and courage. But internal whistleblowers, who have few legal protections, endure the greatest hardships. Here’s what you need to know to support and encourage them and to protect yourself if you ever become a whistleblower.

Inheritance scam, improving cybersecurity protection and what to do if you get scammed

Rich relative died? Your boss wanting you to click on an email’s attachment? Don’t be fooled. And here’s advice if you do succumb to scams.

Gogi Overhoff, CFE

Long before she became a fraud examiner, Gogi Overhoff, CFE, had her sights set on becoming an actress. But instead of a life on stage, she shines a spotlight on licensed accountants accused of defrauding their clients in her role as an investigator for the California Board of Accountancy.

Double trouble: Protect your charitable gift-matching program

Many companies have charitable programs that match employee donations, supporting causes and people in dire need of the funds. Yet those contributions are also susceptible to fraud. Here’s one story of abuse and what it teaches us about how to prevent this type of scam.

Preparing for deposition war

Learn from this CFE as he prepares for his first deposition as an expert witness, endures the questioning and ponders how his colleagues’ advice contributed to his success.

ACFE’s International Fraud Awareness Week returns

The ACFE kicks off its 2022 International Fraud Awareness Week, Nov. 13-19, with high-profile organizations like Walmart, Microsoft, General Mills and ADP signed on as Fraud Week Ambassadors to host in-person and virtual educational events meant to raise awareness about fraud and promote anti-fraud training.

Linguistic weapons of mass persuasion

A vocabulary of influence can be an effective advantage for anti-fraud professionals when implemented ethically and with forethought. But fraudsters use linguistic tools, too. Learn how to recognize the difference between the two and not be fooled.

Ricky D. Sluder, CFE

Ricky D. Sluder, CFE, first discovered a knack for solving fraud cases when he was a detective in Dallas County, Texas. Now the head of healthcare value engineering for Shift Technology is using his investigative know-how to help other investigators better prevent and detect fraud.

ACFE Foundation’s Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship awards students $56,000 in funds for 2022-2023 term

2022-2023 Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship winners

Facilitator, moderator or mediator

We’ve all been in meetings where prominent issues needed resolution, but after a couple of hours, the team made little or no progress. A neutral, third-party facilitator, moderator or mediator can help run meetings more efficiently and navigate all parties to desirable outcomes.

Fighting the good fight

Tony Kwok knows a lot about corruption and how to fight it. He was the former deputy commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong’s ace anti-graft agency. He talks to Fraud Magazine about how it changed the city forever and what he’s doing now to help other countries fight fraud and corruption.