Using Technology and Social Engineering for Global Due Diligence
December 2020
Global due diligence is vital for business success and management. Cynthia Hetherington, CFE, founder
and president of Hetherington Group, explains how to use the right resources from the plethora of
information available online.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: How The Dark Web Can Aid Fraud Investigations
November 2020
Watch Emily Wilson talk about what fraud examiners need to know about the dark web and how it can be
used as a tool to help fraud examiners uncover schemes.
Looking at fraud as a symptom of unethical culture
October 2020
How much of an impact does corporate culture have fraud? Dr. Attracta Lagan, a keynote speaker at the
virtual 2020 ACFE Fraud Conference Asia-Pacific, told attendees that fraud isn't the disease itself;
rather, it is a symptom of the larger disease of unethical organizational culture.
Spotting anomalous behaviors
August 2020
"When new people come in because there's change, it's sometimes harder to spot anomalous behaviors,”
said WIRED Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson at the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.
“Of course spotting anomalous behaviors is how a lot of fraud detection works. You know the patterns
of what we do,
you look for things that don't quite fit those patterns and you identify that as fraud."
Reaching whistleblowers and incentivizing them to speak out
July 2020
Rebecca Jarvis, host of "The Dropout" podcast and a chief correspondent for ABC News, led a panel on
whistleblowing Monday at the 31st Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. She was joined by Stephen Kohn,
Partner at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP; Tom Mueller, New York Times best-selling author of "Crisis of
Conscience;" and Jane Norberg, Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower for the U.S. SEC.
Fraudster capitalizes on weak policies to steal from bank
June 2020
At the 30th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Austin last year, John Gill, J.D., CFE,
Vice President - Education, interviewed convicted fraudster Tom Hughes about his thefts while working
at a bank. Though this year's conference will be virtual, Gill will again interview a fraudster so
that CFEs can learn how they commit their crimes and rationalize their behavior. Visit FraudConference.com for more information.
Body language expert shares interview techniques and methodologies
May 2020
Body language expert Mark Bowden spoke virtually to attendees of the 2020 ACFE Fraud Conference
Europe about body language tactics for eliciting information and changing a subject's bias.
Combating increasing fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic
April 2020
Jason Zirkle, CFE, ACFE Training Director, discusses the latest fraud schemes emerging as a result of
the COVID-19 pandemic, how to protect yourself from these nefarious scams and how fraud examiners can
help their communities during this time of uncertainty.
Common computer and internet fraud schemes
March 2020
Technology is a constant factor in almost everyone’s life, and as technology advances, fraudsters
figure out to exploit it for their gain. One way fraudsters get access to computers and systems is
through social engineering.