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.
Emerging technologies will impact fraud detection and prevention
February 2020
James Ruotolo, CFE, senior director, product management and marketing at SAS, shares key findings
from a joint report of the ACFE and SAS about the impact emerging technologies, like AI, will have on
the anti-fraud profession.
The 5 most scandalous fraud cases of 2019
January 2020
Watch as ACFE President and CEO Bruce Dorris, J.D., CFE, CPA, and Fraud Magazine Associate
Editor Emily Primeaux, CFE, reveal the most scandalous fraud case of our 2019 list.
Fraudster capitalizes on missing internal controls
December 2019
Convicted fraudster Andrea Baxendale noticed that internal controls had become lax at her job as a
cost accountant, so she abused her company's trust and started to steal money for herself.