Fraud Fighter Podcast

Dr. Scott Grob is a subject matter expert in anti-money laundering with the Association of Certified Anti-Money Specialists (ACAMS).  ACAMS is the gold standard in international anti-money laundering and compliance training.

www.acams.org
www.acamstoday.org

In this episode, we discuss:

1. The value of the CAMS credential
2. How ACAMS helps society in fighting money laundering
3. How money laundering is an international problem.
4. The training that ACAMS provides to stop money laundering

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Kirk Sanders is an attorney that concentrates on fiduciary litigation.  He is a partner with the law firm Hendrick, Bryant, Nerhood, Sanders & Otis LLP.

https://hendricklawfirm.com/
https://hendricklawfirm.com/our-attorneys/kirk-sanders/

In this episode, we discuss:

1. What happens when someone violates their financial fiduciary duty
2. When does it cross over from civil to criminal violations?
3. The types of professional assistance: consulting and expert witness
4. How forensic accountants and examiners assist in fiduciary litigation
5. How experience is key in consulting a litigator
6. What is required to be a good expert witness in court?
7. The best way a forensic accountant can market themselves to fiduciary litigators.

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Afi Johnson-Parris is an attorney specializing in family law at her law firm.  She is board certified in family law with the North Carolina Bar Association.

https://johnsonparrislaw.com/

In this episode, we discuss:

1. The main reasons that couples file for divorce
2. The value of a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst credential during divorce proceedings
3. How a forensic accounting examination in a divorce resulted in an additional $1 million settlement
4. How family law attorneys find outside help, such as forensic accountants and business valuation experts
5. The value of forensic accountants writing articles, giving presentations, and being an expert witness in mock trials
6. Why the expert witness needs to put in plain English the financial argument in court
7. How good trial lawyers are storytellers so that the evidence makes sense to the judge and jury.

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Ryan Rasske is the Senior Vice President of Risk Management and Compliance Markets with the American Bankers Association.

• General contact information for ABA:
  • Website - www.aba.com
  • Email ABA – [email protected]
  • Phone – 1-800-Bankers (800-226-5377)
• To learn more about ABA’s Certified AML and Fraud Professional Certification (CAFP):
  • Visit – www.aba.com/CAFP
• Contact Ryan Rasske directly:
  • LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com/in/ryanrasske
  • Email – [email protected]

In this episode, we discuss:

1. What is the American Bankers Association (ABA)
2. How the ABA helps with training and tools for its members to fulfill its mission.
3. The value of the Certified Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud Professional (CAFP) credential.
4. How the CAFP is different than other banking credentials.
5. Why cyber-enabled crimes, cryptocurrency, scams, and ransomware are here to stay
6. Recommendations to get into the anti-fraud and anti-money laundering industry
7. How you can help ABA in its mission
8. An example of internal fraud from a bank employee
9. The resources have helped Passke in his career in banking.
10. How innovation and technology is changing the banking world
11. The importance of getting people involved in building products and services.

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Doug Miller is a retired special agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.  He is currently an investigator with the North Carolina State Bar, which is a state government agency that investigates and prosecutes attorneys practicing in North Carolina. 

www.ncbar.gov

In this episode, we discuss:

1. The role of the NC State Bar in investigating and prosecuting attorneys
2. The common reasons that attorneys become disbarred.
3. How to limit the risk in finding an unethical attorney.
4. How the NC State Bar investigates allegations of theft by attorneys
5. The current crisis of cybercrimes against real estate closing transactions.

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John Gill is an attorney and Certified Fraud Examiner.  He is the Vice President of Education with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

www.ACFE.com

In this episode, we discuss:

1. The origin of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
2. Why the ACFE only has the CFE credential
3. The four sections on the test
4. How certified fraud examiners uncovered Bernie Madoff and the WorldCom scandal
5. What the requirements to take the test
6. Resources available for continuing education and job placement
7. How the ACFE wants qualified instructors and writers for their continuing education
8. How to start your career as a certified fraud examiner
9. The value of the local chapters of the ACFE
10. What opportunities are available when you earn the CFE credential
11. How technology is the biggest challenge for the ACFE

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Jonathan Levin is a co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Chainalysis, a company that traces the blockchain for multiple cryptocurrencies and provides many services regarding cryptocurrency.  He has a Master's Degree in Economics from Oxford University and was recently recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of 40 under 40 influencers in finance.

email: [email protected]

Twitter: @jony_levin

In this episode, we discuss:

1. How Chainalysis started
2. How the Mount Gox bankruptcy started Chainalysis as the leader in tracing Bitcoin
3. How Chainalysis is fighting fraud and money laundering markets.  See http://markets.chainalysis.com
4. Certifications and courses that Chainalysis provides (Reactor, Know Your Transaction)
5. Why financial institutions need to monitor and understand cryptocurrency
6. What steps to take to start a career in tracing cryptocurrency
7. Why cryptocurrency is more of a technology than financial transactions
8. Chainalysis helped the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, and other federal agencies in an international child abuse and money laundering investigation on Welcome to Video (https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-korean-national-and-hundreds-others-charged-worldwide-takedown-largest-darknet-child)
9. His motivation is to stop bad actors from using the blockchain and to expand the technology worldwide

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Kearns Davis is a white-collar defense attorney with the law firm Brooks, Pierce.  He is a former federal Assistant United States Attorney and past president of the North Carolina Bar Association.

https://brookspierce.com/our-people/attorneys/kearns-davis

In this episode, we discuss:

1. What steps a lawyer takes when initially contacted by a client
2. The characteristics of a good white-collar defense attorney
3. The qualifications of a forensic accountant when helping a white-collar defense attorney
4. The expectations of a forensic accountant when helping the defense attorney
5. How a white-collar defense attorney reviews all the information provided by the government
6. What happens when a client is in denial about the possible outcome
7. How a justice system is necessary and essential to society.

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Chuck Cohen spent over 20 years at the Indiana State Police in various positions, including white-collar crimes and crimes against children.  After retiring, he became the Vice President of the National White Collar Crime Center, where he creates, implements, and promotes training for fraud investigators and cybercrime investigators.

[email protected]
www.nw3c.org

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Why the NW3C organization exists
2. Why the NW3C created the Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner (CECFE) credential
3. Why he became a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
4. What he learned when assigned to a federal task force with IRS-Criminal Investigation
5. The emotional impact of fraud investigations for both the victim and the investigators
6. How the investigations on crimes against children is similar to fraud investigations

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Have you ever wanted to know the inner workings behind the scenes about rulings made by a federal judge?  In this episode, we discuss the role of the United States Probation Office and how the results of forensic accounting, which include actual loss amounts, intended loss amounts, and restitution are important in criminal proceedings.

Once a defendant is arrested, the United States Probation Office assists the federal court in determining pretrial release conditions, calculating a sentencing recommendation, and ensuring that the defendant is complying with the judge's orders after incarceration.

In this episode, we discuss:

1. After an arrest, how the US Probation Office interviews the defendant to ascertain the flight risks and makes a recommendation of pre-trial release conditions to the judge.
2. What criteria are taken into consideration when a judge sentences the defendant?
3. The importance of relevant conduct as part of the pre-sentence report submitted to the judge.
4. In most cases in white-collar cases, restitution is required.  What happens if a defendant fails to pay restitution as ordered by the Court?

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