Fraud Talk

January 2017 -

December 2016 - In this interview with David Debenham, J.D., LLM, MSc, CFE, DIFA, C.F.I., C.F.S., Co-Chair, Supreme Court of Canada Practice Group, Co-Chair, Fraud Law of McMillan LLP, he discusses the impact of Canadian privacy laws on fraud investigations as established by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Digital Privacy Act.

November 2016 - In this interview with Steve McFarland, CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, he shares some commons scams he has seen targeting seniors and other consumers and discusses how to prevent them.

October 2016 - To commemorate the 50th episode of Fraud Talk, ACFE VP and Program Director Bruce Dorris, J.D., CFE, CPA, and ACFE VP of Education John Gill, J.D., CFE, highlight three news stories and what they mean for fraud examiners.

September 2016 - In this interview with Kelly Todd, CFE, CPA, CFF, Vice President at Forensic Strategic Solutions, we discuss a corruption case in a public school system in North Carolina. The district lost more than $3 million after a local company sent the district phony invoices and then kicked back some of the money to the director and other employees of the district’s transportation department.

August 2016 - From the complexities of multi-layer authentication to simple practices like electronically wiping equipment before disposal, Liseli Pennings, CFE, training director of the ACFE, shares some ways that organizations can protect themselves from becoming victims of identity theft.

July 2016 - This month, we speak with Laura Hymes, CFE, ACFE Managing Editor, about two cases discussed in the Bribery and Corruption Casebook

June 2016 - Mary Breslin, CFE, CIA, president of Empower Audit, shares the lessons she learned from her very first fraud case and the red flags she spotted within the first 10 minutes of a routine audit.