Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners
FALL SEMINAR ON OCTOBER
17, 2007 - 8.0 HOURS CPE
When: Wednesday,
October 17, 2007, 8 a.m. –
5:00 p.m.
Where:
1st Floor Auditorium
Costs: $100.00 Members and $150.00
Non-Members*
Due (postmarked) by October
10, 2007
Make check payable to
“ACFE
CHAPTER” and mail to:
ACFE
*Note: Includes complimentary Az-CFE membership through December 2007.
Reservations: Required. To reserve your spot, contact Denise Lundeen
at deniselundeen@yahoo.com
or call 602.595.0282
(email preferred).
NOTE: This course has been determined to qualify
for 8.0 hours of POST (continuing or proficiency) training credit.
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SCHEDULE: (BIOS AND TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS ON FOLLOWING
PAGE)
8:00 a.m.. John Hueston, Attorney & Partner,
Irella & Manella, LLP
Lead
prosecutor for the trial of Skilling and Lay
TOPIC:
Behind the Scenes of the Enron Investigation and Trial: Lessons for Corporate
Governance
and the Right Internal Investigation
10:00 a.m. Robert F. Long, Long & Associates
TOPIC: Real Estate Bust
Noon Lunch
(on your own)
1:00 p.m. Ray
TOPIC: Fraud Schemes and the Use of the Mail Fraud
Statute
3:00 p.m. Ann Koenig, Southwest
Regional Director, AACRAO (American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers) Intl. Education
TOPIC:
Diploma Mill Fraud
Don’t Forget the Attendee
Resources: You can view and print speakers’
biographies and select presentations.
Check our website at www.cfe-arizona.org
(under TRAINING & EVENTS). Check
back often as bios and presentations are updated frequently.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
& TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS
Speaker 1: John
Hueston, Attorney & Partner, Irella & Manella, LLP
Topic: Behind
the Scenes of the Enron Investigation and Trial: Lessons for Corporate
Governance and the Right Internal Investigation
As a corporate crisis expert and the former lead prosecutor
for the trial of Skilling and Lay, John Hueston discusses the key turning
points in the investigation and trial of Skilling and Lay before outlining the
internal investigation that could have saved Enron, corporate governance
failures that created the climate that enabled Enron's frauds, and lessons for
avoiding Enron's mistakes.
Bio:
John Huston is a litigation partner at Irell & Manella
LLP, focusing on trial practice and securities law, corporate crisis
management, internal investigations, complex civil litigation, intellectual
property litigation, and white collar criminal defense. Mr. Hueston represents a wide range of
clients, from large Fortune 100 companies and governments to smaller businesses
and individuals.
California
Lawyer Magazine recently named Mr. Hueston a 2007
“California Attorney of the Year.” As a
prosecutor, Mr. Hueston was presented with four awards by each of the last
three
The
American Lawyer magazine named Mr. Hueston as one of
the nation’s “Fab Fifty” young litigators and one of ten Star Laterals. Fortune
magazine recently chose Mr. Hueston as one of 25 People Who Shaped the Face
of Business in 2006.
As Forbes magazine
noted of his work in the trial of Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay, where he
served as a lead prosecutor, “John Hueston was quickly able to establish a
clear, uninterrupted connection between fraudulent activities at Enron and the
two defendants….a methodically researched presentation of evidence proving the
defendants’ guilt.” The Los Angeles Times described Mr.
Hueston’s cross-examination of Lay as “devastating” and The Associated Press called him “the perfect David to Lay’s Goliath.”
Go to www.cfe-arizona.org (Under “Training
& Events”) for full biography and Enron coverage
excerpts.
Speaker 2: Robert F. Long, Long & Associates
Topic: Real
Estate Bust
The bubble
has burst! How low will prices go? Who is to blame?
Robert F.
Long is an seasoned real estate broker that has over thirty years of hands on
experience in real estate brokerage, land development, construction and
navigating through real estate storms.
Speaker 3: Ray Kolisar,
Topic: Fraud Schemes and the Use of the Mail Fraud Statute
·
Background on the U.S.P.I.S.
·
Short discussion of several well-know mail fraud
cases by our agency
·
The elements of mail fraud
·
Types of most common investment schemes
·
Characteristics of telemarketing schemes w/short
audio of undercover call
·
Tips on how to help telemarketing victims
·
Where to file a fraud complaint
Bio:
Ray Kolisar is a C.F.S. has been a U.S. Postal Inspector for
over 23 years working in the Dallas,Texas; Los Angeles, California; and
Phoenix, Arizona field offices. Ray is a prior law enforcement officer of the
year winner from the I.A.F.C.I.
Seventeen of Ray’s working years have been working
white collar crimes, including telemarketing fraud, investment fraud and
securities fraud. Ray has also worked many cases in
On the social side, for the past 10 years Ray has been
captain of his agency’s relay team that runs 120 miles in the LAPD's
Challenge Cup Relay Race every April from Baker, CA to
Speaker 4: Ann Koenig, Southwest Regional Director, AACRAO (American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions
Officers) Intl. Education
Topic: Diploma
Mill Fraud: Degree Mills and Fraudulent
Credentials
Bio:
Ann Koenig
has worked in the field of higher education administration since 1988. Prior to joining the International Education
Offices of AACRO in 2002, Ms. Koenig worked on several university campuses and
in two other foreign credential evaluation services. Her campus-based experience includes graduate
admissions at the
Ms. Koenig
is active in national and international professional associations for
international education and is a well-regarded author, presenter and workshop
leader on topics in international educational credentials, country educational
systems, and academic document and diploma mill fraud. A specialist in the evaluation of academic
credentials from eastern and southern Europe and the region of the Commonwealth
of Independent States, she is known for her published research on the
educational systems of
In her work
at AACRAO, Ms. Koenig is part of a network of professionals in several sectors
– education, public administration, law enforcement, media – and several
countries, that works together on gathering information to expose the global
problem of academic credential fraud and encouraging action against it. Members
of this network have written several books on degree mill and accreditation
fraud, testified before Congress on the bogus degree industry, helped bring
fraudsters to court, and created several public information resources on this
issue.
AGAIN….Don’t Forget the
Attendee Resources: You can view and print the speakers’
biographies and select presentations.
Check our website at www.cfe-arizona.org
(under TRAINING & EVENTS). Check
back often as bios and presentations are updated frequently. Handouts are generally not provided at the
seminar.
Info: For other information about the ACFE
and the ACFE Arizona Chapter you may visit www.acfe.com
and www.cfe-arizona.org