Arizona Chapter

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:                                   Arizona Industrial Commission

                                                800 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ

1st Floor Auditorium

 

Costs:                                    $100.00 Members and $150.00 Non-Members* 

Due (postmarked) by October 10, 2007

                                                Make check payable to “ACFE ARIZONA

                                                CHAPTER” and mail to:

                                               

                                                ACFE ARIZONA CHAPTER

                                                P.O. Box 27693

                                                Scottsdale, Arizona  85255-0144

                                                                       

                                                *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 Kolisar, U.S. Postal Inspector, Phoenix Field Office

                                                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 Svcs, Washington D.C.

                                                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 U.S. Attorneys General for his trial work.  He has never lost a trial.

 

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.

As a broker, builder and then as an asset manager for the Resolution Trust Corporation, he had a unique window through which to study the banking and real estate crisis of the 1980s.  The problems were of a magnitude not seen since the Great Depression.

In March of 1990, Robert was called before the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress to give an overview of the Arizona Real Estate market and explain the causes behind Arizona’s greatest building boom and the following bust.

In early 2004, he saw many of the same conditions that led to the bubble of the 80’s.  Using information derived from the 80’s and his knowledge of the current market, he created seminars to warn of the coming real estate crisis.

Now that the Bubble has burst, the question is “How low will prices go and who is to blame?”

 

 

Speaker 3:      Ray Kolisar, U.S. Postal Inspector Phoenix Field Office

 

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. Los Angeles chapter.

 

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 Phoenix involving burglaries, armed robberies, mail theft, identity theft and a few shootings.

 

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 Las Vegas. This race is the largest sporting event in the world for law enforcement.

 

 

Speaker 4:      Ann Koenig, Southwest Regional Director, AACRAO (American Association of Collegiate Registrars and                                                                      Admissions Officers) Intl. Education Svcs, Washington D.C.

 

Topic:             Diploma Mill Fraud:  Degree Mills and Fraudulent Credentials

 

  • What is a “Degree Mill” and what do we mean by “Bogus Credentials”?
  • Why are Degree Mills so popular?
  • Why are Degree Mills a problem and whom do they hurt?
  • How do Degree Mills operate?
  • Are Diploma Mills illegal?
  • What makes an educational institution legitimate?
  • How can I spot a Diploma Mill degree in a person’s resume or application form?
  • If the university is legitimate, how can a person’s education be verified?
  • Why is it important to verify institutions and educational credentials?
  • What can be done to guard against academic credential fraud?

 

 

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 Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, WI; registrar and head of academic advising at the University of Maryland University College campus in Schwabisch Gmund, Germany; international admissions at Golden Gate University in San Francisco; and international undergraduate admissions at the University of California, Berkeley.

 

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 Albania and Poland, as well as pending AACRAO publication on the educational systems of the countries of Central Asia.  Her published work also includes articles for AACRAO’s quarterly journal C&U (College and University) on best practices in the review and verification of academic records, and the use of electronic resources in foreign credential evaluation.  In addition, Ms. Koenig is a contributor to the 2006 AACRAO handbook Guide to Bogus Institutions and Documents.

 

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