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2007 Meeting Information

Below you will find a listing of our meetings for 2007.  For upcoming or more recent meetings, please use the links below.
 

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December 19, 2007 - Phoenix Crime Lab Tour

Location   621 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona
Time   Sign in by 12:45pm
Topic   There are 0 spots left, please contact secretary@cfe-arizona.org to be placed on the waiting list.

Once your reservation has been received, the chapter Secretary will email you a confirmation of your reservation.  Due to limited availability, we ask that you let us know a week in advance if you will not be able to attend in order to accommodate any wait listed members wanting to attend.

Parking is available at the parking garage at 305 West Washington Street, 2 blocks from the Lab. Limited metered parking is also available around the lab for 60 cents an hour.
Cost   Free!
 

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November 20, 2007 - Tuesday Chapter Meeting

Speaker   Anne Louise Smith, Advisor, Corporate Investigations and
Michael C. Cava,  CPP, PCI, CHS-III, Chief,
Corporate Investigations of Caremark Rx, Inc. 
Michael C. Cava
Topic   “Detecting and Investigating Pharmaceutical Fraud – A Primer”
Presentation   Slides
     

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October 17, 2007 -  Fall Seminar,  8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
 
8:00 a.m.  

John Hueston (Biography), 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
     
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 & Admissions Officers)
International Education Services, Washington D.C.
TOPIC:   Diploma Mill Fraud (presentation)
[Click for Seminar Details]

SEPTEMBER 19th, 2007       CHAPTER MEETING

 Topic:   Benford’s Law

 Speaker:   Dr. Ted Cooke,  Central Arizona Project,
                    Assistant General Manager of Financial
                    & Information Technologies

          [Click for Details]

AUGUST 19 – 22, 2007 -  INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS (IIA) WESTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN PORTLAND, OREGON

         [Click for Details]   click here for Program => [ PDF file ]

June 12, 2007   - ONE DAY INTERVIEWING COURSE

As part of the Fraudwise Academy Training Series, a one day course on Interviewing and Interrogation will be held at the Hilton Phoenix East/Mesa. Courses qualify for 6 hours of CPE/POST credit. Members of the CFE chapter will receive a discounted registration of $149.

                   [Click for Details]

June 12, 2007, TUESDAY CHAPTER MEETING

Topic:  “Notary Fraud”

Speaker:  B. Campbell, Ambassador with National Notary Association

              [Click for Details]

June 12-15 - 4 day courses in Tucson

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners – Arizona Chapter, as a service to our members, has negotiated with Reid & Associates to offer a discounted fee for their 3-day and 4-day courses in Tucson from June 12-15, 2007.

             [Click for Details]

 
June 19, 2007 -   4 HOUR TRAINING SEMINAR

Topics:    “TAX FRAUD” by Sheri Betzer, CPA, CFE

“STAYING OUT OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: CORPORATE FRAUD IN THE POST-ENRON ERA” by Martin T. Biegelman, CFE, Director of Financial Integrity for Microsoft Corporation

“TRICKS ON FINDING INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET” by Diane Stubbs, Information Professional, and Private Investigator

“COMPUTER FORENSICS-CURRENT APPLICATIONS” by Craig A. Reinmuth, MST, CPA

 Costs $50.00 Members and $75.00 Non-Members from 8:00am to 12:00 noon at the Arizona Industrial Commission, 800 W. Washington, Phoenix, Arizona

 
Ron Zahn   Martin Biegelman
     
 

Diane Stubbs

 		 

Craig Reinmuth
     
 

Sheri Betzer

 		  Attendees

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May 8, 2007, TUESDAY CHAPTER MEETING

Topic:       SECURITIES FRAUD:  A Case Study in Forensic Accounting Reporting and Related Trial Exhibits

Speaker:    Mark Klamrzynski, CPA, CFE   
Senior Forensic Accountant
Arizona Corporation Commission

             [Click for Details]

 

May 8, 2007 – MAY 10, 2007  3 day seminar

Topic:             “IDEA-Fighting Fraud with Data Mining Techniques”

Sponsor:         Audimation Services, Inc., the sole U.S. distributor of
   IDEA Data Analysis Software

Speaker:          Scott Langlinais, CPA and Teresa J. Kilpatrick, CPA, CFE

Location:        Fiesta Inn Resort, 2100 South Priest Drive, Tempe, Arizona

Cost:               $995 for 2 days and $1,445 for 3 days (register 30 or more days in advance-see brochure for discounts)
 

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April 30th 2007, REID 4 DAY COURSE

The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners – Arizona Chapter, as a service to our members, has negotiated with Reid & Associates to offer a discounted fee for their 3-day and 4-day courses in Phoenix from April 30 – May 3, 2007.   [Click for Details]

April 10, 2007, TUESDAY CHAPTER MEETING

Topic:  “Business as Usual: 
                    How Corruption Becomes Taken for Granted in Organizations”

Speaker:  Blake Ashforth is the Russ Lyon Chair in Management in the
W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University.

                [Click for Details]

MARCH 13, 2007, TUESDAY CHAPTER MEETING

Topic:  “Transient Criminals – Fraud Against The Retired And Elderly”
Speaker:  Detective Mike Leavene, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office

        [Details click here] | Interviewing the Elderly
 

February 20, 2007,  PHOENIX CHAPTER OF INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS MEETING ON FRAUD RELATED TOPIC

Topic:  “The Role of Internal Controls in the Fight Against Fraud” 

Speaker:  John Tonsick, CPA, CFE                              [Click for details]

February 12 – 15, 2007, Three day seminar  [Details]

The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation
The 3-day training session is $420 per person (a savings of $155 per person). 
The 4-day training session is $550 per person (a savings of $225 per person).

February 13, 2007, TUESDAY CHAPTER MEETING

(Special 2 Hour Meeting – 2 Speakers - from 11:30am to 1:30pm)
 Topics:
“DATA PROTECTION AND THE AICPA’S GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRIVACY PRINCIPLES (GAPP)” by Dr. Prosch
And
“IDENTITY THEFT – FRAUD AT ITS WORST:  THE IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION INSECURITY”  By Dr. Cavoukian
 Speakers: 
Marilyn Prosch, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of Accounting,
Arizona State University
And
Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., Commissioner, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada 

 
Marilyn Prosch
Ann Cavoukian
 

JANUARY 25 and 26, 2007  - Thursday & Friday

ACFE National Sponsored 2 Day Seminar   [Details]
Subject:  INVESTIGATING BY COMPUTER
Where:   Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villa,  6333 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ  
Costs and how to register to be emailed.
January 11, 2007,
IIA in Tucson              [Details]
Fraud Investigation and Prevention
3 hours CPE 
January 9, 2007, Tuesday Chapter Meeting

 Topic: Insurance Fraud      [Details]

  Speaker: Paul Hill, Arizona Department of Insurance


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