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2008 Meeting Information
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Below you will find a listing of our meetings for 2008.
For upcoming or more recent meetings, please use the
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December 3, 2008 -
Breakfast Meeting
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James Ratley, ACFE President |
Biography
Frank Collins, Criminal Prosecutor
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Frank Collins |
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Red Flags of Fraud
This will be held a the Wrigley Mansion
and will cost $25 for members and $50
for non-members. Please follow the
link below for more details.
Please RSVP to
Heather@forensic-cpa.com
by November 26th!
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November 19, 2008 -
Wednesday Meeting
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Chuck Grube, Assistant Attorney General,
State of Arizona, Administrative Law
Section
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In a
fast-moving format, Chuck will discuss
his favorite ten instances of government
procurement fraud. The examples
will include federal, state and local
government procurements, and will be
chosen to illustrate the point that each
involved some person getting something
they were not entitled to get.
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October 15, 2008 - Fall
Seminar
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John P. "Sean" Coffey |
Biography
Felcia Rotellini
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Biography
Paul Roshka |
Biography
Leroy Johnson
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Biography
Ron Zahn
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Biography |
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There
will be a panel of speakers representing
various aspects of the cases involving
the Baptist Foundation of Arizona and
its auditor, Arthur Andersen, LLP.
The cases include the criminal case,
administrative cases against BFA and
Arthur Andersen and the civil case of
the BFA Liquidating Trust vs. Andersen
WorldCom Litigation Information |
Click Here
State of Arizona vs. Arthur Andersen |
Click Here
More Arthur Andersen Information |
Click Here and
Click Here (large file)
Presentation Slides |
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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September 17, 2008 -
Wednesday Chapter Meeting
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Randy German, CFE, CPA, CBA, CFSA |
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SOX and How Everyone is "Raising the
Bar" on Corporate Governance -
Opportunities for CFEs
Topics to be Discussed include the
following:
- Randy’s experience with
non-for-profits, universities and
colleges
- Eight months investigating in
five African countries
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June 1 8,
2008 - Spring Seminar
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Sam Antar
Former CFO of Crazy Eddie, Inc. |
Benjamin Stephan |
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Securities Fraud and Crazy Eddie, Inc. |
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Benjamin Stephan, CISSP, EnCE, CISA,
QDSP
Chief Security Officers, LLC |
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Computer Forensics |
Presentation Outline |
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Chuck Boyd
Former Phoenix Police Fraud Investigator |
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Report Writing |
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May 21, 2008 - Wednesday
Chapter Meeting
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Konnie Sheen, Manager, ALLTEL
Communications |
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Cell Phone Fraud
- History and Evolution of Cell
Phone Fraud
- Current Challenges Facing Cell
Phone Market
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April 16, 2008 - Wednesday
Chapter Meeting
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Nancy Swetnam, Director of Certification
and Licensing Division
AZ Supreme
Court |
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Arizona Supreme Court – Protecting
Children, Families and Communities
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Strategic Goal of Supreme Court
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Investigations of Allegations of Fraud
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Imposition of Disciplinary Sanctions |
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March 26, 2008 -
TUCSON
Wednesday Chapter Meeting
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Brian Watson, Special Agent, IRS
Criminal Investigations |
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Criminal Investigations of the IRS
- How IRS
Special Agents investigate
white-collar crime
- Sources of
cases
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Identification of common
embezzlements
- Where is the
money hidden?
- What makes a
case criminal?
- How to
present the case to the prosecutor
to increase the likelihood of a
conviction
- The IRS’s
involvement with the bank secrecy
act and money laundering violations
- Recent high
profile cases include Enron, BALCO,
Wesley Snipes, Richard Hatch,
Congressman Rick Renzi
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March 19, 2008 - Wednesday Chapter Meeting |
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Bill Charlton, Wells Fargo Alumnus and
Consultant |
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Evolution of Commercial Banking
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February 20, 2008 - Wednesday Chapter Meeting
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Dr. Dan Kuokka, CTO Oversight Systems |
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The Role for Fraud Monitoring in Audit
Standard 5
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January 16, 2008 - Wednesday Chapter Meeting |
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Detective James Owens
Phoenix Police Department, Property Crimes Bureau |
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Identity Theft |
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January 7-8, 2008 - Introduction to Digital
Forensics
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James J. Butterworth
Director of Incident Response, Guidance Software, Inc. |
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- Do's and don't of handling digital
evidence
- Proper seizure and legal implications
- Operating and file systems overview
- Types of disk drives and removable media
- Physical and logical characteristics of
disk media
- Recognition of basic digital artifacts |
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Cost |
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Members: $695 ($600 if you register by
December 7th)
Non-members: $795 ($700 if you register by
December 7th) |
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