Arizona Chapter

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Speaker: Dr. Theodore C. Cooke

Assistant General Manager

Central Arizona Project

Subject: BENFORD’S LAW – A Practical Fraud Tool

When: Wednesday, September 19, 2007

12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

Sign-in and open forum from 11:30a.m. - noon

(NOTE: SEE IMPORTANT NOTICE BELOW RE: CHANGE IN MEETING DATES & LOCATION)

Costs: Free to chapter members, $10.00 charge for non-members

Where: Arizona Industrial Commission, 1^st floor auditorium

Outline:

· Did you know that for some statistical data, the probability distribution for the first digit is not 1 out of 9?

· How was this discovered?

· Why is this?

· What are the uses today for this phenomenon

Bio:

Dr. Cooke joined the Central Arizona Project (CAP) as Assistant General Manager in February 1999 and is responsible for finance, accounting, risk management, materials management and information technologies. CAP is a special district and the largest wholesale water utility in Arizona. He has been in corporate finance for his entire 28-year career, primarily in the high technology and utility industries.

Dr. Cooke has earned a B.S. in Physics from Loyola Marymount University, an MBA from UCLA and a DBA from California Coast University and holds five professional certifications in the areas of business, finance and accounting.

*IMPORTANT NOTICE OF CHANGE IN TRAINING DATES AND LOCATION:*

Until now, training has been held on the 2^nd Tuesday of the month in the Liquor Licensing Board’s hearing room.  Over the past year, we’ve outgrown this room.  We have been looking for a new location to better accommodate our members.  Based on your feedback, the 1^st floor auditorium at 800 W. Washington has been reserved for our use on the 3^rd WEDNESDAY of each month beginning in September 2007 through December 2008 (with the exception for November 2007, which will be held on Tuesday, November 20th).