From the President: Stronger Together

From the President: Stronger Together

What you do matters. Over the last year, we’ve seen your impact in powerful and unique ways. In the face of uncertainty, new challenges and evolving risks, you responded quickly and innovatively, reflecting and reimagining at every step. Many of you shifted your teams, your investigations and your anti-fraud programs to a remote approach on a moment’s notice. Some of you were challenged to do more with less, and to effectively prevent and detect fraud, even in the face of budget cuts and staff reductions. You found creative ways to move your engagements forward when the usual approaches were not an option.

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Summit Speaker Releases Report on Security in Afghanistan

Summit Speaker Releases Report on Security in Afghanistan

This past June, John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, released “Divided Responsibility: Lessons Learned From U.S. Security Sector Assistance Efforts in Afghanistan,” a report detailing the progress of U.S. security sector assistance efforts focused on Afghanistan since 2001. In the report, Sopko outlines the factors that led to massive operational failures in the mission to develop the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior.

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30 Years of Fighting Fraud: A #fraudconfchat Recap

30 Years of Fighting Fraud: A #fraudconfchat Recap

Recently, we co-hosted #fraudconfchat (a Twitter chat) with Forensic Strategic Solutions in support of the 30th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. While the conference has ended and you can read a lot of coverage from the big event, the Twitter chat participants shared so much great advice and wisdom that we wanted to put it all in one place.

Those who joined took the opportunity to discuss how the anti-fraud profession has evolved over the past 30 years and how fraud fighters have stepped up during that time. As usual, everyone came with their best gifs.

If you didn’t get a chance to join the Twitter chat, here are some of the top insights that were shared.

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Join the ACFE and Forensic Strategic Solutions for #fraudconfchat

Join the ACFE and Forensic Strategic Solutions for #fraudconfchat

Attention, fraud fighters! To celebrate the 30th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference, we invite you to join us and Forensic Strategic Solutions (FSS) for an upcoming Twitter chat. Our topic is “30 Years of Fighting Fraud.” We’ll discuss how the anti-fraud profession has evolved over the past 30 years and how fraud fighters have stepped up during that time. We hope to see you there with your own stories and experiences to share.

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