CFE Syndrome: How Investigating Can Lead to Paranoia

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CFE Syndrome: How Investigating Can Lead to Paranoia

“Second Year Syndrome” is the malady of medical students who experience the symptoms of the disease that they are studying at the time. If they’re studying skin cancer, suddenly that zit becomes melanoma. If they’re studying arthritis, their joints start to ache. If they’re studying narcolepsy, they suddenly feel they’re about to fall asleep. (That last might be attributable to being grossly overworked, but you get the idea.)

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Networking and Volunteering Are Key to Growing Career and Business

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Networking and Volunteering Are Key to Growing Career and Business

Early in her career, Gabriela Coldea, CFE, understood how beneficial networking and volunteering were for her and her community. She has devoted her time tutoring young students, serving on multiple boards and, most recently, volunteering as the chapter president for the Orange County ACFE Chapter. 

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5 Ways to Build Trust in a Hotline Reporting Program

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5 Ways to Build Trust in a Hotline Reporting Program

Are fraud reporting hotlines worth it? Yes, according to the ACFE’s Report to the Nations, a biennial global study on occupational fraud. For more than a decade, the ACFE’s Report to the Nations has measured the effect of hotlines on generating tips about occupational fraud, and the data has consistently shown that frauds are more likely to be detected by tip when a hotline is in place. While 46% of cases in the report were detected by tip at organizations with a hotline, only 30% of cases were detected by tip in organizations without a hotline.

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90-Day CFE Exam Challenge Success Story

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90-Day CFE Exam Challenge Success Story

Tenecia Strayhorn, CFE, is a data analytics supervisor, who participated in the last 90-Day CFE Exam Challenge. She stayed dedicated to her goal throughout the 90 days, sharing and swapping advice along the way in our challenge group. She passed the exam just before 2018 rolled in, and now she’s got some advice to share with those who’d like to join our next challenge. 

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Theranos’ Appeal Not Enough to Cover Up Massive Alleged Fraud

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Theranos’ Appeal Not Enough to Cover Up Massive Alleged Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Theranos, a Silicon Valley company founded on supposedly revolutionary, portable blood testing technology, its founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and its former President Ramesh Balwani with fraud this week related to false statements and representations made while raising more than $700 million from investors.

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