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November 2011

 

Speaker:

Topic:

Dr. Faith Dickerson

Granddaughter of William H. McMasters - The journalist who exposed Ponzi

The Man who Exposed Charles Ponzi

Michael Robinson M.S.

Adjunct Professor, Forensic Studies

Senior Digital Forensic Analyst, Harris Corp. 

“From Malware to Money”

A computer forensics examination into how cyber criminals are stealing millions

Graduates of Stevenson University Forensic Studies Program

Forensics in the Field

 

 


 

September 2011

 

Topic:

Health Care Fraud: An Analytical Approach to Detection
 

Speaker(s):

Michael J. Petron, CPA, CFE

Managing Director, Invotex

 


 

July 2011

 

Topic:

Case Studies in Transportation Fraud

 

Speaker(s):

Members of the Maryland State Highway Administration - Office of Audits

Sheri Sanford, Director of Audits

Gordon Kennard, Assistant to the Director

Keith Myers, Manager of Investigations and Construction Audits

Kelly Massey, Lead Auditor in the Investigations Division


May 2011

 

Topic:

Interview and Communication Techniques for Internal Audit/Fraud Investigations

 

Speaker(s):

Dean Jones

Chicago Chapter of the ACFE

 


2011 Maryland Fraud Conference Speakers:

 

Honorable Douglas F. Gansler - Keynote Address

Maryland Attorney General

 

Michael Cohen - Current Trends and Case Studies in Healthcare Fraud

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General

 

Mark Morze - Ethical Dilemmas in Fighting Fraud

The Pros & The Cons

 

John Long / Elise Woods - Case Studies in Transportation Contract and Grant Fraud

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General

 

Ed Stolle - Interviewing Techniques for Auditors, Examiners & Investigators

Federal Housing Finance Administration

 

Steven Anderson - Fraud in Education Programs

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Inspector General

 

Phillip Hurd - Using Data Analytics in Fraud Investigations

Georgia Institute of Technology,  Department of Internal Auditing

 

Dr. Gary Henschen / Todd Sheffer - Behavioral Healthcare Fraud

Magellan Health Services

 

James Reese, PhD - Business Ethics & Leadership

 James T. Reese and Associates

 

Dennis Dycus - Why Auditors Fail to Detect Fraud

Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, State of Tennessee

 


March 2011

 

Topic:

Maryland Kidney Disease Program Fraud

A Case Study

 

Speaker(s):

Pamela Owens, Assistant Inspector General

Department of Health & Mental Hygiene - Division of Corporate Compliance & Integrity

&

Jane Oliver-Vaeth, Program Manager

Department of Health & Mental Hygiene - Program Integrity


January 2011

 

Topic:

Abuse & Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults

 

Speaker(s):

Dean A. Brewer

Investigator, Office of the Attorney General – Medicaid Fraud Control Unit


November 2010

 

Speaker:

Topic:

Robert Hahn

Executive Director, Maryland State Ethics Commission

Ramifications of Public Ethics Laws

Dr. David Pietropaoli

Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and History, Stevenson University 

Business Ethics

Graduates of Stevenson University Forensic Studies Program

Forensics in the Field


September 2010

 

Topic:

The Prosecution of Mayor Sheila Dixon

 

Speaker(s):

Thomas M. McDonough

Deputy State Prosecutor


July 2010

 

Topic:

FBI Actual Case Study of a Securities Fraud Case from A to Z

 

Speaker(s):

Julie L. BelClaire

Assistant Attorney General,

State of Maryland, Office of the Attorney General Securities Division


May 2010

 

Topic:

Deterring and Detecting Suspicious Activity: Guarding Against Fraud in Industry and Government

 

Speaker(s):

Roger D. Siefert - Managing Director, Forensic Accounting - LECG

Charles J. Cummiskey - Director, Disputes, Valuations and

Investigations Practice  - LECG

John Cutrona - Senior Manager, Risk Management  - LECG

Dianna Oglio - Consultant, Risk Management  - LECG


2010 Maryland Fraud Conference Speakers:

 

Martin Biegelman – Identity Theft

Microsoft Financial Integrity Unit

David L. Cotton - Sewer District Fraud

Cotton & Company

Nicole Coutsonikas - Fraud Risk Assessment Programs

Fraudauditing.net

John M. Croy - Fraud & Abuse in Capital Expenditure Programs

Jefferson Wells

Isabel Cumming/April Richardson - Mortgage Fraud

Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office

Gregory Kutz - GAO’s Fraud Model for Government

GAO Forensic Audits and Special Investigations

Don Mullinax - Reason Auditors Miss Fraud

Forensic Strategic Solutions

Roann Nichols - Fraud After Healthcare Reform

Assistant US Attorney - Civil Healthcare Fraud Coordinator

Burt Ross - Count Your Blessings - A Madoff Survivor's Story

Madoff "Survivor"

R. A. (Andy) Wilson - Fraud 1st Responders in Strained Times

Wilson & Turner


March 2010

 

Topic:

FBI White Collar Crime Division

 

Speaker(s):

Special Agent Jennifer Perry

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Baltimore Office


January 2010

 

Topic:

MAIF and the MD/DC Anti Car Theft Committee -  An Insurance Fraud Case Review

 

Speaker(s):

Joe Aspen

MAIF SIU manager and President of the MD/DC Anti Car Theft Committee

 


November 2009

 

Topic:

Nonprofit Fraud

The good, the bad, and the ugly in nonprofit fundraising practices

 

Speaker(s):

Geoffrey W. Peters

President & CEO, Creative Direct Response

 

In addition, we heard from two Alumnus of the

Stevenson University Forensic Studies Program on the Topic of Forensics in the Workplace

 

Michael Robinson
CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense Business Transformation Agency
Adjunct Instructor, Stevenson University

&

Jenna Lyon, CFE
Weyrich, Cronin, & Sorra, Chartered, Certified Public Accountants (Qualified Expert Witness)


September 2009

 

Topic:

The Amtrak Office of Inspector General

“A Soup to Nuts Fraud Against Amtrak" -A Case Study

 

Speaker(s):

John E. Grimes III, CFE

Chief Inspector, Amtrak Office of Inspector General - Office of Investigations


July 2009

 

Topic:

Health Care Fraud Task Force

 

Speaker(s):

Donald Galbreath

Supervisory Special Agent - National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)


May 2009

Topic:

FBI Network and Cyber Security Concerns

 

Speaker(s):

Jason Bolin, CISSP

Special Agent - FBI Cyber Intrusion Squad

&

Juan-Carlos Guerra

Agent - FBI Baltimore field office


2009 Fraud Conference Speakers:

Sal Barbera

Partner, EthicSoultions

Tom Borgers, CFE

 President of the Felsen Network

Joe Dervaes, CFE

Vice-Chair, ACFE Foundation, President, Pacific Northwest Chapter/ACFE

Jean-François Legault, M.Sc, CISSP, CISA, CISM, GCIH, GCFA

Senior manager, Analytic & Forensic Technology, Deloitte

SSA Michael G. O'Reilly

Former supervisor of the F.B.I.’s Western Massachusetts office

Cynthia Hetherington, MLS, MSM

Principal, The Hetherington Group

Don Rabon

King of All Fraud Educators, former Deputy Director, North Carolina Justice Academy, Hendersonville, NC.

Jim Ratley, CFE

ACFE President

Allen Schiff, CPA, CFE

Managing Member of Schiff & Associates, LLC

John W. Schilling

Partner, EthicSoultions


March 2009

 

Topic:

Fraud and the IRS Criminal Division

 

Speaker(s):

C. Andre' Martin

Special Agent in Charge of the Washington, DC Field Office

Internal Revenue Service


January 2009

 

Topic:

Stories of a United Nations Special Prosecutor

for War Crimes in Kosova

 

Speaker(s):

Carolyn Henneman


November 2008

 

Topic:

Research Fraud and Conflicts of Interest- How Doctors Profit from Prescribing

 

Speaker(s):

Virginia Evans

Managing Director, Daylight


September 2008

 

Topic:

Investigative Terrorism Financing

 

Speaker(s):

Andrew Cochran
Founder & Editor, The Counterterrorism Blog & Chairman, Counterterrorism Foundation


July 2008

 

Topic:

Fraud Fighting at the Department Of Defense

 

Speaker(s):

Special Agent Colin A. May, CFE


May 2008

 

Topic:

Anatomy of a Financial Investigation

 

Speaker(s):

Special Agent Sean McDowell

U.S. Secret Service

&

Detective Missy Coyne

Baltimore County Police Department Economic Crimes Unit


March 2008

 

Topic:

False ID's

 

Speaker(s):

Detective Martin Johnson

Howard County Police Department


January 2008

 

Topic:

Fraud Auditing & Monitoring Using Computer Assisted Audit Techniques
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act- Update and Compliance

 

Speaker(s):

Ken Yormark

Managing Director, Protiviti Inc.

&
Pam Verick Stone

Director, Financial Investigations & Litigation Consulting Practice (Business Risk)


November 2007

 

Topic:

Investigating Allegations of Abuse/Neglect of Vulnerable Adults

 

Speaker(s):

Catherine Schuster Pascale

Assistant Attorney General - Medicaid Fraud Control Unit

&

Toni Colantonio Katz

Education and Outreach Coordinator - Medicaid Fraud Control Unit


September 2007

 

Topic:

Investigative Reporting

 

Speaker(s):

Jayne E. Miller

Chief Investigative Reporter


July 2007

 

Topic:

Fortunetelling Fraud

 

Speaker(s):

Detective Brandon Mengedoht

Montgomery County Police Department


May 2007

 

Topic:

Fraud/IT Audit

 

Speaker(s):

Robert L. Hoster, CPA, CISA, CFSA, CFIRMS

McKonly & Asbury, LLP

Consulting Principal

Stephen J. Scherer, CPA, CISA, MBA

McKonly & Asbury, LLP

Consulting Manager


March 2007

 

Topic:

STARS – An Antifraud Perspective of Medical Billing

 

Speaker(s):

Ilene S. Jacob, RN, AHFI

Special Investigations Unit

CareFirst BCBS


January 2007

 

Topic:

A Fraudster's Story

 

Speaker(s):

Barry J. Webne

Convicted Fraudster


November 2006
 

Topic:

Investigative Approaches To Organized Crime
 

Speaker(s):

Jeff Sallet

Supervisory Special Agent, F.B.I.


September 2006

Topic:

Forensic Accounting

Speaker(s):

Darryl S. Neier, CFE, MS

Partner in Charge of Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support Group

Sobel and Co., LLP – Livingston, NJ


July 2006

 

Topic:

Who Commits Fraud and How Do They Do It?

 

Speaker(s):

Allen M. Schiff, CPA, CFE

Managing Partner – Schiff and Associates, LLP


May 2006

 

Topic:

Analysis of Audit, Anti-Fraud, and Assurance Software

 

Speaker(s):

Rich Lanza, CPA-CITP, CFE, PMP

President-Cash Recovery Partners LLC


March 2006

 

Topic:

Whistleblowers

 

Speaker(s):

Tom Devine, Esq.

Legal Director – Government Accountability Project


January 2006

 

Topic:

Identity Theft

 

Speaker(s):

John J. Imhoff

Director, Office of Firm Security – Ernst & Young


November 2005

 

Topic:

Impact of Check 21

 

Speaker(s):

Phillip A. Desing,

Supervisory Special Agent, FBI


September 2005

 

Topic:

A Fraudster's story

 

Speaker(s):

Charlie Wilhelm

Convicted Fraudster


July 2005

 

Topic:

Insurance Fraud

 

Speaker(s):

Jerry Landsman, Jr., FCLS, CFE

Director of Fraud Operations - Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund