For conference details and to access the 2016 Annual Fraud Conference website, click here or go to www.houstonfraudconference.com. 

The Houston ACFE Chapter is hosting its Annual Fraud Conference offering a 2-day, 16-hour CPE training event stacked with dynamic, entertaining presentations.  The lineup of speakers includes some new faces and familiar crowd pleasers.  Make sure to register soon and take advantage of the early-bird pricing ending July 15th!

Register a group of 5 or more and receive a 10% discount on the regular conference price!  For group registrations, please email a list of individual names and email addresses to fraudconference@houstonacfe.org.

Presentations:

October 17, 2016

• James Holzrichter - A Celebration of Heroes
• James Mihills - Looking for Fraud Through Rose-colored Glasses
• Andrea Kim - Audit Failures: The Path of Investigation
• Ryan Hubbs - Shell Games: Protecting Your Organization from High Risk and Fictitious Third Parties

October 18, 2016

• Allan Bachman - Ethics and the Mindset of the Fraudster
• Peter Grupe - Protiviti and Utica College White Collar Crime Survey and Lessons Learned
• Liseli Pennings - Interviewing: The use of Psychological Traps When Questioning and the Art of Detecting Deception During Questioning
• Michael Wynne - Asset Seizure 

CPE Credits: 16 credits (including 2 ethics CPE credits)

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the importance of doing the right thing, even when others might not
• Highlight some of the successes of doing the right thing
• Recognize some of the consequences of not making the right choices
• Make ethics and good decisions a cornerstone of your daily life 

Event Policies:

• If you have registered and/or paid for an event and you need to cancel, you MUST email fraudconference@houstonacfe.org no later than 10 days prior to the event to request a refund and/or cancel your registration.      

• Cancellations within 10 days of the event will not be eligible for a refund, but substitutions will be accepted.

• For more information regarding refund, complaint and/or program cancellation policies, please visit the Terms & Conditions section of the website, or email us at fraudconference@houstonacfe.org.

Additional Information:

• Delivery Method: Group-Live

• Prerequisites: Working Knowledge of Fraud and Fraud Schemes

• Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge and Applications [Fraud, Ethics]

• Who Should Attend?:  Anti-fraud professionals, Auditors, Accountants, Attorneys, Investigators, Law Enforcement, Educators, Students

• Advanced Preparation: None

• Program Level: Intermediate 

NASBA Sponsor No. 125230
Texas CPA No. 004563
Texas TCLEOSE Pending Approval

The Houston Area Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.