Agenda

Colorado Deputy Attorney General Janet Drake

Importance of Whistleblowers and Whistleblower Protection Laws

Overview of Whistleblower Protection Laws, Usage of Whistleblowers for civil and criminal investigations, AG’s perspective on the government’s usage of Whistleblowers.

Joyce Coullard – Charles Schwab

Strength and Unity: Combating the Financial Exploitation of Senior and Vulnerable Adults

The rate of senior and vulnerable adult exploitation has more than doubled over the past few years. From the rise in exploitation by trusted parties to more sophisticated and personal cybercrimes, it has become increasingly difficult for the most vulnerable members of society to identify bad actors and protect themselves.

Join Joyce as she will discuss why and how these populations are targeted. Learn about some of the top scam trends and red flags that you can watch out for.  Hear about techniques on prevention and the value of partnership.

Ken Dieffenbach – Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

Fraud and other Compliance Risks in Federal Grants

Grant fraud risks and how the PRAC is addressing the issues.

Special Agent Brian Blauser and Forensic Accountant Lindsay Fryer – Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fraud, Embezzlement, and Forensic Accounting

Highlighting how accounting plays a role within the FBI and focusing on a case study or two.

Investigator Gary Garcia and Forensic Auditor Marina Mourzina – Colorado Attorney General’s Office: Medicaid Fraud Unit

WTH is the MFCU?

Overview of the MFC Unit at the CO AG’s Office focusing on Medicaid Fraud laws, jurisdiction, types of fraud, and case examples

FINRA Panel Discussion featuring Peter Gonzalez, Director Anti-Fraud Investigations; Michael Paskin, Manager, Vulnerable Adults and Seniors Team; Vanessa Bopp, Senior Principal Investigator, Cyber and Analytics Unit; and Dexter Soloman, Principal Investigator, Anti-Money Laundering Investigations

Emerging Risk: New Account Fraud

Hear how threat actors are attempting to defraud investors through tactics including new account fraud. Panelists address the most prominent new account fraud threats and share effective practices and resources to help firms proactively combat criminals.

Andrea Wang, Deputy United States Attorney for the District of Colorado

Department of Justice’s role in conducting criminal and civil fraud investigations, and recent trends in federal enforcement.

Criminal Investigator Ian Kildow, – Colorado Attorney General’s Office: Insurance Fraud Unit

Insurance Fraud – Property, Casualty, and Beyond 

An overview of insurance fraud with real-world case studies that will illustrate the most common fraud schemes investigated and prosecuted by the Insurance Fraud Unit.

Special Agent Bradley Peters – Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)

TIGTA and Treasury check fraud

An overview of the TIGTA and recent Treasury check fraud

Dr. Toby Groves

Ethics in The Real World

To improve ethical behavior, we build ethics codes, conduct ethics training, and emphasize an ethical “tone at the top.” Research shows, though, that these traditional initiatives too often harm ethical reasoning more than they help. We inaccurately predict how people will respond to behavioral initiatives and teach ethics using ineffective approaches. This class explains what actually works in the real world and what doesn’t. We will answer questions such as why we make choices that contradict our own ethical beliefs and why we falsely recollect our decisions as being ethical when they were not. We’ll apply what we learn to be able to improve our future ethical behavior at the individual and organizational levels.