ACFI News Flash

 

Designed to inform members and others of news, views, comments, concerns & upcoming events related to the ACFI & other non-profit Canadian organizations. Your comments are welcomed & also encouraged.   

 

This month's issue of the ACFI NewsFlash contains an article from one of our directors - Mr. Norman Groot - titled Coordinating Criminal and Civil Justice as a Means of Recovery for Fraud Victims.

 

This article represents a paper which Norm and Assistant Crown Attorney Renna Weinberg, Team Lead, Financial Crimes Unit, Toronto office of the Ministry of the Attorney General, presented during the ACFI 17th Annual Fraud Conference .

 

Finally readers might find the latest update to PIPEDA of interest.

FEATURE ARTICLE 

Coordinating Criminal and Civil Justice as a Means of Recovery for Fraud Victims
by Norman Groot, LLB, CFE, CFI, and
Assistant Crown Attorney Renna Weinberg

Is it reasonable for fraud victims to rely on police prosecutions and criminal restitution orders as a means to recovering their lost money? The short answer is no, although periodically partially recoveries do occur. This blog explains what fraud victims should consider when coordinating civil recoveries with criminal complaints to police. 

 

PIPEDA Update 
  Great news!

Bill S-4

This bill has received Royal Assent and is or will soon become law!

What does it mean?
It amends PIPEDA to allow disclosure of personal information without the knowledge or consent of an individual for the purposes of identifying an injured/ill/deceased person, preventing, detecting or suppressing fraud, or protecting victims of financial abuse...

July 2015

This issue contains the following:
FEATURE ARTICLE
PIPEDA Update
NEWS TO NOTE

NEWS TO NOTE

 

Our thanks to those delegates who attended the ACFI 17th Annual Fraud Conference and who were kind enough to complete our survey. The ACFI Conference Committee has, as a result of the survey, booked the 18th Annual Conference for the 2nd and 3rd of May 2016. A slight change, in that next years event will be held at 20 Toronto Street, in Toronto.

 

Please mark your calendar and stay tuned for more information.
DID YOU KNOW...

A new section on our website is "Suggested Reading". Check out the Canadian authors with relevant content and check back for updates...  

 

 

 

ACFI Certified Fraud Investigators

For more information, contact us: | Tel:  416-226-3018 | Toll-free:  877-552-5585

NOTE: CASL UPDATE

We need your permission to keep sending you this NewsFlash

If you have not already let us know, please take a moment to reconfirm your email subscription by clicking on the button below.


In compliance with Canada's newly implemented electronic communications laws, we need to know if you would like to continue receiving email communications from us. Keep informed with our News Flash, articles and promotions. We really value the relationship we have with you, but if you wish to withdraw from our mailing list, that is always possible from the SafeUnsubscribe link at the bottom of every email.