ACFI News Flash

 

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In this issue we feature an extremely interesting article by Howard Levitt, one of this year's conference speakers, titled: Already Fired Someone? Evidence Found After Termination Can Still Pay Off. Investigators and others, Take note!

 

We have continued to update this year's Fraud Conference and Workshop Program, which are detailed in this News Flash.

 

One ACFI delegate stated in last year's evaluations... 

"Forensic evidence coupled with knowledge has made it possible to detect, investigate and prosecute, where warranted, wrongdoing in ways never previously possible. This has resulted in requirements for advanced skill development by investigators accompanied by higher standards set out by the courts. Thanks for keeping me up to date".


Forensic investigation is a growing and diverse profession which combines various aspects of science and technology with the legal system. 


Mark your
calendar

May 4th & 5th 2015:  
   ACFI 17th Annual Fraud Conference

May 3rd 2015: 
Choose from
2 workshops
 
EXTENDED DEADLINE for 
ENDS JAN. 20! 
 

This year's ACFI Fraud Conference's theme - Steps to Investigative Success - is aimed at providing delegates with a better understanding of the principles, procedures, technologies and legal ramifications of an investigator's work. It is also aimed at imparting knowledge of methods employed by others, the latest innovations, as well as Canadian legal updates, to those who are charged with fraud investigative tasks.

The ACFI's 2015 event will begin with two (2) concurrent workshops (Sunday, May 3rd) which will deal with areas critical to investigators:

  • Investigation Workshop: Steps to Increase Your Effectiveness, presented by Mr. Courtenay Thompson
  • Detecting Deception in Interviews and General Discussions, presented by Ms. Nejolla Korris
Conference  Monday, May 4th and Tuesday May 5th

The 17th ACFI Annual Fraud Conference will once again feature three (3) tracks of concurrent sessions with sessions being presented by outstanding and respected speakers, who will continue to reflect the ACFI's high standard of excellence.

The 2015 event ACFI event will be held at the 4 Star Westin Prince Hotel, 900 York Mills Road, Toronto, Ontario. For those coming in from out of town or who simply wish to stay overnight, the ACFI's conference committee has arranged an event rate of $157.00. Delegates to this year's event please note that parking, at the Westin Prince Hotel, is complimentary.

The following is the tentative conference program: (Please note: For those who missed the workshop in October titled "Becoming a Successful Expert Witness", we are grateful that the firm of Bennett Jones have agreed to recreate the session as a two (2) hour session at the conference. Several individuals who tried to register for the October workshop will possibly remember that the workshop had reached its class limit... so if this is a session you are interested in please register early. Admittance will be on a first come first served basis)

Earn 16 CPD credits 
   
17th ANNUAL ACFI FRAUD CONFERENCE
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

 

How to hit a curve ball ~ Successful Strategies to Resolve Investigative Challenges 

  • Allen Tait and Tammy Jacobsen, Ontario Internal Audit

Conducting Fraud Vulnerability Review

  • Jacklyn Davies, MNP LLP, Vancouver, British Columbia

Biased, Botched and Bungled ~ Corporate Investigations are Falling and Failing under the Microscope 

  • Dave Ray, Corporate Security Consulting Inc., Calgary, Alberta

Take Care Not to Surrender Legal Privilege

  • Ruth Promislow, Bennett Jones, Toronto, Ontario

Libel and Slander ~ Reducing your Corporate and Personal Exposure

  • Howard Winkler, Winkler Dispute Resolution, Toronto, Ontario

Social Media Investigation (Part II)

  • Kevin Lo, Froese Forensic Partners Ltd, Toronto, Ontario

Your Liability and Employee Fraud

  • Howard Levitt, Levitt & Grosman LLP, Toronto, Ontario

Recidivism: White-Collar and Re-Offenders ~ Will they do it again 

  • Corey Bloom. MNP LLP, Montreal, Quebec and Dave Elzinga, Alberta Securities Commission, Calgary, Alberta

Deals from the Dark Side

  • John Olah, Beard Winter LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Dave Ray, Corporate Security Consulting Inc., Calgary, Alberta and Andrew Cowan, R.C.M.P. London, Ontario. Moderator: Courtenay M. Thompson

CASL and Employee Rights on Company Computers

  • Peter Murphy, Gowlings, Toronto, Ontario

A Canadian Strategy to Combat Investment Fraud

  • Lindsay Speed, FAIR Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Becoming a Successful Expert Witness

  • Maureen Ward, Bennett Jones, Toronto, Ontario

7 Deadly Sins ~ Be aware and alert when performing a fraud investigation

  • David Debenham, McMillan, Ottawa, Ontario

Interviewing and Interrogation

  • Ray Haywood, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Toronto, Ontario

Ethics

  • Nejolla Korris, InterVeritas International, Edmonton, Alberta

e-Discovery 101

  • Kevin Lo, Froese Forensic Partners Ltd, Toronto, Ontario

Ferreting out and seizing assets and evidence

  • Richard Billington, Billington Barristers, Calgary, Alberta

Coordinating Criminal and Civil Justice as a means of Recovery for Fraud Victims

  • Norm Groot, Investigation Counsel, Toronto, Ontario

 

 

Sponsorship opportunities are still available for both the conference and workshops. Please email Alan M. Langley for details.

Investigation Workshop
Steps to Increase Your Effectiveness
Workshop leader: Courtenay M. Thompson 

While appealing to internal auditors, this workshop should be of benefit those who wish to improve their skill sets related to what organizations need in terms of investigative response. It will explore establishing effective investigative response, investigative perils and pitfalls and how to avoid them.
 


Earn 4 CPD credits

Detecting Deception in Interviews and General Discussions
Workshop leader: Nejolla Korris 

Gathering truthful information is an integral part of any corporate environment. How important is it for us to learn the truth from our employees, managers, and clients? This overview presents how linguistic lie detection is used in business, audit, and investigative areas to help you become more effective in all your business relationships. As a session participant, you'll learn the basics of information gathering and how to interpret the information you receive. You'll also learn how linguistic lie detection techniques can be applied to a variety of high-profile media cases to illustrate examples of deception.

Earn 4 CPD credits
Sponsored in part by:

January 2015

This issue contains the following:
Upcoming CONFERENCE
Upcoming WORKSHOPS
OUR SYMPATHY
ACFI conference facilities
MEMBERS in Focus
CASL UPDATE
FEATURE ARTICLE

OUR SYMPATHY 

 

We were saddened to hear of the passing of one of Canada's leading lawyers who was a larger than life figure in legal circles and our country. Our sympathy goes out to the family and friends of Mr. Edward Greenspan who passed on December 24th 2014.

ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT for Savings of up to $260
if you register prior to
January 20th 2015
Group rates are available.
Choice of sessions will be available on a first-come, first-served basis as soon as the agenda is confirmed.

CPD Requirements  


The minimum CPD hours required to stay current as a Certified Forensic Investigator is 20 hours per annum of which 10 are required to be fraud related and relevant to the area of a member's practice or employment.  For example, a law course taught in Europe would not be relevant for Canadians who are attempting to keep current with the laws of Canada.
 
Therefore under the rules of the ACFI, credits deemed not to be germane to Canada will not be allowable towards the 10 fraud related credits required.
 
Most Certified Forensic Investigators are aware of the aforementioned however the reason for bringing this to your attention again was due to a statement made by Mr. Richard Tchir a prosecutor with Alberta Justice and one of our speakers at an ACFI Fraud Conference, who made the following statement:   

   

"I found the conference a very worthwhile and interesting one and that especially refreshing was the Canadian content at the sessions I attended. I have found that at many other conferences and seminars that I have attended all too often the content is full of American information that sometimes is difficult to translate into the Canadian experience, and such was not the case at the ACFI."

 

Planning to stay at the ACFI conference facilities?    

BOOK NOW! and reserve rooms at the ACFI group rate!
 

****Westin Prince 

900 York Mills Road, Toronto. 

 

Reservations: Call 416-444-2511 or the worldwide reservations line at 1-800-WESTIN-1.  Refer to the "Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada" to receive the special ACFI rate of $157 per night. 

 

   

 

  

 

Note there is free parking for delegates.   

 

Booking details >

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Members in Focus

Do you have any announcements for the ACFI member community?

Have you recently been promoted? Worked on anything interesting?

Let us know and we would be happy to pass along the news!
CASL UPDATE

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FEATURE ARTICLE 

The battle to prove just cause doesn't end with termination. Employers can rely on new grounds and win in court even if those grounds are discovered months, or even years, after the termination. But it requires doggedness and determination.

Shelly Harrigan demonstrated that tenacity and won...
ACFI Certified Fraud Investigators

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