BBQ + Pool Summer Party (For ACFE and OC ACFE Chapter Members + Family Only)

We are excited to see OC ACFE members and friends again in person for our October 21, 2022 Networking Happy Hr. at Noon event in partnership with Concordia University Irvine. Come and reconnect with Chapter Board Directors, VIP Guests and other ACFE professionals in the Orange County/Southern California area.

February, 2022 (Date/Time TBD)

Location: Zoom Meeting

Description: Get ready to flex your Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE) knowledge muscles! Join us for a 1-hour special virtual edition of “Fraud Jeopardy! “ It will be a great time to get to know your OC ACFE Board and Chapter Members.

This event is open to all Members, Non-members, professionals and students. Come network and have some fun while learning or refreshing your fraud examinations skill! If you’re interested in becoming a CFE or currently studying for it, you won’t want to miss this event!

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Meet Our New Board!

Virtual Introductions & Networking

Date & Time: March 23, 2022 (5-6pm PST)

Location: Zoom Meeting (Will be provided upon registration)

Description: Orange County ACFE elected new chapter officers and directors for year 2022. Join us as we introduce our new team and stick around for some virtual networking.

If you are interested in becoming an officer and/or board director, please contact info@ocacfe.org.

*Note: This event is free and open to the public.

Annual Meeting

Date & Time: January 2022 (Time TBD)

Location: Zoom Meeting (TBD)

Description: Orange County ACFE will be electing chapter officers and directors for year 2022. During our annual meeting, we will be announcing the election results and installing our new officers and directors.

If you are interested in becoming an officer and/or board member, please contact info@ocacfe.org.

Note: All CFEs in good standing, who are members of OC ACFE Chapter, and current in dues are eligible to vote. The Chapter Board, by majority vote, may grant associate members the right to vote.

Stay tuned for additional meeting detail.

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Presentation I:

“The Power Few”

Speaker: Denisen Chatani

Description: Organizations are under constant pressure to implement standardized compliance and ethics programs. Often process oriented and analytically designed to curtail unethical behavior while mitigating risk, most programs are based on historic trends which occur more or less predictably. However, in practice, notable and pervasive wrongdoings at the heart of some of the most serious compliance and ethics failures from even the world’s most prestigious firms (e.g. Goldman Sachs) are in actuality - less predictable - and alarmingly symptomatic of a more ominous problem. Individuals who have “outsized ethical influence” and power over the organization called the “power few”.

Have we missed the mark on designing, implementing, and monitoring compliance and ethics programs too broadly, without the deeper cultural and critical individual factors where extreme unethical or illegal conduct are less likely to occur, yet cause exponential damage? Organizations will need to shift this balance of power, retune their strategy, and harness the true power of ethics in order to combat such heightened behavioral risk and potential fraud from the “power few”.

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Presentation II:

"Elder Financial Exploitation"

Speaker: Quatana Hodges is a Senior Social Worker for the County of Orange. Ms. Hodges has been a social worker for 15 years and is passionate about serving vulnerable populations. She began her career in child welfare and have since worked with regional center clients and CalWorks/CalFresh/Medi-Cal recipients. She currently works with elder and dependent adults as an Adult Protective Services social worker. Her experience in various programs has given her an array of knowledge in the field of social work. Ms. Hodges also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Joint Fraud Conference

Educational Seminar [5 CPE Credits]

Location: Zoom Webinar (TBD)

Featured Speakers / Presentation Title / Learning Objectives:

Speaker: Michael Bret Hood, Founder 21st Century Consulting, Former FBI Special Agent, ACFE 2020 James R. Baker Speaker of the Year.

Presentation Title: Advanced Money Laundering

Learning Objectives: Identify advanced money laundering techniques. Evaluate the effectiveness of an existing anti-money laundering program. Design advanced money laundering detection protocols matching the organizational risk appetite.

Speakers: Stephen Murphy & Javier Pena, Retired DEA Special Agents

Presentation Title: The True Story of Pablo Escobar

Learning Objectives: These celebrated special agents take audiences deep into the history books as they reveal inside stories from a good-versus-evil battle that seems too wild to be true. Along the way, they share the lessons they learned on effective leadership, teamwork and split-second decision making amid extreme circumstances. With a combination of tactful humor and rarely seen visuals, Steve and Javier complement anecdotes about their experiences in hostile and oftentimes life-threatening conditions with a memorable and entertaining look at the real-life cartel drama.

After this block of instruction, the participants will be able to: Identify investigation techniques and strategies. List examples of effective leadership skills.