Mark your calendars! We are excited about this year’s Fraud Symposium to be held on January 29th and 30th. This year’s two-day format will provide us with valuable techniques for detecting fraud, interviewing a person suspected of fraud, and communicating results of an engagement involving fraud. On January 29, Mr. David Cotton managing partner with Cotton & Company, LLP, Certified Public Accountants out of Arlington, Virginia will be presenting "Fraud Detection Techniques for Auditors". This one-day segment of the Fraud Symposium will address:
Mr. Cotton is currently on the AICPA’ s Group of "100" and featured as one of the Certified Fraud Examiners list of Instructors on the CFE web site. On January 30, local fraud professionals will be presenting on a variety of fraud topics. Mr. Todd Fenner, Director of Investigations at the University of California, Office of the University Auditor, will provide insights into interviewing techniques. Mr. Dotie Katague, Deputy District Attorney for Contra Costa County will discuss how to gather and effectively present information leading to effective prosecution of fraud case. As of the date of this newsletter, we are making commitments with an additional speaker(s) covering high tech/cyber fraud. We believe this symposium will be one you cannot afford to miss. We will be value pricing this Symposium as a two-day event at $250. We will also be accommodating those who wish to attend only one day of the Symposium. If attending only one day, the rate for attending the first day will be $175 and the second day will be $175. Reserve your space now for the two-day Symposium and save $100. Please look for more information about this Symposium on the Chapter’s web site and in brochures to be distributed by e-mail in late December. If you have any questions or wish to sign up for this Seminar, please call me. Hope to seen you at the Fraud Symposium! |