When a powerful storm moved through the Spokane, WA area in November, the chapter's plans for three days of training were threatened. The Spokane Chapter team moved swiftly to ensure that their commitment to provide local training for CFEs was fulfilled despite the unexpected circumstances.
Read MoreOver the last year the Heartland Chapter nearly doubled its membership from 160 members to more than 300 members. Chapter president Kimberly Butler provides five key ideas that can help your chapter achieve similar membership growth.
Read MoreIn early 2013, the Austin Area Chapter was using its fourth restaurant in eight years, a local fried seafood restaurant, for our lunch and full-day fraud education events. Over the years we had steadily grown from a monthly lunch attendance of about 20 members up to about 50 members per event, and occasionally we were hitting spikes of attendance of up to 70 or 80 members at a time.
Read MoreBy Dawn-Marie Dalsass, CFE, CCS, President of ACFE Long Island Chapter
In October of 2012 many Long Island communities were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The Long Island shoreline was destroyed and many homes went with it. In the course of rebuilding many of our neighbors found themselves victims of fraudulent schemes. Vendor fraud was abundant, and the elderly were being taken advantage of from all angles. Long Island, already a victim to widespread fraud in various school systems, was being hit harder. We thought to ourselves, “What could CFEs do to help?”
Read MoreBy Laura J. Tucholski, CFE of the ACFE Maryland Chapter
Because numerous CPAs from many different states attend our events, we decided to pursue our own NASBA sponsor number. We had little knowledge of the NASBA requirements prior to filling out the application. We were performing most of the requirements informally, but we lacked documentation supporting compliance. During the application process, we learned a few things about compliance with NASBA
Read MoreBy Brenda Young, CFE and Kathleen Watson, CFE of the ACFE Toronto Chapter
When the idea of creating and publishing a monthly newsletter was presented at one of our board meetings, it was met with mixed thoughts. Some felt the newsletter could promote the Toronto Chapter and provide valuable information to our members and community. Others felt the novelty would wear off quickly and saw a challenge in maintaining topics of interest and locating subject matter.
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