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FAU and U.S. Department of Treasury to Host Forensic Accounting and Financial Institution Fraud Conference

 

MEDIA CONTACT: Jim Hellegaard
561-319-2233, jhellegaard@fau.edu

 


Press release photo for forensic accounting conferenceBOCA RATON, Fla. (May 20, 2019) – Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Forensic Accounting and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General will host the Forensic Accounting and Financial Institution Fraud Conference.

The event will take place in the Office Depot Center, Room 101, FAU’s College of Business, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. Members of the media are welcome to attend. The conference runs Wednesday, May 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., and Thursday, May 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

The third annual forensic accounting conference hosted by the two organizations will focus on financial institution fraud as related to forensic accounting and the importance of the forensic financial and law enforcement communities working together to combat financial institution fraud. Speakers will include members from components of government and private sector experts.

Presentations include:

  • When Smoke Clears: Challenges Facing Financial Institutions in the Age of Marijuana Legalization
  • Blockchain’s Impacts on Cybercrime
  • Dark Web Investigations: The Power of AI in Combating Global Crime
  • Counterfeit Coins a Growing Threat to the United States
  • Sovereign Citizens Movements and Financial Institution fraud
  • Bank Secrecy Act Reporting Requirements

For more information, visit business.fau.edu/cffa. Media who plan to attend must RSVP at jhellegaard@fau.edu.

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Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six-county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
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