Presenter: Emily M. Homer, PhD, CFE, is a Fraud Investigation Writer for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. She is a graduate of the Department of Criminal Justice at University of Louisville and currently serves as the Chair of the American Society of Criminology’s Division of White-Collar and Corporate Crime. Emily’s work largely involves writing and updating educational materials related to fraud investigation, including online courses, blogs, magazine articles, and other training materials. Her research focuses on theoretical explanations of financial crime with an eye toward prevention and detection. She hopes to help bridge the gap between scholars and practitioners and create interdisciplinary financial crime materials that will benefit both groups. 

Topic: Title:  How Employee Fraud is Harming Your Organization: A Look at the ACFE’s 2024 Report to the Nations.

• A general overview of how the most recent study was conducted. Review the reported presence (and absence) of anti-fraud controls

• Discuss the behavioral red flags of perpetrators, detecting fraud/fraud awareness training, assessing risk by department

• Effectively using the results of the report and key examples of action items to implement.