Including Fraud Risk Assessment in an Internal Audit - Luncheon

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Time: 11am to 2pm (2 CPE hours) – Lunch Included

Location: Conseco - Carmel Campus
Conseco Building J
11825 N. Pennsylvania Street
Carmel, IN 46032

Event Discussion Topics:

1.      Suggested fraud risk assessment tools to utilize in an Internal Audit

2.      Common characteristics of fraudulent policies

3.      Elements of a viatical settlement fraud

4.      Actual cases of postal jobs scams

Speakers:

A.    Joe Kantor, CIA, CIDA – Joe has more than 10 years experience as an internal auditor with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM).  During this time, he has worked on audits of ADM operations, corporate sales groups, accounting departments, contractors and storage facilities.  Additionally, he has participated on several consulting projects at the request of ADM Management.  Joe is currently an Audit Manager and has earned the designations of Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Investments and Derivatives Auditor.  He is also the 1^st Vice President of the Central Illinois Chapter of the IIA.  Joe has a BS in Accounting and BS in Finance from Eastern Illinois University. 

B.     Greg Beriault, CPA – Greg is a retired 25-year federal law enforcement and audit professional with the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).  His skills include leading, communicating and presenting at the field and headquarters levels.  He has been successful in conducting and supervising audit and criminal investigations, as well as implementing new programs that enhance and improve existing procedures.  He has also served as leader of nationally coordinated, high-profile law enforcement investigations and audits, including USPIS/FBI joint investigations of viatical settlement insurance fraud.  Greg has a BS in Accounting from Indiana University.

C.    Tom Kellen, CFE – Tom is an Auditor/Fraud Investigator with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) of the Indiana Office of Attorney General and a retired US Postal Inspector.  He has more than 25 years experience in fraud investigations and has participated in numerous complex multi-agency investigations, including serving as lead agent on mail, wire, tax fraud and money laundering.  He has also testified in federal and state courts, at depositions, administrative hearings and grand juries in numerous venues from Texas to Indiana.  Tom has a Juris Doctorate (JD) in Law from the University of Tulsa and BS in Accounting from Ball State University.