Live In-Person Training: OSINT Essentials and Emerging Fraud Trends

April 30, 2024
8:00 am to 12:00 PM CST
Location: Olathe Community Center
1205 E. Kansas City Rd.
Olathe, KS 66061

Breakfast will be served (included in the event pricing). **Please note – if any special dietary needs are required, please email [email protected] no later than April 26, 2024 and we will attempt to accommodate**

Registration Ends: April 28, 2024, at 11:59 PM 

CPE & Registration

To support our chapter members in training and CPEs, the Greater Kansas City Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners is pleased to announce a live, in-person training event for the 2024 Spring Workshop, OSINT Essentials and Emerging Fraud Trends for 4 hours CPE.

CPE will be sent out by May 30, 2024.

Payment & Cancellation

For those who join our local chapter as a due's paying member (click here to join!) you will be able to register for our discounted member rates!

Credit card payment is required for all registrations prior to the event; cash and check payments will not be accepted. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to [email protected].

If you need to cancel, please refer to our cancellation policy: Event Cancellation Policy 

Presentation 

OSINT Essentials and Emerging Fraud Trends

In this training, the instructor will provide demonstrations of basic open-source intelligence (OSINT) techniques and tools that fraud examiners can apply in their day-to-day roles and then discuss recent trends in fraud risk that fraud examiners should be aware of.

Part 1: Basic OSINT Tools and Techniques for Fraud Examiners

The acronym OSINT stands for open-source intelligence and refers to information that can be gathered and obtained from publicly available sources that do not require a subject’s consent or a court order. Fraud examiners in any professional role can benefit from incorporating OSINT resources and techniques into their professional “tool kits” to help make more informed decisions and guide their investigation or fraud prevention efforts. The presenter will cover a few of the most valuable OSINT tools and techniques that any fraud examiner can utilize.

Part 2: Deepfakes and Generative AI: An Increasing Threat with Wide-Ranging Implications

The advent of deepfake technology, or the manipulation of images, video, text, or audio using artificial intelligence (AI), prompted many well-founded and wide-ranging concerns for society, including implications for the anti-fraud and investigative professions. Other recent forms of generative AI, such as Chat GPT variations, have only exacerbated these concerns. This presentation will cover the current capabilities and applications of deepfake technology to help the audience understand the risks associated with the technology, as well as how to address those risks and prepare for future impacts.

Part 3: Cryptocurrencies, Digital Assets and Fraud

Cryptocurrencies and digital assets have permeated business operations worldwide, and are increasingly becoming a focus in fraud examinations. Many professionals who have not yet encountered these technologies over the course of their regular duties will do so soon. By understanding basic elements of how these technologies work, as well as how fraudsters and other criminals utilize them to facilitate fraud schemes, organizations’ employees will be better positioned to help protect against fraud risks involving cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

In this training, you will learn how to:

• Create advanced searches on popular search engines
• Utilize publicly available information in fraud examination contexts
• Understand current capabilities and applications of deepfake and generative AI technologies
• Consider implications for litigation and admissibility of evidence related to deepfake and generative AI technologies
• Identify how cryptocurrencies and digital assets facilitate fraud and illicit transactions
• Recognize indications of potential cryptocurrency or digital asset ownership that might affect an audit or investigation

About Our Guest Speaker:

Mason Wilder, CFE, ACFE Research Director

Mason Wilder is research director for the ACFE. In this role, he oversees the creation and updates of all ACFE training and education materials, the planning and organization of all live training event programs, and research initiatives such as the Report to the Nations and benchmarking reports. He also conducts trainings, delivers presentations, writes for ACFE publications, and responds to member and media inquiries.

Prior to joining the ACFE, Wilder worked in corporate security intelligence and investigations at several companies over a decade, specializing in background and due diligence investigations, as well as intelligence analysis for international physical security operations and crisis response. He is a former licensed private investigator and earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.

We hope you can join us!

Tickets

$100.00 Member Ticket
$125.00 after 11:59 pm April 9

$150.00 Non-Member Ticket
$175.00 after 11:59 pm April 9