Welcome to Dallas Chapter of the
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

The Dallas Chapter supports the international mission of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners through its educational programs and seminars, which promote an enhanced awareness of fraud prevention, detection and investigation techniques among its membership and throughout the business and law enforcement communities. At the same time, program attendees are provided an opportunity to earn their annual continuing education credits and network with a diverse group of professionals in related fields.   

  

  

Coming January 12th!!! 

Encounter with the Double: Coming Face-to-Face with the Bad Guy in Undercover Work 

2 hours of CPE/CLE  

Encounter with the Double: Coming Face-to-Face with the Bad Guy in Undercover Work brings fraud examiners the story of detectives who face the challenge of dealing with their targets live. Based on her research on undercover work for her book Art of Darkness, Sara K. Schneider's presentation looks at the relationship between the "hunter" and the "hunted," and depicts the similarities and differences between the two roles in this eternal game. With humor, warmth, and insight, Schneider will share her experience, since the book came out, of training regular cops in the uncomfortable and yet seductive skills of working undercover - of thinking and acting like the bad guy, and knowing the things bad guys know. Fraud examiners will see their work in a whole new light. 

  

Sara K. Schneider, Ph.D is a performance anthropologist, author, and theatre director.  She began researching undercover operators' experiences and taking part in training with them in the mid-1990s. Art of Darkness: Ingenious Performances by Undercover Operators, Con Men, and Others, her unique behavioral analysis of their performance techniques, is her third book dealing with how identity can be expressed through the body. Released in 2008, Art of Darkness has been hailed by trainers and the public at large as "must" reading for law enforcement. Since the book's publication, she has had the rare opportunity to train novice and mid-level undercover operators in performance skills.  In addition to training these "street performers," Schneider founded the New York theatre company Chaparral, and has taught acting, directing, and performance theory as well as directed shows, at universities and colleges across the country, including the University of Kentucky, Berea College, and the University of Washington. She also consults on behavior and experience design, helping organizations use rehearsal skills to achieve their strategic goals.  Audiences and clients for her trainings consistently count as highlights the "instructor's enthusiasm and knowledge."  

First 100 registrants to the January Meeting will receive a free copy of  Sara's Book