William D. Brown

W.D. Brown & Associates

William Brown has over 40 years of forensic accounting/investigative experience which includes the FBI, a national law firm, a Big 4 accounting firm and a state agency. Mr. Brown's Forensic and Litigation practice specializes in forensic accounting, litigation support, and compliance and ethics program design and implementation.

Mr. Brown provides forensic accounting, litigation and investigative services to attorneys and their clients. Mr. Brown also assists corporate clients in developing and monitoring their corporate compliance programs by evaluating internal controls, crafting effective procedures and evaluating compliance. Clients include oil and gas industry, healthcare providers, the insurance industry, corporate security and governmental entities. His investigative reports are routinely provided to law enforcement and prosecutors in support of law enforcement actions.

A receivership is a creation of the court. You will deal with the court, SEC, law enforcement, victims, creditors, seize & marshal assets, and operate a wide variety of companies or entities. In this training, we will examine the entire receivership process, from initial discovery through final resolution. The discussion will include forensic investigation, litigation, expert witness testimony, financial accounting, and overseeing assets. The discussion will includes instances taken from Mr. Brown's personal experiences. The discussion will prepare you for undertaking a receivership appointment.

Hybrid meeting with virtual livestream

In-person:
5950 Sherry Lane

Dallas, TX 75225

(Ground floor - Conference rooms)

Virtual:
Zoom webinar

$25 - Dallas ACFE Chapter Member (in-person and virtual)
$40 - Non-Member / Guest (in-person and virtual)
$25 - Educator (in-person and virtual)

$10 / Free - Students (In-Person / Virtual Only)

Includes lunch (in-person only)

Mason Wilder, CFE

Research Director, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Mason Wilder is the research director for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (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.

The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence has prompted many well-founded and wide-ranging concerns for society, including implications for the anti-fraud profession. This presentation will cover the current capabilities of generative AI technology, how fraudsters are using it to enhance some of the costliest fraud schemes - including business email compromise and pig butchering - affecting individuals and organizations today, as well as strategies for mitigating the risks posed by these schemes.

You will learn how to:

• Recognize fraud applications of generative artificial intelligence technologies
• Identify controls that can mitigate risks associated with fraud schemes that incorporate generative artificial intelligence

Hybrid meeting with virtual livestream

In-person:
5950 Sherry Lane

Dallas, TX 75225

(Ground floor - Conference rooms)

Virtual:
Zoom webinar

$25 - Dallas ACFE Chapter Member (in-person and virtual)
$40 - Non-Member / Guest (in-person and virtual)
$25 - Educator (in-person and virtual)

$10 / Free - Students (in-person / virtual only)

Includes lunch (in-person only)