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AGA New York Capital Chapter
September Event
National Audio Conference
Fraud Prevention and Detection - The Cost With No Return

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
 

  TOPIC:   Fraud Prevention and Detection - The Cost with No Return
  FORMAT:   National Audio Conference  
  SPEAKER:   Bruce N Crandlemire, CPA  
  DATE:   Wednesday, September 10, 2008  
  LOCATIONS:   -Office of the State Comptroller  
      110 State Street  
      Albany, NY  
      or
      - Department of Transportation
      50 Wolf Road
      Albany, NY
      Note: An ID such as a driver license is required for entry into either building
  LEARNING      
  OBJECTIVE:   To obtain an understanding of fraud, how it is detected and who is actually responsible for detecting and preventing it in the first place.  
  PREREQUISITE:   Some familiarity with fraud detection amd prevention.  
  ADVANCE PREP: None required  
  TIME:   2:00 - 3:50 P.M.  
  CPE's:   2 Credit Hours  
  COST:   FREE for AGA Members (but please register)
      $15 for Non Members    
           

GUEST SPEAKER

Bruce Crandlemire is a Senior Consultant with EAM, Inc./Mosley & Associates.  Prior to this position, he was an Audit Manager for Moran & Company, PC.  At Moran, Bruce provided oversight and direction for staff in the conduct of financial statement audits and non-attestation engagements.  He was also a Tax Preparer.

Bruce’s professional experience as a Federal government employee was diverse and varied.  He was designated the Acting Inspector General at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on May 4, 2005.  (Bruce retired on October 3, 2005.) In this position he directed world-wide audit and investigation activities covering five government agencies and corporations totaling annual appropriations of over $15 billion.  USAID is a Federal agency that administers economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide.  The USAID Office of Inspector General (OIG) has responsibility for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the African Development Foundation (ADF), the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

The USAID/OIG was created under the authority of the Inspector General Act of 1978.  The office assumed responsibility for ADF and IAF under Public Law 106-113, dated November 29, 1999.  Public Law 108-199 dated January 23, 2004, added responsibility for the MCC.  The Inspector General’s mission is to contribute to and support integrity, efficiency, and effectiveness in all activities of these organizations through detection and prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse.  This work is accomplished through over 200 U.S. Federal employees, plus Foreign Service Nationals, and other private individuals and company contractors located throughout the world.

Crandlemire is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of Virginia.  He enjoyed a 33-year career as an auditor in several Federal agencies:  The United States Agency for International Development, Departments of Transportation and Health and Human Services, and the General Accountability Office.  Crandlemire joined USAID in 1988.  He was named Assistant Inspector General for Audit in 2002.  In that position he was responsible for all audit operations including auditing agency financial statements and advising on financial auditing issues.  Prior to that position he served as the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit from 1999-2002; Director of Financial Audits from 1995-1999; Deputy Director of Policy, Planning, and Oversight, and Director of Information Technology and Special Audits from 1988-1995.

Before joining USAID, Bruce served eight years as an Audit Manager at the U.S. Department of Transportation's OIG in Washington, D.C.  He held several audit positions in the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Office of Child Support Enforcement (1978 to 1980).  He worked at the General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C. and Norfolk, Virginia between 1973 and 1978.

Bruce was elected chairman of the Federal Audit Executive Committee in 2004.  He also served as a member of the Audit Committee of the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency.

Bruce holds a Baccalaureate Degree in Business Administration from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.  He has attended the Federal Executive Institute.  Bruce is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Government Accountants.

DESCRIPTION

AGA, in conjunction with the State Comptroller’s Office and Department of Transportation, and the Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) and the Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA), is pleased to announce a new and increasingly important topic to our audio conference schedule–Fraud Prevention and Detection–The Cost with No Return.

Unlike a theft or vandalism against an organization, fraud is a quiet, unseen crime that is designed to go undetected and hidden from the light of day. Its perpetrators hide in the shadows and gaps within the existing internal control structures to avoid detection and continue their unlawful enterprise.

But what exactly is fraud? How do you detect it? Who is responsible for detecting and preventing fraud? Good questions, but what are the answers?

This audio conference is designed to give the participants some of the answers. Participants will get a contemporary definition of fraud which clearly differentiates it from mismanagement and waste. It also gives participants many real work, experience-generated signs of how to recognized fraud in procurement awards and employee actions. Finally, the program will touch on who is responsible for detecting and preventing it in the first place.

Please join us for two hours of lively discussion about this important and timely topic.

In addition to the speaker’s commentary, there will be approximately 20 minutes for Q & A so that the participants can ask the speaker questions and share their own experiences.

Remember to register early: capacity is limited at both locations.

CPE Field of Study:  Auditing/Accounting; NYS License Number: 00329

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