UOW academic addresses Pacific Rim fraud conference

Dec 15, 2006

A range of fraud experts from across the country united in Melbourne recently for the Annual Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Pacific Rim Fraud Examiners conference.

One of the key presentations was delivered by Dr Annamaria Kurtovic from UOW’s School of Accounting and Finance who is recognised by the ACFE as a world expert in forensic accounting and fraud examination.

Promoted as the ‘session highlight’ for the first day of proceedings, Dr Kurtovic’s address was titled ‘Understanding human behaviour and the audit process to meet current regulatory requirements’.

Her session highlighted the importance of recognising human behaviour study and its role within traditional audit techniques in not only helping to combat white collar crime but also assisting auditors, worldwide, in meeting regulatory requirements, enacted as a result of the numerous corporate collapses experienced globally in recent years.

During the two-day conference, leading experts in fraud examination and forensic accounting came together and dealt with issues ranging from identity theft and fraud prevention benchmarking to establishing a corporate ethics hotline and digital analysis.

The conference was aimed at providing anti-fraud professionals with the opportunity to expand their existing fraud knowledge and develop new skills and techniques.

With its world headquarters located in Texas in the US, the ACFE is the world’s premier provider of anti-fraud training and education to anti-fraud professionals worldwide, and currently has a strong global member base exceeding 38,000 members.

The Pacific Rim Conference is one such example of where the ACFE and its members come together in order to reduce the incidence of fraud and white collar crime.