Meeting/Event Information

Save the date for our October virtual seminar.

Title:

Fighting Fraud & Building Trust: The Role of Internal Investigations and Why They Still Matter  

Description: 

Conducting corporate investigations is one of the best ways to learn about how companies work, how to implement meaningful preventive controls, and to understand how ethical culture and human psychology play a role in corporate misconduct. 
 
And of course, the regulators agree. The US Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Department of Justice guidance still place a heavy emphasis on building and maintaining an accessible reporting channel and investigative process. But more practically speaking, whether your company takes investigations seriously can have a major impact on your organization’s culture and values. 
 
Our panelists are two Certified Fraud Examiners who worked closely together on internal investigations at a large telecommunications company. They will share how they tackled investigations from two unique perspectives: reducing material fraud loss and building a culture of ethics and compliance.   

·       How do you convince business partners that fraud activity that results in an immaterial monetary loss should still warrant their attention?  

·       Carrots and sticks – when to make the switch (and do you have the right support?) 

·       What happens when you look at everyday data a different way? 

·       How can you use the fraud triangle to assess root cause and quantify ethics?

Location:  Zoom

Speakers:

Michelle Davis CPA, CFE, CCEP is the founder of Artemis Advisory, a boutique consulting firm that focuses on helping business leaders accomplish their strategic compliance and risk management goals. Michelle founded Artemis Advisory to provide a nimble, cost-effective solution to address the growing gap between the pressures on the legal, compliance and risk management departments at organizations to accomplish more, with less. Michelle’s professional background includes over 16 years of experience in PwC’s Forensic Investigations practice and on Cox Communication’s Ethics & Compliance team. Michelle’s diverse experience as an outside consultant and in-house advisor to business and legal teams allows her to share unique perspectives on strategy, evaluating risks and processes, and solving organizations’ most pressing problems.

Michelle is active in the Atlanta business and legal community as a frequent speaker and thought leader. She is passionate about giving back to her community and spends her time supporting organizations that promote the arts and public education. Michelle is a proud wife and mother of two young children and one sweet puppy.

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Nicholas Velasquez, CFE
Sr Manager, Fraud Operations
Cox Communications, Inc.

Nick Velasquez, CFE is based in Phoenix, AZ and is a Senior Manager of Fraud Operations at Cox Communications, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. Nick leads a team of fraud analysts using data analytics to detect, investigate, and mitigate internal and external fraud threats. Nick and his team use data to recognize anomalous behavior patterns and follow the breadcrumbs to identify new fraud schemes and work with business partners to improve processes and controls to mitigate risks. Nick hasn’t always worked in Fraud, in fact he began his career in Tijuana, Mexico leading volunteer groups from around the country in the construction of houses for underhoused families in need. At Cox Communications, he found a home in problem solving, process improvement, and margin assurance. In his time at Cox Nick has helped transform the company’s reactive fraud approach to a proactive preventative model that starts with maintaining a culture of ethics.  Nick is an avid pickleballer (since before it was “cool”) and when he’s not playing or fighting fraud, he enjoys travelling places near and far with his wife and two young kids.