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The Three Million Dollar Ribbon


Total Credits: 2 including 1 Accounting - Technical, 1 Auditing- Technical

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Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  Accounting and Auditing
Faculty:
Daniel Porter, CFE
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
2 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

Two conmen used lies and falsified documents to convince the State of Tennessee to give them a $3,000,000 economic development grant to create 1,000 jobs by purchasing and rehabilitating a vacant factory in rural Tennessee. Instead, they spent most of the money on an extravagant lifestyle and invested over $1M in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) out of over $30,000,000 pursuant to a contract to provide the tarps for areas such as Puerto Rico, affected by hurricanes. This session provides a detailed case study of how the investigators accumulated, organized, and analyzed hundreds of documents, identified the falsifications and misrepresentations, conducted multiple interviews, and ultimately convicted the conmen. This case study provides multiple takeaways for detecting and investigating grant fraud, which is especially relevant in light of the numerous federal stimulus programs in recent years.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Learn the relationship between the three elements of fraud and how fraudsters think
  • Understand how internal controls prevent fraud
  • Learn the red flags to look for to identify fraud
  • Learn to investigate fraud

Major Subjects
  • Internal Controls
  • Fraud Prevention
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fraud Investigation

Course Materials

Faculty

Daniel Porter, CFE's Profile

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Daniel Porter, CFE, has conducted civil and criminal investigations for over 20 years as a licensed private investigator, a loss prevention manager, and as an investigator with the State of Tennessee. While he was Investigations Manager with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (an organization with over 4,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 Billion) he created an investigations section and was responsible for investigations of fraud, waste, and abuse. Currently, he is an investigator in the Special Investigations Unit in the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, of the State of Tennessee where he investigates fraud involving public funds. 

 

He is a Cum Laude graduate from Middle Tennessee State University's Criminal Justice Program and a CFE. He has made presentations at AGA, IIA, and CFE conferences as well as to governmental agencies in various states including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations and the Indiana CPA Society. He has provided law enforcement training certified by the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission. He is a guest lecturer at Middle Tennessee State University and the Vanderbilt University School of Law. He previously served as President and Vice President of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and was selected the Chapter's Member of the Year in 2003.


Dates

Tue, Nov 26, 2024 - 07:00pm to 08:53pm EST
Thu, Dec 05, 2024 - 10:00am to 11:53am EST
Wed, Dec 18, 2024 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm EST
Sat, Dec 21, 2024 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm EST
Mon, Dec 30, 2024 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm EST
Mon, Jan 06, 2025 - 04:00pm to 05:53pm EST
Wed, Jan 22, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am EST
Tue, Feb 11, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm EST
Wed, Feb 19, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm EST
Tue, Mar 04, 2025 - 04:00pm to 05:53pm EST
Wed, Mar 19, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am EDT
Thu, Apr 10, 2025 - 07:00pm to 08:53pm EDT
Tue, Apr 29, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm EDT
Sat, May 10, 2025 - 11:00am to 12:53pm EDT
Mon, May 12, 2025 - 04:00pm to 05:53pm EDT
Thu, May 29, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am EDT
Tue, Jun 10, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm EDT
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm EDT
Sat, Jun 28, 2025 - 11:00am to 12:53pm EDT
Mon, Jul 14, 2025 - 04:00pm to 05:53pm EDT
Wed, Jul 30, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am EDT
Mon, Aug 11, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm EDT
Tue, Aug 26, 2025 - 07:00pm to 08:53pm EDT
Thu, Sep 11, 2025 - 04:00pm to 05:53pm EDT
Fri, Sep 26, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am EDT
Fri, Oct 03, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm EDT
Sat, Oct 25, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm EDT
Tue, Oct 28, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm EDT
Tue, Nov 11, 2025 - 04:00pm to 05:53pm EST
Mon, Nov 17, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:53am EST
Wed, Dec 10, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:53pm EST
Sat, Dec 27, 2025 - 11:00am to 12:53pm EST
Mon, Dec 29, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:53pm EST
Sat, Mar 28, 2026 - 11:00am to 12:53pm EDT
Sat, Jun 27, 2026 - 11:00am to 12:53pm EDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation  None
Designed For Finance management, business management, bookkeepers, accountants, grant management, Auditors, fraud examiners
Original Recording Date

09/2024

 


Yellow Book No
Course Developer D.Porter Solutions
Date Added to Catalog 09/16/2024

Additional Information

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Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


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