Just $175 to attend the 2016 Financial Crimes & Digital Evidence Conference! We are happy to announce that the 16th Annual Financial Crimes & Digital Evidence Conference will once again be held at the Salem Convention Center and The Grand Hotel in Salem, Oregon. Check back here for updates, or SIGN UP to receive occasional (1-3) email updates from our Admin under the Contact Us page.
Effective Use of Excel in Financial Investigations
This presentation focuses on how to organize and extrapolate usable and understandable data from bank statements and other accounting records. Attendees will learn how to import and cleanse data from Adobe Acrobat PDF format, calculation tricks, how to deal with large amounts of data, as well as sending, presenting, and printing data. They will also learn how to perform important tests on their data as well as new statistical techniques. This presentation is designed for people with some Excel knowledge. Law enforcement, attorneys, legal assistants, analysts, and accountants will benefit most from this information. Learning these tricks will save hours on your next investigation or project.
Oregon’s Largest and Strangest Psychic Sweetheart Swindle - Lessons Learned
This session will provide a behind-the-scenes look at all aspects of the largest psychic sweetheart swindle in Oregon. This session will cover a number of topics critical to financial and digital investigators and prosecutors, including:
• Financial exploitation of the elderly/vulnerable
• Tricks used by financial predators
• The power of networking
• Putting together a complex financial case for prosecution
• Digital forensics and evidence in financial cases
• Effective use of criminal forfeiture
• Translating financial information to effective visuals
• Victim’s rights: working with victims and conservators in financial cases
• The pros and pitfalls of media attention: working with local and national media
Are You Sure You Really Want to Take That? Fourth Amendment Issues Related to the Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence
This session will provide an overview of the legal and practical issues related to the search and seizure of digital evidence.
Accounting Aid for Fraud Victims
This presentation covers the new Oregon non-profit started by Bill Douglas in 2014 to assist law enforcement in the investigation and prosecution of financial exploitation cases. Bill will discuss the mission of the nonprofit, who will benefit from it, and what you can do to help. There may also be an officer or DDA who has worked with AAFFV to discuss how it works in practice.
Overview: Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Lab
This session will provide attendees with an overview of the Northwest RCFL, including digital evidence services, local agency participation, and training available to law enforcement.
FBI Supervisory Special Agent
Jennifer Burnett is a Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI who currently serves as the Director for the Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory in Portland, Oregon.
President, Cost Advisors, Inc. and Accounting Aid for Fraud Victims
Bill Douglas has over 24 years of accounting experience. He is the president and founder of Cost Advisors, Inc., a consulting firm focused on Accounting Investigation & Forensics.
Securities Registration Analyst/Financial Enforcement Officer, DFCS
Jason Ambers works as a Securities Registration Analyst/Financial Enforcement Officer for DFCS.
Detective, Canby Police Department
Detective Floyd serves as Detective and a Computer Forensics Examiner with Canby PD, the FBI’s Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (NWCFL) and the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team (CART).
Criminal Intelligence Analyst, Kaizer Police Department
Cara Steele is a Criminal Intelligence Analyst, assigned to the Keizer Police Detectives Unit.
