New York Chapter of the

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

The New York Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners was formed in 1990 and is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fraud prevention.

The New York Chapter #14 is one of the 100+ national and international Chapters of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Members have attended over 100 meetings featuring guest speakers and more than 25 fraud prevention seminars, workshops, etc., while earning "Continuing Professional Education" credits (CPE) required to maintain the CFE designation.

The New York Chapter is proud to be New York City's foremost fraud prevention and fraud detection organizations.

NYCFE All Day Seminar, June 14^th

“Domestic and International Markets Conference”

 Keynote Speaker:

H. David Kotz

H. David Kotz presently serves as a Director at Berkeley Research Group (“BRG”), a leading global expert services and consulting firm that provides independent expert testimony, litigation and regulatory support, authoritative studies, strategic advice, and document and data analytics to major law firms, Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, and regulatory bodies around the world.  At BRG, Kotz focuses on internal investigations and matters relating to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Money Laundering regulations. He also serves as an expert witness in litigation matters relating to securities regulation and the identification of fraud.

Prior to BRG, Kotz served for over 4 years as the Inspector General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) where he authored the landmark, widely publicized report investigating the failure of the SEC to uncover Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.  Mr. Kotz also authored numerous high-profile reports of investigation while at the SEC concerning, among others, a $7-billion alleged Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Allen Stanford, an SEC settlement of enforcement action against Bank of America, and alleged SEC coordination with Congress and the White House concerning the timing of the bringing of an enforcement action against Goldman Sachs & Co. In addition, he authored a landmark audit report analyzing the SEC’s oversight of Bear Stearns and the reasons for its collapse.  He has testified before Congress, including televised appearances before the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee regarding the Madoff Ponzi scheme. He also previously served as inspector general of the Peace Corps.