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• 2025 Fort Worth ACFE Scholarship Application

  • Start
    February 18, 2025
  • End
    May 30, 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  Fort Worth Chapter ACFE has opened our annual scholarship application. Our scholarship awards are typically (but not limited to) $500 each. Support documentation can be attached at the end of your online application or emailed to president@fwacfe.org after the completion of your application. You must submit your application and all supporting documents by 5:00 PM on May 30, 2025 to be considered for this scholarship award. 

  To begin the scholarship application, please press the "Register" button on the left-hand side of this page.

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• FW ACFE March 2025 Chapter Meeting

  • When
    March 26, 2025
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    11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  The March 2025 Fort Worth ACFE Monthly Chapter meeting will be held virtually via the Zoom platform. Details are below:

  
  

  Date :	Wednesday, March 26, 2025
  Speakers:	Courtney Austin, CFE, Manager Cost Recovery, BNSF Railway
  Topic:	Spring Cleaning your Internal Controls: Fraud Prevention & Detection Checklist
  Objective:	Assess internal control weaknesses in your organization
  Prerequisite:	No prerequisites are required.
  Location:	Virtual
  Platform:	Zoom
  Time:	11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Presentation
  Price:	$10 - Fort Worth ACFE Chapter Member $20 - Non-Member / Guest $0 - Texas Wesleyan University Student $10 - Other Students
  CPE Offered:	1.0

  
  

  Description:

  Is your organization still as protected from fraud risks as it thinks it is? Now is the perfect time to dust off your internal controls by leveraging helpful checklists, recent cases, growing trends, and your own company’s data to re-evaluate the strength of your company’s controls.

  
  

  About the Speaker:

  Courtney Austin currently works as a Manager, Cost Recovery in BNSF Railway's Finance department. Previous to this role, she has worked in accounts payable / disbursements compliance, anti-fraud, and internal audit. Areas of expertise are fraud investigations, fraud risk assessments, internal controls consulting, process improvement, and compliance monitoring. Courtney is a CFE and has served on the Fort Worth ACFE leadership team in various roles for the past decade. 

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• 13th Annual Tolleson Fraud Conference

  • When
    April 25, 2025
  •  
    7:15 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Texas Wesleyan University

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  Save the date for our next full-day conference! April 25, 2025

  
  

  The 13th Annual Tolleson Fraud Conference, co-hosted by Texas Wesleyan University and the Fort Worth ACFE Chapter, is an in-person event held on Texas Wesleyan University campus in Fort Worth, TX. For more information on the event and the speakers, please visit the event page.

  Date :	Friday, April 25, 2025
  Topics & Speakers:	Detecting Deception in Investigations via Body Language for CFE’s Jerry Balistreri The Ins and Outs of Insurance Fraud Patrick Cryer, Texas Department of Insurance 30 Years of Fraud: Narcissism, Entitlement, and the Rule of Swine Greg Westfall, Partner, Cantey Hanger Financial Statement Fraud: A Case Study Eric Werner, SEC Guarding Your Career Search: Navigating Security & Avoiding Scams Jim McConnell, Principal, Ask McConnell What's on the Horizon for Fraud Investigation in 2025 and Beyond? Panel Discussion Additional speakers and topics TBA
  Objectives:	Develop a deeper understanding of financial fraud by studying actual fraud cases Identify methods used to commit financial fraud Examine different approaches to prevent, detect, and investigate fraud Evaluate strategies to assess and mitigate the risk of fraud Understand how fraud impacts individuals, consumers, organizations, and society
  Prerequisites:	No prerequisites are required
  Location:	Nick and Lou Martin University Center Texas Wesleyan University 3165 E. Rosedale Street, Fort Worth, TX 76105 (2nd floor foyer)
  Parking:	Complimentary parking provided
  Time:	Check-In, Breakfast, and Networking: 7:15 am - 8:00 am Speaker Sessions: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  Prices through April 18th:	FW ACFE Chapter Member: $275 Group (5 or More): $275 Guest: $325 Student: $75
  Prices after April 18th:	FW ACFE Chapter Member: $300 Group (5 or More): $300 Guest: $350 Student: $100

  
  

  Please reach out to president@fwacfe.org for assistance with group or student registrations, or if you have any other questions.

  Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments will be provided and are included in the registration cost.

  The event is planned as in-person format only (no virtual attendance option). 

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