adminthe summit’s keynote speakers. He is the president of White Collar Crime 101 LLC, the publisher of White Collar Crime Fighter, a widely read monthly newsletter for internal auditors, controllers, corporate counsel, financial operations managers and fraud investigators. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee of the ACFE and a regular columnist in the ACFE’S newsletter, The Fraud Examiner.
He is also the author of “Fraud in the Markets: Why it happens and how to fight it”, and four other publications.
Mr Goldman has conducted numerous onsite fraud detection and prevention workshops for internal auditors, attorneys, human resources executives and compliance officers at Fortune500 companies and large not-for-profit organisations.
Proctor and Associates senior partner Mr Proctor Nyemba said the summit was part of the organisation’s broader initiatives to fight fraud and allied vices in Zimbabwe and on the continent.
“Headlines about fraudulent schemes, scandals, corruption, corporate turmoil and abuse of office have become commonplace in our era, and as such there has never been greater need for fraud detection, prevention and forensic investigation skills within our corporations and organisation.
“The summit is designed to equip participants with cutting-edge training and networking resources to effectively handle the ever-growing fraud risks,” he said.
Other speakers expected at the summit include the Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office Sylvester Nguni; the Deputy Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion, Dr Samuel Undenge; Securities Commission of Zimbabwe chief executive officer Mr Tafadzwa Chinamo, economist Mr Eric Bloch, Zimbabwe Institute of Management director Mr Norman Hadzirabwi and certified fraud examiner Mr Richard Cascarino, among others.
Africa’s improving infrastructure and noted economic potential has encouraged many foreign investors to consider investing on the continent. However, this has been watered down by concerns over the growing levels of cyber-crimes.
An earlier research note by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners reveals that corruption constitutes up to 50 percent of Africa’s fraud cases.
Mr Nyemba said they had lined up several renowned specialists in white-collar crime to provide their expertise at the event.
which is probably reflective of growth in new modes of fraud on the continent, especially those relating to cyber-crime.
Mr Nyemba said they had lined-up several renowned specialists on the area of white-collar crime to provide their expertise at the event.
Other speakers expected at the summit include the Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office Sylvester Nguni, the Deputy Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Dr Samuel Undenge, Securities Commission of Zimbabwe chief executive officer Mr Tafadzwa Chinamo, economist Mr Eric Bloch, Zimbabwe Institute of Management director Mr Norman Hadzirabwi and certified fraud examiner Mr Richard Cascarino among others.
Proctor and Associates said they are targeting the participation of Government officials, forensic auditors, insurance executives, risk managers, financial controllers, fraud risk managers, investigators, lawyers, loss control managers and other players that directly and indirectly deal with instances of fraud within organisations.
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