2025 ACFE San Antonio Conference
Friday; August 1, 2025 - 8am to 5pm CDT
Norris Conference Center
9 CPE Credits (based on a .50-minute hour)
SPEAKERS:
Kelly Paxton- Pink Collar Crime Expert:
Presentation: Nobody's Fool - Good people make bad choices and bad people make good choices. Using behavioral science, neuroscience, anecdotes and real life examples, listen to how easily it is to be deceived and what can you do about it. This is not your regular boring ethics presentation. won't say "it depends!"
Learning objectives:
- Understanding deception in both professional and personal settings. How you can protect your organization and your community.
- How fraudsters work to gain trust and control.
- Confirmation bias-what is it and how you can lessen it to prevent risks.
- Identify common practices to potentially stop fraud in its tracks.
- Steps to implement better controls in your workplace including pre-mortems and positive controls
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Thoms Fox – The Compliance Evangelist - Compliance Podcast Network
Presentation: Upping Your Game: How Compliance and Fraud Risk Management Moves to 2030 and Beyond
Learning Objective:
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Judge Veronica Vasquez - Bexar County Probate Court No. 2
Presentation: Safeguarding Older Adults - Legal Tools and Elder Abuse/Exploitation
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Susan L. Pamerleau | U.S. Marshals Service
33rd United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas
Presentation and Learning Objective: Overview of the US Marshal Service: US Marshalls role in asset forfeiture cases.
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Jason Zirkle, CFE - ACFE Training Director
Presentation: Fraud Report to the Nation / Mindset of a Fraudster
Learning Objective: Pending
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Kimberly Dang - Associate, Crain Caton & James Attorneys and Counselors
Presentation: “Bank Fraud: A Litigator’s Guide for Fraud Examiners.”
Learning objective: From wire fraud to fake accounts, explore the schemes, the investigations, and the legal battles that follow.
Bio: Kim Dang is a commercial litigator licensed in Texas and New York, with a focus on banking and financial services litigation. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex disputes across state and federal courts. Her clients include lenders, credit unions, and other financial institutions involved in matters ranging from bank fraud, wire fraud, and class actions to claims under the Federal Credit Reporting Act and the Uniform Commercial Code. Kim also handles litigation arising from loans, transactions, agreements, and other financial products on behalf of businesses and financial institutions. In addition to litigation, she works proactively with clients to identify vulnerabilities and reduce litigation risk before disputes arise. Kim practices at Crain Caton & James in its Banking and Financial Services group.
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The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, San Antonio Chapter #18 is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.
Cancellation Policy and No Shows
- Cancellations will not be eligible for a refund; however, substitutions will be accepted.
- In the event an attendee does not show up to the event, the registration cost will be forfeited.
- The Chapter reserves the right to bar for future registration any attendees who routinely register and fail to pay and/or attend the event.
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