SESSION TITLE: Digital Forensics 101: The Basics of How Digital Evidence Can Help Your Case

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Digital evidence has become as common in court cases and legal proceedings as DNA evidence. Understanding what can be available in a digital processing of hard drives, networks, and cell phones is knowledge you cannot live without. Knowing the evolution of technology and how it will affect the outcomes of your cases will aid you to create the best options for your organization in regards to digital evidence. Learn basics of what is out there and what you can and cannot process and use.

BIO:
AMBER SCHROADER – CEO, Paraben Corporation

Amber Schroader has been involved in the field of computer forensics for the past sixteen years. During this time, she has developed and taught numerous courses for the computer forensic arena, specializing in the field of wireless forensics as well as mobile technologies. Ms Schroader is the CEO of Paraben Corporation and continues to act as the driving force behind some of the most innovative forensic technologies. As a pioneer in the field, Ms Schroader has been key in developing new technology to help investigators with the extraction of digital evidence from hard drives, e-mail and, hand held and mobile devices. Ms Schroader has extensive experience in dealing with a wide array of forensic investigators ranging from federal, state, local, and corporate. With an aggressive development schedule, Ms Schroader continues to bring new and exciting technology to the computer forensic community world wide and is dedicated to supporting the investigator through new technologies and training services that are being provided through Paraben Corporation. Ms Schroader is involved in many different computer investigation organizations including The Institute of Computer Forensic Professionals (ICFP), HTCIA, CFTT, and FLETC.

SESSION TITLE: Understanding Terrorist Financing

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The threat of terrorist attacks and the financing of terrorism represent compelling societal challenges. Successful terrorist organizations require an infrastructure to provide funding sources, the means to launder funds and the availability of funds. Terrorist financing is usually discussed in a broad and generic context and therefore, seldom understood. To truly understand terrorist financing it must be presented and assessed in specific terms. This session will discuss factors necessary to foster a sense of understanding about the multi-dimensional elements involved in the funding process. The forum will also provide an overview of the new generation of terrorist, areas of vulnerability, trends, methodologies and the terrorist attack cycle. The presentation will include discussion concerning preventive and detective mechanisms, as well as case studies.

BIO:
DENNIS M. LORMEL - Senior Vice President, Corporate Risk International

Mr. Lormel retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in December 2003, following over 30 years of government service, almost 28 years as a Special Agent in the FBI. During his distinguished career, Mr. Lormel amassed extensive major case experience as a street agent, supervisor and senior executive, particularly in complex, document and labor intensive financial related investigative matters.

In December 2000, Mr. Lormel was promoted to Chief, Financial Crimes Section, Criminal Investigative Division, FBI Headquarters, where he assumed program management responsibility for the FBI’s White Collar Crime Program. In that capacity, Mr. Lormel implemented a series of noteworthy national investigative initiatives.

Immediately following the terrorist attacks of September 2001, Mr. Lormel formulated, established and directed the FBI’s comprehensive terrorist financing initiative. He developed and implemented a variety of proactive and progressive investigative methodologies. These efforts evolved into the formation of a formal Section within the Counterterrorism Division of the FBI, known as The Terrorist Financing Operations Section. This multi-agency, multi-disciplined entity has attained international recognition as one of the world’s elite operations for tracking, investigating and disrupting terrorist-related financial activity. For his visionary contributions, Mr. Lormel received numerous commendations and awards to include the Department of Justice, Criminal Division’s, Assistant Attorney General Award for Investigative Initiative and the Central Intelligence Agency’s George H. W. Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism.

Since his retirement from the FBI, Mr. Lormel served as Director of Forensic Audits with the AES Corporation, a leading multi-billion dollar global power company. Based on his recognized expertise, he accepted a position as Senior Vice President, Anti-Money Laundering, with the full service corporate security consulting firm Corporate Risk International. Mr. Lormel provides consulting services and training related to terrorist financing, money laundering, fraud and financial crimes. He has shared his insight on terrorist financing and money laundering through speaking engagements at hundreds of domestic and international conferences. In addition, Mr. Lormel is an Advisor to the Congressional Anti-Terrorist Financing Task Force. He also serves as a contributing expert to The Counterterrorism Blog.

SESSION TITLE: “Was that a Threat?” - Understanding Threatening Communications

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What do you do when the plaintiff in your EEOC case starts receiving anonymous threats or the employee you have investigated for embezzlement also has a history of violence? How do we determine if the threat of violence is real and how do we investigate these cases? This program will introduce attendees to the investigative arena of threat assessment and threat management. Through this session, investigators will learn to recognize the signs of potentially hazardous communications and team approaches to resolving these matters without violence.

BIO:
Chuck Tobin - President AT-RISK Protection & Investigations

As a President of AT-RISK Protection & Investigations, Chuck Tobin brings his 20 years of experience in the industry and his values towards quality and dedication to the services provided. Mr. Tobin has worked to develop himself as a well rounded professional with experience in executive protection, investigations, consulting and training serving Fortune 500 corporations, political figures and celebrities both domestically and internationally. He has focused much of his work over the past 10 years working in the threat assessment and management fields.

Mr. Tobin is currently the Sergeant of Arms of the Association Board for the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and past President of the DC Chapter. Mr. Tobin also sits on the board of Virginia’s Department of Criminal Justice Services Private Security Services Advisory Board for Executive Protection and actively participates in the states Regulatory Review Board.

SESSION TITLE: Undue Influence Investigations

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Have you ever investigated a case where one person is taking advantage of a position of power over another person? This session will show you some useful tricks and assist in identifying potential red flags.

BIO:
REGINALD J. MONTGOMERY – President, R.J. Montgomery Associates

Reginald J. Montgomery is President of R.J. Montgomery Associates in Saddle River, New Jersey, specializing in corporate asset protection and criminal defense investigations with over 35 years of related experience. Reginald has an extensive expertise in the security and investigations fields. He is a certified polygraphist, protection professional, physical security professional, legal investigator, fraud examiner, security trainer, international investigator, Board Certified Professional Investigator and Personal Protection Specialist.

Reggie has served as vice-chair for ASIS International’s Standing Investigations Council and as the chairman of the Northern New Jersey Chapter. He is a life member and past assistant national director for the National Association of Legal Investigators, a life member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the World Association of Detectives, currently serves on the Board of Directors of Intelnet as well as the Council of International Investigators. Reggie also served as president of New Jersey Licensed Private Investigators Association from June 1996 to June 2000, and has been named to the Certification Board of The United States Association of Professional Investigators. Reggie is an adjunct professor at New Jersey City University. Reggie was named as the National Association of investigative Specialists SPEAKER OF THE YEAR FOR 2006-2007. He has given hundreds of speeches to national and international associations on a number of investigative subjects ranging from product diversion and protecting intellectual property to workplace violence investigations. He is best known for his interview and polygraph workshops.

Reggie has been certified by numerous courts as an expert in virtually every aspect of criminal defense, corporate security and investigative related matters. Reggie has appeared on dozens of network television programs as a polygraph and investigative expert. Mr. Montgomery is the Editor of (as well as contributing author, two chapters) “Corporate Investigations” and contributing author to “Advanced Forensic Criminal Defense Investigations”. Reggie can be contacted at: reggie@njinvestigator.com.

SESSION TITLE: Statement Analysis & Developing Case Theory

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Detailed case study of suicide/homicide investigation to include witness statement analysis, tips on reading body language and developing case theory.

BIO:
PETER A. SMERICK, M.Ed. – President, The Academy Group, Inc.

Former FBI (24 years) Supervisory Special Agent. Former Special Agent for the United States Naval Investigative Service and United States Army Combat Photography Officer in Vietnam. FBI Laboratory Examiner of questioned documents and photographic evidence. FBI Academy Faculty Member and Instructor in forensic science, crime scene and surveillance photography, questioned document examination and crime scene management techniques. Criminal profiler and violent crime analyst assigned to the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC). Developed profiles of violent offenders and analyzed violent crimes. Has consulted and lectured internationally regarding homicides, equivocal deaths, rapes, child abductions, kidnappings, extortions, stalking, and product tampering cases. Responsible for the NCAVC's Threat Assessment Program featuring the analysis of anonymous or threatening communications, identification and neutralization of stalkers, analysis of potential workplace violence situations and designing defusion strategies. Conducts questioned document examinations, including identification of the authors of computer-generated or typewritten documents. Testified before both Houses of Congress regarding the David Koresh Branch Davidians standoff in Waco, Texas.

SESSION TITLE: Managing the Large Investigation – The Verdict against Du Pont de Nemours & Co.

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BIO:
CAROL G. MOORE, CLI - Levin, Papantonio Law Firm

Carol G. Moore has been a staff legal investigator for the Levin Papantonio law firm in Pensacola, Florida for twenty-six years. For the past twenty-four years, she has been a member of the National Association of Legal Investigators, where she has served as a National Director, Assistant National Director, National Secretary and Region III Director. She received the national designation of Certified Legal Investigator in the year 2000. She is certified with the State of Florida as a Certified Investigator. She is a member of the National Council of Investigative and Securities Services organization. She has conducted investigations of industrial accidents, motor vehicle accidents, automotive and drug product liability cases, environmental and electrocution cases throughout the United States. Many of these cases have resulted in large million dollar verdicts or settlements. She was most recently the lead investigator in the Perrine v. Dupont environmental case tried in Clarksburg, West Virginia, which resulted in a verdict against Dupont for $196 million punitive award, $55.6 million property remediation and $130 million for medical monitoring.

Moore also served as past president of the Northwest Florida Legal Professionals Association. She is a member of the Innercircle of Investigators. She has served as president of Northwest Florida Staff Legal Investigators. She was a charter member of the Pensacola Legal Secretaries. She received her Legal Assistant Degree from Pensacola Junior College and has continued her education at Troy State University in the Criminal Justice Program.

Moore is active in community environmental protection in Northwest Florida. Since the founding of the Emerald Coastkeeper, Inc., a chapter of the Waterkeeper Alliance, also known as the Riverkeepers, she has served as the Executive Director for a decade. She has been an advisor to Americorp SASSY organization, is a member of the board of Healthy Kids of Escambia County and serves on the Catholic Charities Board of Northwest Florida. She has been a guest speaker for the Environmental Studies and Legal Administration Departments at the University of West Florida. She member of the Citizen’s Advisory Committee with the Bay Area Resource Council and member of the Environmental Committee for the Northwest Florida Chapter of the League of Women Voters.

SESSION TITLE: A Proactive Approach to Establishing an Effective Fraud Prevention Program

BIO:
Greg Kutz

Mr. Kutz is the Managing Director of GAO’s Forensic Audits and Special Investigations Unit (FSI). The mission of FSI is to provide the Congress with high quality forensic audits and investigations of fraud, waste, and abuse, and evaluations of security vulnerabilities and other requested investigative services. This Unit also monitors and manages fraud, waste, and abuse tips received through GAO’s fraud hotline.

Mr. Kutz graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1983. He joined the Washington, D.C. office of KPMG Peat Marwick immediately after graduation. During his 8 years at KPMG he worked as a financial auditor and financial consultant.

In 1991, Mr. Kutz joined the Government Accountability Office. As a Senior Executive at GAO, Mr. Kutz has been responsible for reports issued by GAO and testimony relating to credit card and travel fraud and abuse, improper sales of sensitive military technology, contractor, charity, and Medicare provider abuse of the federal tax system, Hurricane Katrina and Rita fraud, waste and abuse, transit benefit fraud, military pay problems, death and abuse of teenagers at private boot camps, and security issues such as airport security, border security, and security over the purchase and transportation of radioactive materials.

Mr. Kutz is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Fraud Examiner.

SESSION TITLE: Conducting Business Background Investigations

BIO:
Cynthia Hetherington

Today, due diligence must be much more than snap-shots-in-time and confirmatory reviews using generic checklists. Due diligence protocols and practices must be tailored to identify, unravel, and assess (value) the often embedded and under-the-radar intangible assets, intellectual property and proprietary competitive advantages which collectively comprise as much as 75% of most organizations real sources of revenue and value.

Ms. Hetherington will offer important dimensions to investigator’s role in conducting (domestic – international) due diligence investigations by using real examples, demonstrating timely (open source) investigation techniques and bringing clarity to the role that IP and intangible assets play in organizations.

SESSION TITLE: Locating Assets

BIO:
LARRY ROSS - Ross Financial Services, Inc

Larry Ross is unique...a former practicing tax attorney also licensed as a private investigator. He is expert at tracing ownership, cash flows, and assets through complex webs of entities, and uncovering irregularities in business transactions and financial statements. He knows how a transaction should be structured, and can find the loose thread needed to unravel an illegitimate scheme.

Mr. Ross earned his law degree at the University of Michigan. Upon graduation he entered the Honors Program at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he litigated tax cases in Federal courts. Next he served as Chief Counsel to the House Ways and Means investigations subcommittee. Prior to launching Ross Financial Services, Inc., Mr. Ross founded a Washington, D.C. law firm specializing in tax and securities law. He has testified as an expert witness on fraud issues and has litigated tax cases at the trial and appellate court levels, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Ross is a frequent contributor to such publications as Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, Online and PI Magazine. He is a guest lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center, and frequently presents to professional groups.

Ross Financial Services, Inc. is a financial investigations firm serving the business and legal communities. RFS is expert at uncovering and analyzing the information critical to making informed decisions, reducing risk, and resolving disputes. Services include asset searches, investigative due diligence, fraud and internal integrity investigations.

SESSION TITLE: Healthcare and Pension Fraud

BIO:
ROBERT L. PANELLA: Special Agent in Charge Washington D.C. Region - U.S. Department of Labor – Office of Inspector General Office of Labor Racketeering & Fraud Investigations

In June of 2006, Mr. Panella was selected as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for the OIG’s Washington Regional Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations. As SAC for the Washington Region, he is responsible for the oversight of all investigative and administrative operations in the DC, MD, and eastern VA areas. These investigations include crimes related to labor racketeering, pension & health care fraud, construction fraud, wage violations, immigration & visa fraud, and crimes and fraud against the DOL and its programs.

Prior to his appointment, from 2003 through June 2006, Mr. Panella served as Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Boston Resident OLRFI, where he was responsible for all investigative and administrative operations in the New England area.

From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Panella was a Special Agent in the New York Regional OLRFI where he conducted numerous labor racketeering investigations involving LCN organized crime influence in the construction industry and trade unions. There he was also assigned to the NY State Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force and was the agency’s lead representative on the U.S. Attorney’s Office (EDNY) Federal Construction Fraud Task Force.

Prior to joining the OLRFI, from 1996 to 1998 Mr. Panella was an Investigator with the DOL Employee Benefits Security Administration where he conducted criminal and civil investigations of corporations and unions regarding pension and health care issues.

Mr. Panella is a graduate of the Hofstra University School of Law (J.D. 1996) and a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A. 1993). He is also a member of the New York State Bar. Mr. Panella is frequently invited by federal, state, and private agencies to give presentations and lectures regarding labor racketeering, organized crime, pension & health care fraud, and corruption & fraud in the construction industry.

Agency Info: The OIG at the DOL conducts audits, evaluations and investigations to review the effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and integrity of all DOL programs, operations, and employees in order to detect crimes, fraud, waste and abuse within the department. Our program fraud investigations include crimes and fraud related to workers’ compensation, employee integrity, unemployment insurance, and fraud upon or the circumvention of the DOL visa process which results in the illegal entry of numerous aliens into the U.S.

In addition, the DOL-OIG is unique among Inspectors General because we have an “external” program function to conduct criminal investigations to combat the influence of labor racketeering and organized crime in the nation’s labor unions, industries, and the workplace. These investigations are conducted by the Office of Labor Racketeering & Fraud Investigations. We conduct labor racketeering investigations into areas such as employee benefit plans (pensions, 401(k), health care, etc.), labor-management relations, and internal union affairs