Meeting/Event Information

Vic Hartman, J.D., CPA/CFF, CFE

Vic is a retired Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation having served 25 years in various capacities including a “street agent,” executive management, and Chief Division Counsel. For most of his career he was a squad supervisor responsible for complex investigations involving bank fraud, white-collar crime, and corruption. He played leadership roles in both the Enron and WorldCom investigations.

Vic is an attorney and CPA and holds various credentials relating to fraud and forensic accounting. Vic founded The Hartman Firm specializing in Internal Investigations, Forensic Accounting, and Fraud Mitigation Consulting in Atlanta, Georgia. He represents whistleblowers and has been a court appointed Receiver and Examiner.

Vic is an international speaker on the topic of fraud, an adjunct Professor at Georgia State University where he teaches a Masters’ level forensic accounting course, is the author of the book, The Honest Truth About Fraud: A Retired FBI Agent Tells All, and provides continuing education courses for attorneys, accountants, and fraud examiners.

Virginia L. Tate, CFE/CIRA/EA

Virginia Tate is the president of FAI International – Forensic Accounting & Investigations, a division of the EP Global Corporation. Virginia heads up the Tax, Accounting and Forensic Division which focuses on Litigation Support-Taxation-Investigation with clientele through-out the world.

She is a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Accountant and an Enrolled Agent licensed by the US Treasury with extensive professional development and training in fraud, damages/loss calculations and financial investigations. Virginia is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, serving on the ABI's Commercial Fraud, Litigation and Taxation Committees. Regular speaking engagements include continuing professional education providers such as the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, National Business Institute, Chambers of Commerce, as well as exclusive presentations in private industry and non-profit sectors.

Dr. Tahir Ekin

Dr. Tahir Ekin is Steven R. “Steve” Gregg Excellence Endowed Professor of Quantitative Methods in McCoy College of Business, Texas State University.  His research has been funded by federal and state agencies including National Science Foundation, Air Force Scientific Office of Research and Texas Human and Health Services, among others. His book on health care fraud analytics titled “Statistics and Health Care Fraud: How to Save Billions" has been published by ASA-CRC Series on Statistical Reasoning in Science and Society. He has taught health care fraud analytics workshops for many organizations including in the events of European Health Care Fraud Corruption Network, International Statistical Institute and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Dr. Ekin holds a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences from The George Washington University, and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University. He is an elected member of International Statistical Institute and serves in Texas State University’s President Cabinet as the 2021/2023 Presidential Fellow. 

Dr. Maria Krambia-Kapardis

Professor Maria Krambia-Kapardis (PhD, M.Bus, B.Ec., FCA, CFE) is Professor in Forensic Accounting at the Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus) and has served as Associate Dean of the school of management and Economics at the same university. She has been a visiting scholar at a number of Universities in the UK, Australia and Spain as well as the Open University of Cyprus. She has authored a number of books, articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented her work at international conferences. Her research interests include: fraud detection, investigation and prevention; corruption and anti-corruption; corporate responsibility; corporate governance; gender issues in business, and ethical behaviour. She has been awarded a number of prizes for her publications including the 2020 Emerald Literari Award for an outstanding paper and in June 2019 the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) awarded her the global award –“Achievement in Outreach/Community Service Award” for “being an active contributor to her community and being committed to helping improve the quality of life where she lives and works”. In December 2019 she was awarded the ACE International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in the Academic Research and Education category and has served as a country correspondent for the European Commission on corruption matters.

Jason Jordaan

Jason Jordan is leading digital forensics, incident response, and cybercrime investigation specialist. He has been acknowledged in as an expert witness in the High Court of South Africa. He began his digital forensics career in the early days of the development of the digital forensics discipline when he combined his love for computers and technology with his role as a police detective. He served as a detective with the South African Police Service Commercial Branch, before moving to the Special Investigating Unit, where he established their digital forensics laboratory. In 2014, after being instrumental in multiple high-profile investigations over 23 years of service, he resigned from his position as National Head of Cyberforensics to establish DFIRLABS. As the founder and Principal Forensic Analyst of DFIRLABS, Jason leads the practice, and continues to conduct high-level digital forensics engagements throughout the globe.

Jason holds a MSc degree in Computer Science (Cum Laude), a MTech degree in Forensic Investigation, a BComHons degree in Information Systems, a BSc degree in Criminal Justice Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude), and a BTech degree in Policing. He is a member of several professional bodies and hold the following certifications and post-nominals: CFCE, CFE, MCSFS, PMIITPSA, FP (SA), and M.INST.D(SA). He also holds the following GIAC certifications: GBFA, GCFE, GCFA, GCIH, and GCCC.

Dr. Adrian Gepp

Dr. Adrian Gepp is an Associate Professor of Statistics and the Higher Degree Research Director at the Bond Business School, Bond University. In his research as part of the Centre of Data Analytics, Adrian uses advanced statistical modeling to reveal unique insights about problems of economic and social importance. In addition to his award-winning research in fraud detection, Adrian researches in a wide variety of areas including business failure prediction, health analytics, workplace design, marketing analytics, and predictive modeling in business and finance. His excellence in research is demonstrated by $750,000 of external research funding, primarily from industry partners. In addition to specializing in industry-funded research projects, his research is published in top international academic journals and has been presented at leading international academic conferences. Adrian is also a former Vice-President of the ACFE Brisbane Chapter.

Dr. Milind Tiwari

Dr Milind Tiwari completed his doctoral research at Bond University with thesis titled "Money Laundering: Facets associated with Detection and Magnitude of the Problem". He has won teaching excellence awards at Bond University and is a lecturer at Charles Sturt University. His research outcome has won the Outstanding Academic Paper Award for research impact. He has developed models for detection of illicit entities using graph and machine-learning algorithms. He has published research outcomes in top-ranking high-impact international journals and is a member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Brisbane Chapter. He is also a member of Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS). Prior to commencing his PhD, he has worked with KPMG and EY to investigate different types of fraud using email-review software and advanced data analytics. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Marc Y. Tassé

Marc Y. Tassé is a seasoned investigative and forensic accountant, specialized in multi-jurisdictional economic crime and ‘’high profile and sensitive cases’’ related to alleged fraud, bribery, corruption, and money laundering. An award-winning lecturer at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law and at the Telfer Executive MBA program, he has delivered lectures on corporate ethics and financial crimes, at McGill University and Harvard University. Mr. Tassé has been published and quoted extensively in various international prestigious publications, such as The Wall Street Journal. He frequently delivers awareness sessions on corporate ethical issues, to directors and executives of Fortune 500 companies.

Tabitha Davis is an Investigator in the Consumer Protection Division at the Arkansas Attorney General's Office. She is an Arkansas native and alum of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Strategic Communications. In 2021, she took her skillset to the Arkansas Attorney General's Office to assist fellow Arkansans with consumer rights.

She has helped hundreds of consumers during her time at the AG’s office, many of whom have fallen victim to online scams and fraud. Tabitha is passionate about helping constituents and raising awareness about the threats of scam and fraud that are prevalent in today’s markets.