Rock River Region: Check Fraud – A Cautionary Tale and Tools to Mitigate Fraud

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Time 12:00pm
Location Tavern on Clark
755 Clark Dr.
RockfordIllinois 61107

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Delivery Method In Person
Field of Study Finance - Technical
NASBA CPE Earn 1.00 CPE Hours
Contact Illinois GFOA
info@igfoa.org
630-942-6587

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Event Description

Make plans to attend the Rock River Region Lunch and Learn and find out how you can mitigate fraud. 

This presentation will review a real-life external fraud experience at Boone County. Check and ACH fraud is on the increase in public entities. Join Susan Wade of First Midwest Bank and Curtis Newport of Boone County as they present tools that can help finance department staff secure their funds to eliminate check and ACH fraud. The presenters will also review what to do if fraud happens to you.

Learning Objectives: Participants completing this session will be able to:

1.       Understand current risk & fraud landscape;
2.       Hear about a real-life fraud;
3.       How to mitigate fraud; and
4.       What to do if you become a victim of fraud.

Speakers:  Susan Wade, Vice President of Public Funds, First Midwest Bank and Curtis Newport, Treasurer, Boone County
 

Intended Audience: Finance Professionals
Delivery Method: Group Live
Program Level: Overview
Prerequisites: No prerequisites required
Advanced Preparation: No advanced preparation required
Field of Study: Finance - Technical
Last Review/Revision/Update: February 15, 2022
NASBA CPE: Earn About 1.0 CPE credit

Presented by the Downstate chapter

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