Speaker: Ken Dieffenbach
CPE: 1
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Virtual Zoom Event: Attendees will receive a Zoom registration and the Zoom link prior to the event.
Event Description
This presentation will include recent updates in regulation and approaches to reducing fraud, waste, and abuse in federal grants. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the various forms of fraud, their consequences, and measures to prevent grant fraud through collaborative efforts and proactive prevention and detection techniques like risk assessments and data analytics. It will highlight stakeholders' roles and responsibilities in mitigating fraud and provide practical steps for strengthening grant oversight, supported by insights from real-world cases.
Additional Information
Cost:
Free for 2025 Members of the Albany ACFE Chapter
$20.00 Non-Members of the Albany ACFE Chapter
Registration will be open until 5:00 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025.
If you have any questions please send an email to AlbanyACFE@aol.com.
Speaker Bio
Ken Dieffenbach to serve as the Executive Director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC). A highly regarded leader in the federal oversight community, Mr. Dieffenbach most recently served as Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the Department of Energy Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Previously, Mr. Dieffenbach served at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General, where he helped develop the DOJ OIG’s Office of Data Analytics and served as its Deputy Director. He also served as the Special Agent in Charge of the DOJ OIG’s Fraud Detection Office. For many years, Mr. Dieffenbach also helped lead a federal interagency Grant Fraud Working Group. Mr. Dieffenbach began his federal law enforcement career with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. He has served as an adjunct instructor for more than a decade at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's Grant Fraud Investigations Training Program and is a sought-after public speaker. He is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and has been a Certified Fraud Examiner since 1999, and in 2019 he was elected as a Regent for the 85,000+ member Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. In 2020 he was elected as Regent Chair.
Substitution/Cancellation Policy:
Registration fees will not be refunded for cancellations made after March 7, 2025. No-shows will be individually responsible for full payment.
