Meeting/Event Information

Join us for the next training session on Wednesday March 22, 2023.

This will be a 2 hour training session from 11 am - 1pm, EST

Speaker:

Rick Roybal, CFE, CISA

Vendor-Risk Management “activist”, consultant, author, and speaker, Rick Roybal has worked in the oil and gas industry for almost two decades. Today, Rick is a project manager for Martindale Consultants. He is the Vice President of the Fort Worth chapter of the ACFE. Rick also serves as the President and Chair of the Oil & Gas Vendor Roundtable. He has earned three degrees: B.A. Russian, M.A. Linguistics, and M.B.A. Finance & Accounting. Rick is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). His published work includes articles in COPAS ACCOUNTS, ACFE FRAUD, and The IIA Internal Auditor.

TOPIC:

The Marzieh Abedin Embezzlement Case Study

Get rich quick: How to embezzle from a government agency

Marzieh’s organization gave her the authority to source and approve payments to third parties. But she was wise to the lax internal control environment. During the COVID epidemic, she quickly and adeptly stole identities and set up fake third parties to bilk the Oregon Health Authority of $1.5 million. She took advantage of her employer and ultimately defrauded the citizens of Oregon in order to line her own pockets. 

Hope you will join us for this interesting case study!