Fraud Insights Boardroom Luncheon
with Roger Darvall-Stevens - Partner and Head of Fraud and Forensic Services, RSM Australia
Fraud is more common than you think. In fact, it is estimated that 5% of revenue is lost to fraud each year. As technology advances, fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated.
Join us for an exclusive lunch where we will provide our subject matter expert insights into the current, emerging and topical trends that you need to know to help you mitigate the fraud and corruption risks in your business, private sector and public sector.
This luncheon will be an informal discussion where the principles of Chatham House rules apply, allowing for a candid and open exchange of ideas with a commitment to confidentiality.
This is a free event open to anyone to register to minimise any concerns of perceived conflicts of interest and or gifts, benefits and hospitality issues.
RSM Australia will provide valuable insights on:
- 2024 top 5 most scandalous frauds internationally, and insights globally and locally, including some new fraud techniques of using deepfakes and ‘quishing’.
- Whistleblowers / public interest disclosers: 48% of frauds are detected by tips, which is three times more as the next common method. We will guide you through significant global and local developments in legislative compliance, best practices for whistleblower welfare, and program effectiveness indicators for both private sector whistleblower requirements and public sector public interest disclosures.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Fraud: We will discuss the trips and traps of AI and how it is used by fraudsters but can be used for fraud prevention and detection.
- Australia’s updated / revised Foreign Bribery laws: If your business has any presence overseas (operations, importing / exporting, use of overseas agents or intermediaries), these changes will likely apply with major penalties for non-compliance. We will provide you with the key information you need to know and what it means to you / your business.
- Better practice of Fraud and Corruption Control: In the last couple of years there has been a wealth of released standards and guidance that business can utilise to maximise their fraud and corruption control system’s (or framework’s) effectiveness. These include the Australian Standard AS 8001:2021 Fraud and Corruption Control and AS 4811:2022 Workforce Screening, the Commonwealth Fraud and Corruption Control Framework 2024, and the work of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
- Better practice in Investigations: Developments and guidance in the last couple of years have also served to assist business when and if a situation of alleged fraud and / or corruption arises to conduct or manage an effective investigation. These include the Australian Standard AS 8001:2021 Fraud and Corruption Control, the Australian Government Investigations Standard 2022, the ACFE Fraud Theory Approach to any fraud investigation, and the Australasian Association of Workplace Investigators (AAWI) on guiding principles for conducting workplace investigations.
- Tools and insights from the Commonwealth Fraud Prevention Centre, a Fraudster Persona typology, latest in fraud risk assessments, fraud pressure testing, and fraud controls testing.
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Date:
Thursday, 20 March 2025 |
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Time: 12.00 for 12.30pm – 2.00pm
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Venue: The National Press Club
16 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600 |
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Roger Darvall-Stevens is a Partner and Head of Fraud & Forensic Services at RSM Australia. He has over 30 years of experience in forensic accounting, forensic investigations of a range of matters (i.e. fraud, bribery, corruption, financial crime, and workplace improper conduct such as bullying and harassment), fraud and corruption control (prevention including training, detection, response, and foreign bribery and corruption compliance), forensic technology (forensic IT and forensic data analytics), operation of whistleblower reporting avenues and management advice, forensic due diligence open-source intelligence (OSINT) searching, and other compliance and corporate physical security consulting....
Roger is MBA and MA (Criminology) qualified among other tertiary qualifications, a licensed investigator in multiple locations across Australia and Australian Government security clearance, a former police detective, a CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) and Authorised Trainer and Regent Emeritus (global Board member 2012-2013) of the global Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), member of AAWI and AIPI and affiliate member CA ANZ, and trained and practiced in advanced interview techniques. He started his career in policing including multiple areas as a detective (which included the fraud squad, and counter-terrorism). Prior to RSM, he was a Partner in forensics for a ‘Big 4’ firm (EY) where he was for 13 years, and also previously held similar roles in the private sector for Ford Motor Company of Australia in investigations and loss control, and AAMI Insurance as investigations manager responsible for identifying, investigating and resolving potentially fraudulent insurance claims. He regularly presents at international and local conferences and seminars, and has authored related articles and publications.
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