2023 Fraud Conference
 
Chuck Cohen
Managing Partner
Cohen Training & Consulting LLC

Chuck Cohen's formal education includes a Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and an undergraduate degree from Indiana University with a double major in Criminal Justice in Psychology.  Chuck is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner.

He is a Captain serving the Indiana State Police, where he has been employed since 1994. He is currently the Commander, Intelligence and Investigative Technologies. In this capacity, Capt. Cohen is responsible for the cybercrime, electronic surveillance, technical services, and Internet crimes against children units along with overseeing the department’s overt and covert criminal intelligence functions.  Chuck is the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center Executive Director and Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Commander.

Chuck speaks internationally on topics including the implications of online social networks in criminal investigations and criminal intelligence gathering, cybercrime, online fraud, money laundering, corruption investigations, and the investigation of skilled criminal offenders.  He has trained investigators and analysts on five continents. Chuck is an Adjunct Instructor at Indiana University Bloomington, where he teaches Foundations of Criminal Investigation. 

Chuck testified to the 114th Congress in 2016 as a subject matter expert on encryption.  Chuck was a member of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Summer Hard Problem Program in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The 2008 study topic was “3D Cyber Space Spillover: Where Virtual Worlds Get Real.”  The 2009 topic was “Mixed Reality: When Virtual Plus Real Equals One.”  And, in 2010, the topic was “Online Social Media.”

He sits on the IACP Cyber Crime & Digital Evidence Committee and serves as an Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies Cyber Crime Committee Subject Matter Expert.  Chuck is a charter member of the International Association of Cyber & Economic Crime Professionals.

 
Michael Dudley
Principal Deputy Director, Investigations Division
United Nations

Michael Dudley is a lawyer with over 30 years of experience specializing in international investigations ranging from fraud and corruption to sexual exploitation and abuse.  He has particular expertise with investigation interviewing, including minors, cognition and the neuroscience of deception and digital forensics.  He regularly provides investigation training for civilian, police and military investigators, oversight personnel and international sanctions monitors. 

Mr. Dudley is the Principal Deputy Director of the United Nations Investigations Division and holds a BA, JD and LLM. 

 
William M. Lemon
Bureau Chief – Financial Crimes Unit
Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office

Mr. Lemon is the Bureau Chief of the Financial Crimes Unit at the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office.  He investigates and prosecutes a wide range of financial crimes, including large scale larcenies and embezzlements, contractor frauds, insurance, healthcare, tax and welfare fraud as well as cases involving elder financial exploitation.  Prior to joining the District Attorney’s Office, Mr. Lemon was in private practice for five years specializing in government investigations and complex litigation.  Notably, as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, he led an internal investigation for a global banking institution regarding alleged misconduct in the foreign exchange markets in Argentina.  He also participated in an internal investigation on behalf of the world’s largest mining companies regarding the collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil that caused the death of 19 people. 

Mr. Lemon also has extensive experience advising and representing financial services and healthcare companies in complex state and federal litigation.  Mr. Lemon obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Hamilton College and graduated magna cum laude from New York Law School.

 
Marie Rice PhD, CFE, CIA
Director, Center for Anti-fraud Resources and Examination Services (CARES)
Siena College

Marie holds a PhD in accounting, with an emphasis in fraud and forensic accounting, and is an Assistant Professor at Siena College where she serves as Director of the Center for Anti-fraud Resources and Examination Services (CARES).  Prior to entering academia, Marie was an anti-fraud, compliance, and audit professional with 20 years of experience. As a practitioner, she managed forensic accounting engagements up to and including expert testimony and advised audit committees and executive leadership teams of small to mid-sized U.S. listed companies on risk and compliance matters. 

Marie was a founding member and Past President of the Spokane Chapter of the ACFE and a founding member of the Justice for Fraud Victims Project at Gonzaga University, for which she was awarded the ACFE’s 2010 Outstanding Achievement in Outreach/Community Service Award and the Spokane Police Chief’s Citizen Award. She currently serves on the board of the Albany Chapter of the ACFE. Marie enjoys helping future anti-fraud professionals learn about the various specializations in the anti-fraud profession and in finding justice for those victimized by occupational fraud and abuse, including the colleagues, coworkers, and family members of the alleged perpetrators.