Annual Fraud Conference 2024
 
Speakers + Bios
Sanjay Bhatka
VP – Global Head of Solutions
Centific

Sanjay Bhatka, currently the Global Head of Cybersecurity & Fraud Sollutions, drives business developement and solutions, leading teams of engineers, analysts, and data scientists. He's spent over 17 years in financial services, spanning different roles, combating bad actors across the globe. His fraud experiences include Account Takover, AML, Bot Management, Chargebacks, First-party, Forensics, Friendly fraud and Payments. In addition, Sanjay's background has enabled threat & fraud mitigation, realizng operational savings > 45%, improving productivity, while evolving with the speed and agility of cybercriminal activity.

 
Elizabeth Calamito
President
IIA Central Jersey Chapter
Elizabeth (Liz) Calamito - CFSA, CRMA, is the Vice President and Head of Internal Audit at Global Benefits Group, Princeton, NJ, since December 2019. Liz brings over 25 years of Internal Audit and Insurance experience, serving most recently as Senior Internal Auditor at the Munich Reinsurance Group for the past 14 years. Liz has also served as the Head of Internal Audit for Highlands Insurance Company and in various internal audit, project management, and financial reporting roles at Prudential Insurance Group. Liz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from St. Elizabeth University, and an MBA, Finance from Seton Hall University. Liz currently serves as the President of the Central Jersey IIA chapter and was a past Vice President of the Central Jersey ACL Users Group.
 
Anthony DiGiulian
IT Audit Director
SC&H Group, Inc.
Anthony DiGiulian, CISA, CDPSE, is a Director specializing in IT security assessments, cybersecurity consulting services, data privacy and internal control reviews.
He brings confidence, trust, and credibility to clients’ risk management frameworks by testing key IT security and data privacy processes and controls, and assisting with the development and delivery of customized IT audit methodologies and project plans.
Anthony also manages third-party assurance reviews, including ISO 27001, SSAE 18, ISAE 3402, and SOC 2 Trust Principle audits over Security, Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, and Privacy.  Additionally, he has experience overseeing internal control assessments that follow the COSO Framework
 
Eric Fonseca
Principal Auditor
NJ Office of Legislative Services

Eric has 15 years’ experience with the NJ Office of the State Auditor and serves as a Principal Auditor supervising staff in the conduct of moderate to complex audits.
He worked on a plethora of audits including the following Departments: Chief Executive’s Office, Children & Families, Community Affairs, Education, Higher Education, Human Services, Labor & Workforce Development, Pinelands Commission, Public Advocate, Transportation, and Treasury.
He grew up in the streets of Bucaramanga Colombia, has a twin sibling he’s never met, enjoys solving Rubik’s Cubes in his spare time, and is a social media influencer with a whopping 43 followers on Tik Tok.

 
David Kaschak CPA, CGAM
NJ State Auditor

David J. Kaschak, CPA, CGFM, a resident of Lambertville, was confirmed as the New Jersey State Auditor on February 23, 2021, during a joint session of the Legislature. He began his career in the Office of the State Auditor after earning a B.S. in Accounting from the Pennsylvania State University. Dave is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in New Jersey and a Certified Government Financial Manager. He is a member of the National State Auditors Association (NSAA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and AGA. He is the current chair of NSAA’s Personnel Committee.

 
Douglass MacArthur
Senior Auditor II
NJ Office of Legislative Services

Mr. Douglass MacArthur joined the New Jersey Office of the State Auditor in 2017. Douglass is a Senior Auditor and has assisted in writing audit reports for state agencies and school districts. Douglass has experience writing legislative issue papers to the New Jersey state legislature to address funding inequalities found in our audit reports as well as highlight issues that may require legislative action.  He is a member of the statistical committee within the New Jersey Office of the State Auditor and currently serves as the President-elect for AGA’s Trenton Chapter.

Douglass is a former NCAA student-athlete and has bachelor degrees in Accounting/Economics and Business Administration as well as a minor in Sports Management from McDaniel College. He resides in Wall Township, New Jersey and spends his spare time on the beaches of the Jersey shore.

 
Arpita McGrath
Chief Compliance Office
Sporttrade

Arpita is a Certified Antimoney Laundering Specialist and Scrum Master with 15 years of experience helping financial institutions and companies develop their AML written programs, customer risk rating, and transaction monitoring models. She is currently the Chief Compliance Officer at Sporttrade, a sports betting exchange, where she developed the AML and Responsible Gaming program to launch into multiple states (and growing!). She works with state regulators to expand Sporttrade into more jurisdictions. She is a Board member for the Association of Certified Antimoney Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) as well as Drexel University Accounting Advisory Council.

 
Jo-Ann Weiner
Founder
J.L. Weiner and Associates, LLC

 Jo-Ann Weiner is an expert in the forensic fraud and tax examinations field as a Certified Fraud Examiner an Enrolled Agent and a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist. In 2011 after working for the US Internal Revenue Service as a Revenue Agent for 35 years, where she audited federal tax returns, worked as a special enforcement agent on civil cases, criminal cases, and grand jury cases, Ms. Weiner worked as an outside contractor teaching Corporate Taxation to IRS Revenue Agents.

Transitioning her vast and deep experience with the federal government, Ms. Weiner formed her private practice of J.L. Weiner & Associates in 2013 where she routinely represents clients who are being audited by the federal or state government or are being investigated on federal criminal tax charges. She collaborates closely on legal teams. In the past, Ms. Weiner served as an expert witness testifying in court for the federal government. Currently, Ms. Weiner testifies and been deemed an “expert” in legal disputes.

Publications

• It’s Never Too Early to Start Thinking “Taxes” and "Taxes in the New Year", NAWBO

• "Indirect Methods of Proving Income", EA Journal

“Red Flags and Tax Audits in Cash-Intensive Businesses”, SJ Biz

“Red Flags and Tax Audits in Cash-intensive Businesses, EA Journal