*4.0* CPEs: ETHICS: How Investigative Bias & The Financials can Influence Case Outcomes with the McHard Firm

THE AGENDA
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm    Examination failures: what are our standards?                             
  1:20 pm - 1:30 pm    10 min break
  1:30 pm - 2:20 pm    Examination failures: what are our standards? (cont'd)                  
  2:20 pm - 2:30 pm    10 min break
  2:30 pm - 3:20 pm    Wrongful convictions, bias in examinations                                  
  3:20 pm - 3:30 pm    10 min break
  3:30 pm - 4:20 pm    Wrongful convictions, bias in examinations (cont'd)
  4:20 pm - 4:30 pm    Questions & Answers, Announcements

Total Instruction (minutes): 200 (4 hours using 50 minute hours)
All times are Eastern (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) time

OUR PRESENTERS

Janet M. McHard, CPA, CFE, MAFF, CFF, CGFM, Founding Partner of The McHard Firm, is an award-winning speaker and long-time faculty member for Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.  The McHard Firm is a firm specializing in forensic accounting, fraud prevention, and accounting reconstruction. Together with her partner and staff, Janet conducts forensic and investigative accounting in matters concerning alleged white-collar crimes, embezzlements, employee theft and as well as disputed accounting issues.  Janet holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Mexico as well as an M.B.A. from the University of New Mexico’s Robert O. Anderson Graduate School of Management.  In 2016 Janet was inducted in the UNM Anderson Schools of Management Hall of Fame.  She holds a CPA in New Mexico, Arizona and California.  She has served on several boards including the Albuquerque Housing Authority and is currently the Treasurer of Keshet Dance Company & Center for the Arts.  She is also a member of the Audit Committee of the San Diego County Bar Association.

Beth A. Mohr the Managing Partner of McHard Accounting Consulting LLC, also known as The McHard Firm.  Beth is a nationally certified law enforcement instructor (IADLEST), and also a State of California POST certified law enforcement instructor.  She is an experienced speaker and facilitator working with groups in government, for profit and non-profit sectors on many topics including investigation techniques and anti-money laundering.  Beth has over twenty-five years of experience investigating financial and white-collar crimes, in addition to death penalty mitigation cases, civil rights cases, other complex criminal and civil investigations.  She has testified as an expert witness in three states on a variety of different types of matters, including police practices, police misconduct, fraud and white-collar crimes, and Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.  Beth is retired from the San Diego Police Department.  She is a private investigator licensed by the States of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California, and holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of New Mexico.