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Dr. Johnnie R. Bejarano, DBA, CFE, CPA(CO), CGMA, CGFM, and Secretary of the COCFE Board.

Dr. Johnnie is a Program Directorate Analyst for the Strategic Energy Analysis Center with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in Golden, Colorado. He is also a Lecturer at Regis University, where he teaches forensic and fraud audit, accounting ethics, governmental and non-profit accounting, and other accounting courses. In the local community, he conducts public presentations on anti-fraud and ethics-related topics.

Dr. Johnnie served 26 ½ years in the U.S. Air Force, Arizona, and Colorado Air National Guard units.  Prior to NREL, he spent three years as Base Comptroller and Assistant U.S. Property Fiscal Officer at Buckley Air Force Base. In his final active-duty mission (2002) in the Sultanate of Oman for operation ENDURING FREEDOM he was the Deputy Commander for Support, 405^th Expeditionary Wing under field conditions with U.S. and British Air Support under joint operations. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2003.

In 2017, the Hon. John Hickenlooper, Governor, appointed Dr. Johnnie to the Colorado State Board of Accountancy and is serving his final year as Vice Chair. In 2011, Johnnie was elected to the Board of Regents with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), which is the largest anti-fraud-fighting organization in the world with over 88,000 members worldwide.  At ACFE, he worked with Cynthia Cooper, CFE, Director of Internal Audit, author, and WorldCom whistleblower, and Joe Ford, CFE, third in command with the FBI. He is currently a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee for Fraud Magazine, board member for the ACFE’s Colorado Chapter, and involved with the American Institute of CPAs, the Colorado Society of CPAs, Association of Military Comptrollers, Government Finance Officers’ Association, and member of the U.S. Golf Association. For fun, he enjoys spending time with his family and two granddaughters, plays golf, loves sports, and is an avid semi-pro photographer. He studied professional photography at the New York Institute of Photography and Cornell University through eCornnel. As a life-long learner his motto is “Never stop learning.”

 Identity Theft: Theives don't care if you are a CFE 

You might think of all people, who would steal the identity of a CFE? Cyberthieves may use an ATM or gasoline pump device (sniffer) to read RFID cards. Amazon sells such devices for as little at $9.00 to nearly $2,000. I’ve had two instances of fraudulent ATM transactions (7 under $500 each) from my checking account over a two-month period. Then I figured out how it happened. I reported it to law enforcement. Recently, my identity was stolen to file for fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits. Yet, no one told me I was laid-off or terminated. I was still working and getting a paycheck. When I was notified by my two employers that someone was fraudulently applying for unemployment benefits—although I was still employed, I first thought it was a scam or a cyberthief phishing for information. I sent in the email at work to our IT cybersecurity group to confirm whether the message was legitimate. To my surprise, it was authentic. Then I sprang into action. In each case, I spent 2 to 3 hours filing police reports, contacting my bank, FTC, and state unemployment office, and the major credit bureaus. To think identity theft may not happen to you—think again! In my presentation I will save you time in responding to a case of identity theft and what steps to take.

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As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, bankruptcy filings are approaching record levels. As bankruptcies rise, so too are fraudulent transfers. Brad Sargent CPA/CFF, CFE, CFS, CCA, FABFA and (Denver atty TBD) will present on the Colorado Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, and what CFE's should know. Law enforcement, private industry, and public accountants will all undoubtedly be seeing more and more of these cases come through the transom.

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Friday, October 22, 2021

08:00 AM - 05:00 AM 

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