Presentations

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

GENERAL SESSIONS

• Keynote Address
  Mark Haerr, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget U.S. Department of Transportation

• Preventing Fraud Starts with Fostering an Ethical Culture
  Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General – U.S. Department of Transportation

• Announcement of Logo Contest Winner
  Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General – USDOT OIG
  John Horsley, Executive Director – AASHTO

TRACK A - PUBLIC CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS

• Identifying and Preventing Fraud and Identity Theft in Credit Card Transactions
  Alison R. Perona, Inspector General, Chicago Transit Authority OIG
  Michael Bobko, Investigator, Chicago Transit Authority OIG

• Public Corruption in Knox County, Kentucky
  Kent Byers, Special Agent, USDOT OIG
  Dennis McCormick, Special Agent, FBI – Louisville Division

• FBI’s Perspective on Public Corruption
  Partrick J. Murphy, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI – Chicago Division
  Vick A.  Lombardo, Special Agent, FBI – Chicago Division
  Robert A. Rieser, Retired Aurora Public Works Director – Case Cooperator

TRACK B - DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE FRAUD

• Airport Electrical Contract DBE Fraud
  Daniel Bernstein, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida
  Felix F. Jimenez, Sergeant, Miami-Dade Police Department, Public Corruption Investigations Bureau

• DBE Fraud in Transit Projects
  Jennifer J. Chun, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  Michael Purcell, Special Agent, USDOT OIG
  Lillie Claitt, DBE Program Manager, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

• Road and Bridge Company’s Sham DBE 
  Indicators of DBE Fraud
  Frank Davenport, Special Agent, USDOT OIG
  John Reus¸ Assistant Director, Investigations Division, Virginia Department of Transportation OIG

• Highway Construction Contract DBE Fraud
  Anthony Sartin, Special Agent, USDOT OIG
  Brian Acklin, Special Agent, U.S. Department of Labor, OIG

      

TRACK C - AUDIT PRACTICES

• Construction Fraud – Risk Mitigation and Fraud Identification Techniques
  A Forensic Auditing Perspective
  Kevin Max, P.E., KPMG LLP
  Gordon Postle, CPA, KPMG LLP

• Identifying Indicators of Fraud
  Bill Grunloh, Chief Operating Officer, Illinois Department of Transportation

• Fraud Indicators of Anti-Trust Violations
  Carla Stern, Trial Attorney,  U.S. Department of Justice Anti-Trust Division

• Proving Consultant Overbilling Using Technology to Supplement Traditional Audit and Investigation Tools: A Case Study
  Tracy M. Smith, Inspector General, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
  Arjana Jaupi, Auditor, Controls & Compliance Unit, Illinois Highway Toll Authority OIG

 

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

GENERAL SESSIONS

• Modal’s Perspectives on Stewardship and Oversight Challenges
  James S. Simpson, Administrator – Federal Transit Administration
  Carl Gottschall, Major Projects Team Leader – Federal Highway Administration
  Elliott Black, Manager, Planning and Programming Branch – Federal Aviation Administration

• Current Industry Initiatives to Combat Fraud
  Ed Kutschke, Executive Vice President, Aldridge Electric – American Road and Transportation Builders Association
  Jim Cady, Assistant General Counsel, Granite Construction Inc. – Association of General Contractors
  Jack Basso, Director of Management and Business Development – AASHTO

• Prosecution of False Statements, False Claims, and Public Corruption in Contracting
  William M. Welch III, Chief of Public Integrity – U.S. Department of Justice

• Lucrative Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud Scheme: An Insider’s Account
  Burton T. Ryan, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney
  U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York
  Douglas Shoemaker, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge
  U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General
  Alan Katz, Special Agent
  Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division

TRACK A - FALSE STATEMENTS AND FALSE CLAIMS

• Detecting Fraud in Claims and Change Orders
  William Thomas, CPA/ABV, CFE, CVA, MBT Consulting, Inc.
  William Pace, CPA, MBT Consulting, Inc.

• Falsification of Labor Categories, False Billing Schemes
  Robert Zuckerman, Senior Procurement Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration

• Indicators of Kickbacks, Davis-Bacon, and Prevailing Wages Fraud
  Charlie Groshens, Labor Investigations Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Transportation
  Chris Smith, Special Agent, USDOT OIG
  Mark Underwood, Supervisory Investigator, USDOL Employee Benefit Security Administration

• Construction Industry Self Initiated Compliance and Ethics Programs
  Harry Schaefer, Schaefer Consulting Service, LLC

     

TRACK B - SUBSTANDARD PRODUCT AND PRODUCT SUBSTITUTION

• Stewardship and Oversight Best Practices - Part 1 | Part 2
  Carl Gottschall, Major Projects Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration
  Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Regional Counsel, Federal Transit Administration
  Elliott Black, Manager Planning and Programming Branch, Federal Aviation Administration

• Core Sample Swapping Qui Tam Investigation
  Jose Sepulveda, Division Administrator – Federal Highway Administration
  Kentucky Division
  George Sullivan, Senior Investigator, USDOT OIG

• Practical Methods in Applying Quality Control Programs
  Christine Reed, Director of Highways – Chief Engineer, Illinois Department of Transportation
  David Lippert, Bureau Chief – Materials and Physical Research
  Illinois Department of Transportation
  Michael Renner, ActingBureau Chief – Construction
  Illinois Department of Transportation

• Fraud in Asphalt Production and Paving - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
  Megan France, Special Agent, USDOT OIG
  Kent Byers, Special Agent, USDOT OIG
  Jeff Ball, Special Agent, USDOT OIG

TRACK C - LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES

• Working Together in Task Force Investigations
  Felix F. Jimenez, Sergeant, Miami-Dade Police Department,
  Public Corruption Investigations Bureau

• The Value of Digital Evidence
  William Swallow, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge, USDOT OIG
  Omer Poirier, Criminal Attorney, USDOT OIG

• Initial Responder Training for Seizing Digital Evidence
  Carlos Vazquez, Special Agent, USDOT OIG
  Robert Mancuso, Special Agent, USDOT OIG

• Special Investigative Techniques in Public Corruption Investigations
  Daniel Bernstein, Assistant U.S. Attorney,U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida

 

Thursday, July 31, 2008

GENERAL SESSIONS

•  U.S. Department of Justice National Procurement Task Force Activities
  Bradford Geyer, National Procurement Fraud Task Force, U.S. Department of Justice

• Monitoring Corporate Compliance 
  Theodore L. Doherty, Special Agent-in-Charge, USDOT OIG
  John Sasaki, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group
  John Hanson, Director, Huron Consulting Group
  Lucy Garliauskas, Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration – Massachusetts Division

• Working with Federal Prosecutors as They Handle Your Case
  Catherine Votaw, Assistant U.S. Attorney,
  Chief, Health Care Fraud, Government Fraud, and Environmental Crimes, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

• “Big Dig” Settlement Investigations: Collapse, Leaks, and Others
  Jeffrey M. Cohen, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts
  Theodore L. Doherty, Special Agent-in-Charge, USDOT OIG
  Leigh Hinson, Special Agent, USDOT OIG 
  Jennifer Blake, Special Agent, USDOT OIG