Long Island Chapter of the Association of Licensed Certified Fraud Examiners

LICFE
Newsletter

September 2000

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

LONG ISLAND CHAPTER

NEWSLETTER

Vol. 2, Issue 4

September, 2000

Board of Directors:

David E. Zeldin, MPS, CFE, CFC, DABFE, FACFE
  President
Det. Lt. Peter M. Calabrese, CFE
  Vice President, Investigations
Gregory J. Naclerio, Esq., JD, CFE
  Vice President, Membership
Robert L. Goldfarb, CFE, CPA, DABFE, DABFA
  Vice President, Educational Programs
Donna N. Karp, CFE
  Recording Secretary
Margaret C. McArdle, CFE, CPA
  Treasurer
Jane R. Buck, Esq., JD, CFE
  Corresponding Secretary
Stephen E. Cleary, CFE
  Sergeant-at-Arms
Barry L. Pulchin, CPA, CFE, CVA, DABFA
  Member At-Large
Dennis Langel, CFE
  Member At-Large
Joan S. Wellstead, CFE
  Member At-Large
Gregory L. Somma, CFC
  Member At-Large
 Director of Administration

Committee Chairpersons
(Alphabetically)
*Board Member’s Committee Assignments Not Listed
Marisol Amarat
  Chairperson, Public Relations Committee 
  Vice-Chairperson, Meetings & Seminar Committee
Det. James Byrne, CFE
  Vice-Chairperson, Investigations
Committee
Camilia ElDidi
  Vice-Chairperson, Membership Committee
Frank Kollmann, CFE, FCLS
  Co-Chariperson,Investigations Committee
Stephen A. Linker, CPA, DABF
  Vice-Chairperson, By-Laws Committee
Stephen J. Mannhaupt, CPA
  Vice-Chairperson, Finance & Audit Committee
John F. Matula, CFE
  Chairperson, Internet Committee
Susan Nash, CFC
   Vice-Chairperson, Internet Committee
Mark S. Warshavsky, CPA, CVA, CFE
  Chairperson, Newsletter Committee 

Newsletter Editor:
Mark S. Warshavsky, CPA, CVA, CFE, 

Editorial Staff:
Jane R. Buck, Esq., JD, CFE
Donna N. Karp, CFE
Joseph Croce, CFE
Camilia ElDidi

 Chapter Office:
87 Bethpage Road
Hicksville, NY 11801
Telephone: (516) 931-0010
Fax:               (516) 931-0008
E-mail:         info@licfe.org
Internet:       www.licfe.org

 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

DAVID E. ZELDIN, M.P.S., CFE, CFC, CSC, DABFE, FACFE

I hope you are enjoying the last few weeks of Summer, while you make plans to attend another interesting and enjoyable LICFE meeting, while you earn TWO CPE CREDITS. The evening, on September 20th, will begin with the Westbury Manor's now famous cocktail hour, at 6:00PM. 

We are presenting two very distinguished speakers from Lexis-Nexis. Ken Jewell, Esq., is a Risk Management Consultant and Mr. Scott Jackman, is an Account Executive, with Lexis-Nexis. 

We are also presenting Don Wadsworth from the National Fraud Center, which is now part of Lexis-Nexis. 

For the Chapter members who are also members of ALDONYS, I am sure you will remember the enjoyable presentation that Scott gave about five years ago, when he was the Northeast Regional Manager of CDB Infotek. Ken and Scott will be giving a Power Point and live internet presentation. Feel free to bring one of your toughest research cases with you! As a show of support, Lexis-Nexis has offered to be a Corporate Sponsor that evening and make a substantial financial contribution to the Chapter in addition to bringing several paying guests to our dinner.

For those of you who like to plan ahead, the Special Guest Speaker at the November 15th meeting will be Mr. Henry I. DeGeneste, Senior Vice President and Director of Worldwide Security, at Prudential Securities. Mr. DeGeneste is a highly sought after speaker and I am honored that he will join us. Henry will be speaking about Securities Fraud. Prior to joining Prudential, Henry was the Superintendent (Chief) of Police, of the Port Authority of NY and NJ. The Case of the Month will be presented by Chapter Member Lisa Burnett, CFE. An Executive Director at Estee Lauder, Lisa will speak about how being a CFE helped her foil a Product Diversion case.

I want to thank all of the LICFE volunteers, who made the Chapter look so professional, in our role as a co-sponsor and exhibitor at The 11th Annual Fraud Conference and Trade Show.

Finally, if you were at the conference and thought Malcolm Mills was walking funny, come to the meeting and I'll tell you about the JETSKI trip we took from Bellmore to the Statue of Liberty and around Manhattan!

                                           Very truly yours,

                                        David E. Zeldin

                                                      President

LICFE NOMINATING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT

As chairperson of the Nominating Committee, please be advised that the following LICFE positions on LICFE's Board of Directors are up for election per our By-Laws:

Position  Current Board Member
Member-At-Large Dennis Langel
Member-At-Large Joan S. Wellstead
Member-At-Large Greg Somma
Member-At-Large Stephen A. Linker
Member-At-Large Barry Pulchin

Anyone interested in filling one of these positions, or wishing to nominate a member to one of these positions, is asked to communicate the nomination to the undersigned. All current position holders are permitted to continue in the position for the next one year term.

John F. Matula, CFE
execpi@earthlink.net

230 Hilton Avenue
Hempstead, NY 11550
(516) 481-0700

FRAUD IN THE NEWS

Ostrich-Farm Promoter Pleads Guilty to Fraud

LOS ANGELES--A man who lured investors with tales of hefty profits from ostrich farms, then used more than $1 million of their money to take vacations and produce a "Weird Al" Yankovic concert, pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraud charges. Howard Irving Freiberg, who publicized his ostrich meat plans with public appearances, including one on Tammy Faye Bakker's talk show, entered the plea on the second day of his trial in federal court in Los Angeles. Jurors had just heard from the trial's first witness, an elementary school teacher from Wisconsin who said he lost about $30,000 to Freiberg that he was trying to invest for his child's college education. His money was part of more than $1.5 million that prosecutors say Freiberg, 42, solicited from approximately 200 investors. The Littlerock man pleaded guilty to 12 counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud. He faces up to 70 years in prison. U.S. Atty. Alejandro Mayorkas said Freiberg did own a few ostriches, but nowhere near the number he claimed. Prosecutors said he concealed that fact by buying ostrich meat on the open market and selling it to restaurants, while using most of his investors' money to take vacations and produce the concert by popular parody singer Yankovic. Copyright 2000 Los Angeles Times Reprinted by permission.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!

LICFE CHAPTER DINNER MEETING
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2000
6 PM AT THE WESTBURY MANOR, JERICHO TPK., WESTBURY
CASH BAR COCKTAIL HOUR FOLLOWED BY DINNER

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
Toby Horowitz, Executive Director
Global Retail Systems - Estee Lauder

"The Jump from Consulting to Corporate"
Entrepreneur vs. Corporate America - Find out which one is right for you!

PLUS

From Lexis-Nexis
How to Handle the Tough Ones:
Bring your research problems with you and learn the best approach!

Ken Jewell, Esq., Risk Mgmt Consultant & Scott Jackman, Acct Executive

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