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Upcoming events

    • September 23, 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Texas Wesleyan University
    Register
    The September 2025 Fort Worth ACFE Monthly Chapter meeting will be held at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. Details are below:
                
    Date : Tuesday, September 23, 2025

    Speakers:

    Martha Parra, Manager Special Investigations, General Motors Financial
    Topic: Building an Anti-Fraud Culture Based on the Three Lines of Defense Model
    Objectives:
    • TBA
    Prerequisite: No prerequisites are required.
    Location:

    Parking Location:

    Parking Lot I (letter "i")

    Texas Wesleyan University

    900 Wesleyan Street

    Fort Worth, TX 76105


    Meeting Location:

    Lou's Place

    Texas Wesleyan University

    1112 Wesleyan Street

    Fort Worth, Texas 76105

    Time:

    12:00 Noon Check-in, Networking, Lunch
    12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch and Presentation

    Price: $30 - Fort Worth ACFE Chapter Member

    $45 - Non-Member / Guest

    $30 - Government / Law Enforcement 

    $25- Law Enforcement or Educator

    $0 - Texas Wesleyan University Student

    $10 - Other Students 

    CPE Offered:

     1.0 (Ethics)


    Description

    Building an Anti-Fraud Culture Based on the Three Lines of Defense Model


    Speaker Information

    Manager Special Investigations, General Motors Financial.


    Lunch and parking are available and included in the registration price. If you have special dietary restrictions, please contact president@fwacfe.org

    • October 21, 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Texas Wesleyan University
    Register
    The October 2025 Fort Worth ACFE Monthly Chapter meeting will be held at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. Details are below:
                
    Date : Tuesday, October 21, 2025

    Speakers:

    Lori Varnell, Chief of White Collar Crime & Public Integrity, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office
    Topic: Intelligence vs. Evidence
    Objectives:
    • TBA
    Prerequisite: No prerequisites are required.
    Location:

    Parking Location:

    Parking Lot I (letter "i")

    Texas Wesleyan University

    900 Wesleyan Street

    Fort Worth, TX 76105


    Meeting Location:

    Lou's Place

    Texas Wesleyan University

    1112 Wesleyan Street

    Fort Worth, Texas 76105

    Time:

    12:00 AM Check-in, Networking, Lunch
    12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch and Presentation

    Price: $30 - Fort Worth ACFE Chapter Member

    $45 - Non-Member / Guest

    $30 - Government / Law Enforcement 

    $25- Law Enforcement or Educator

    $0 - Texas Wesleyan University Student

    $10 - Other Students 

    CPE Offered:

     1.0 (Ethics)


    Description

    TBA


    Speaker Information

    Lori Varnell, J.D., CPA is the Chief White Collar Crime and Public Integrity at Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office. Lori has 25 years of White Collar and Elder Fraud prosecution trial experience. She is Board certified in Criminal Law, a CPA, and an adjunct professor at Texas Wesleyan University in the Forensic Accounting Department teaching Fraud and the Legal Environment to future forensic financial analysts. She has prosecuted forty complex white collar, elder fraud and computer crime felony cases to jury trial, including one federal jury trial. Lori graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor Business Administration-Accounting and Computer Information Systems and Southern Methodist Law School with a Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude.


    Lunch and parking are available and included in the registration price. If you have special dietary restrictions, please contact president@fwacfe.org

    • November 18, 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Texas Wesleyan University
    Register
    The November 2025 Fort Worth ACFE Monthly Chapter meeting will be held at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. Details are below:
                
    Date : Tuesday, November 18, 2025

    Speakers:

    Ali Olszeski, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
    Topic: Internal Fraud Investigations
    Objectives:
    • TBA
    Prerequisite: No prerequisites are required.
    Location:

    Parking Location:

    Parking Lot I (letter "i")

    Texas Wesleyan University

    900 Wesleyan Street

    Fort Worth, TX 76105


    Meeting Location:

    Lou's Place

    Texas Wesleyan University

    1112 Wesleyan Street

    Fort Worth, Texas 76105

    Time:

    12:00 Noon Check-in, Networking, Lunch
    12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch and Presentation

    Price: $30 - Fort Worth ACFE Chapter Member

    $45 - Non-Member / Guest

    $30 - Government / Law Enforcement 

    $25- Law Enforcement or Educator

    $0 - Texas Wesleyan University Student

    $10 - Other Students 

    CPE Offered:

     1.0 (Ethics)


    Description

    TBA


    Speaker Information

    TBA


    Lunch and parking are available and included in the registration price. If you have special dietary restrictions, please contact president@fwacfe.org

    • December 16, 2025
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Zoom
    Register
    The December 2025 Fort Worth ACFE Monthly Chapter meeting will be held virtually via the Zoom platform. Details are below:


    Date : Tuesday, December 16, 2025

    Speakers:

    Ryan Duquette, Partner/Principal, Forensics, Ernst & Young LLP
    Topic: Hiding in the Shadows: A Case study on one of the largest online defamation cases in North America
    Objective: Learn the facts of the case study presented
    Prerequisite: No prerequisites are required
    Location:

    Virtual

    Platform: Zoom
    Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Presentation
    Price:

    $10 - Fort Worth ACFE Chapter Member

    $20 - Non-Member / Guest

    $0 - Texas Wesleyan University Student

    $10 - Other Students 

    CPE Offered:

     1.0


    Description:

    This presentation will illustrate a case study of one of the largest online defamation cases in North America, how investigators used OSINT, data analytics and more to find the perpetrator, how the ACFE played a huge role, and what fraud investigators should do to protect themselves from being defamed.


    About the Speaker:

    Ryan Duquette is a Partner at EY within the Forensics practice. A seasoned professional within the investigations and cyber security fields, Ryan focuses on litigation support, cyber incident response, privacy and cyber technology risks, digital forensics and cyber fraud matters. Ryan has been an investigator for over twenty years and was previously a police officer focusing on cybercrime and fraud cases. He works closely with clients involved in workplace investigations and civil litigation matters including intellectual property theft, HR investigations and data breaches.

    Ryan also provides cyber thought leadership to clients across multiple industries. He supports them by collaborating to develop and execute strategic plans, identify and address security and technology issues, with a view to reducing risks and optimizing efficiencies. Ryan has been qualified as an expert witness on numerous occasions, and is a frequent presenter at fraud, digital forensics, cybersecurity and investigative conferences worldwide.

Past events

August 19, 2025 FW ACFE August 2025 Chapter Meeting
April 25, 2025 13th Annual Tolleson Fraud Conference
March 26, 2025 FW ACFE March 2025 Chapter Meeting
February 27, 2025 FW ACFE February 2025 Chapter Meeting
February 18, 2025 2025 Fort Worth ACFE Scholarship Application
January 22, 2025 FW ACFE January 2025 Chapter Meeting
November 21, 2024 FW ACFE November 2024 Chapter Meeting
November 04, 2024 FW ACFE 2025 Officer Elections Sign-Up
May 03, 2024 12th Annual Tolleson Fraud Conference
March 27, 2024 2024 Fort Worth ACFE Scholarship Application
February 21, 2024 Fort Worth ACFE Chapter February 2024 Meeting
November 16, 2023 Fort Worth ACFE Chapter November 2023 Meeting
May 17, 2023 FW ACFE May 2023 Chapter Meeting
April 30, 2023 2023 Fort Worth ACFE Scholarship Application
April 21, 2023 11th Annual Tolleson Fraud Conference
March 15, 2023 FW ACFE March 2023 Chapter Meeting
February 15, 2023 FW ACFE February 2023 Chapter Meeting
December 07, 2022 Fort Worth ACFE Chapter December 2022 Meeting
November 09, 2022 Fort Worth ACFE Chapter November 2022 Meeting
August 19, 2022 ACFE Dallas Partnership - 32nd Annual DFW Fraud Conference
May 13, 2022 ACFE Dallas May 2022 Half-Day Seminar (Partnership)
April 22, 2022 10th Annual Tolleson Fraud Conference
April 09, 2022 2022 Fort Worth ACFE Scholarship Application
April 08, 2022 Fort Worth IIA & ACFE Chapters April 2022 Meeting
October 20, 2021 Fort Worth ACFE Chapter October 2021 Meeting
April 16, 2021 9th Annual Texas Wesleyan University Fraud Conference
April 16, 2021 2021 Fort Worth ACFE Scholarship Application
March 24, 2021 Fort Worth ACFE Chapter February 2021 Meeting (Rescheduled)
March 24, 2021 Fort Worth ACFE Chapter March 2021 Meeting
May 15, 2020 2020 Fort Worth ACFE Scholarship Application
February 19, 2020 FW ACFE Chapter February 2020 Meeting
January 29, 2020 Joint FW ACFE and FW IIA January 2020 Chapter Meeting
December 18, 2019 FW ACFE December 2019 Chapter Meeting
November 20, 2019 FW ACFE November 2019 Chapter Meeting
October 23, 2019 FW ACFE October 2019 Chapter Meeting
September 18, 2019 FW ACFE September 2019 Chapter Meeting
April 12, 2019 8th Annual Texas Wesleyan University Fraud Conference
March 20, 2019 FW ACFE March 2019 Chapter Meeting
February 20, 2019 FW ACFE February 2019 Chapter Meeting
January 16, 2019 FW ACFE January 2019 Chapter Meeting
December 19, 2018 FW ACFE December 2018 Chapter Meeting
November 28, 2018 FW ACFE November 2018 Chapter Meeting
October 17, 2018 FW ACFE October 2018 Chapter Meeting
September 19, 2018 FW ACFE September 2018 Chapter Meeting
April 26, 2018 Texas Wesleyan University Fraud Conference
March 21, 2018 FW ACFE March 2018 Chapter Meeting
February 21, 2018 FW ACFE February 2018 Chapter Meeting
January 17, 2018 FW ACFE January 2018 Chapter Meeting
December 19, 2017 Joint FW ACFE and FW IIA December 2017 Meeting
November 15, 2017 FW ACFE November 2017 Chapter Meeting
October 18, 2017 FW ACFE October 2017 Chapter Meeting
September 20, 2017 FW ACFE September 2017 Chapter Meeting
April 07, 2017 Texas Wesleyan University & FWACFE Fraud Conference
March 15, 2017 FW ACFE March 2017 Meeting
February 15, 2017 FW ACFE February 2017 Meeting
January 18, 2017 January 2017 Meeting
December 21, 2016 December Meeting
November 16, 2016 November Meeting - Joint IIA & ACFE
October 19, 2016 October Meeting
September 21, 2016 September Meeting
April 20, 2016 April Meeting - Half-day Seminar
March 16, 2016 March Meeting
February 17, 2016 February Meeting
January 20, 2016 January Meeting
December 15, 2015 December Joint ACFE/IIA Meeting
November 18, 2015 November Meeting
October 21, 2015 October Meeting
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