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Recognizing Antitrust Conspiracies & Working With The DOJ Procurement Collusion Strike Force
Connect with experienced prosecutors from the DOJ's Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) as they cover the nuts and bolts of detecting, investigating, and prosecuting criminal antitrust crimes in government procurement, grant, and program funding. This will be an interactive program with a practical focus on unique investigative tools such as leniency, and recent case studies and experiences. Using online conference software, this webinar will combine 65 minutes of live prosecutor-led training followed by a 25-minute Q&A period.
Learning Objectives:
- To understand the nuts and bolts of criminal antitrust violations in procurement.
- To better identify red flags of potential procurement collusion and fraud.
- To learn best practices for maximizing competition and safeguarding your agency's procurement system.
- To apply this knowledge to mitigate new risks, detect potential suspicious activity, and protect against bad actors in your agency's supply chain.
- To understand how to effectively partner with the Procurement Collusion Strike Force to bolster deterrence, detection, and prosecution of antitrust crimes and related schemes affecting your agency.
About the PCSF:
The Department of Justice's PCSF leads a coordinated national response to combat antitrust crimes and related schemes in government procurement, grant, and program funding at all levels of government—federal, state, and local. The PCSF is comprised of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, multiple U.S. Attorneys' Offices around the country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Inspectors General for multiple Federal agencies.
In the wake of devastation caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, federal agencies will be working with state and local government agencies to solicit competitive bids for relief and recovery contracts. The PCSF is committed to supporting the OIG community to deter, detect, investigate, and prosecute violations of criminal antitrust laws, such as bid rigging and collusion in the competitive bidding process.
Investigating Fraud & Money Laundering
During this course, investigators of all expertise levels will receive an overview of fraud and money laundering schemes for investigator awareness, scheme identification, and best practices in gathering and assembling evidence suitable for use in criminal proceedings.
About the Instructor:
Mark Pearson, CPA, is the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office, for Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI). During his time with the IRS, SAS Pearson has conducted and directed multiple high profile investigations, including Bank Leumi, and international bank engaged in assisting US taxpayers in the hiding of legal and illegal proceeds, the Michael Avenatti fraud investigation, and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) corruption scandal.
SAS Pearson has been responsible for the managing of specific program areas including terrorism financing, money laundering, public corruption, cyber fraud, international kidnapping, and most recently CARES Act Fraud (Pandemic Relief), to name a few.
Learning Objectives:
- Define and describe Money Laundering within the U.S. criminal conduct context
- Impart elements of Money Laundering set forth by 18 USC 1956
- Impart elements of Money Laundering set forth by 18 USC 1957
- Provide a useful understanding of Specific Unlawful Activities (SUAs)
- Convey use of Conspiracy statutes with Money Laundering
- Describe common base-line fraud offenses
- Impart elements of Mail Fraud set forth by 18 USC 1341
- Impart elements of Wire Fraud set forth by 18 USC 1343
- Illustrate, by example, types of schemes to defraud for identification purposes
*Registrants will receive a WebEx link and password to the webinar via e-mail prior to the event.
Registration, Membership, or Technical Questions?
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NASBA-Admin-Policy-Group-Live-07.25.2020.pdf (inspectorsgeneral.org)
