Topics and investigation techniques presented at this conference include:
Nigerian Fraud
Mortgage Fraud
Insurance Fraud
Cell Phone Crimes
Credit Card Investigation
Retail Fraud
Internal Theft
How to handle Data Breaches

With speakers from:
CNN
Park Stearns
Target
U.S. Postal Inspector
U.S. Secret Service
Verizon and more!

Be sure to reserve your room and get registered today!

We are combining with IAFCI this year and getting things ready to go - so plan to attend.
A special excellent price for this year's conference - only $99.00 - and room rates to match.

See the Annual Conference page for registration and hotel information.

The conference hotel is filling fast, so make your reservations and send in your conference registration.

Topics and Speakers for this year include:

"Closed Account Notification System" - Texas Dept. of Banking
"Enforcement of Securities Fraud" - Texas State Securities Board
"Identity Theft" and "Security in Wireless Communication" - Garland Police Department
"Biometrics in Financial Industry" - Dragnet Solutions
"Aspects of Fraud in the Retail Jewelry Industry" - Sterling Jewelers
"Elder Fraud" - Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services
"Mortgage Fraud" - Texas Dept. of Savings and Mortgage Lending

To be held at the Doubletree Hotel, 6505 IH-35 N, Austin, Texas. Book your rooms now - Conference Registration and hotel information on the Annual Conference page.

Centrally located in Austin, the Doubletree will begin taking reservations now.

We are working on ideas for topics and speakers, so please submit your suggestions.
Registration details and agenda will be provided once it's been determined. Stay tuned for updates!

The prior notice was regarding the Doubletree Hotel, now the conference itself is fully booked. We have received registrations for more than 175 people and our conference room is full. If you need any additional information, you may email cvance@fiatx.org
Be sure to plan to check the website beginning June-July 2008 for next year's event. Also, be sure your FIAT dues and directory information is current.
Please submit any suggestions for next year.
Thank you!

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If you didn't already make your reservation at the Doubletree Hotel for the Annual conference - it is too late now. The allotment of rooms have been booked. An overflow hotel has been established at the nearby Holiday Inn Select.

The annual FIAT conference has been announced for San Antonio. The dates are October 17-19th, 2007 at the Doubletree San Antonio Airport.

Conference Agenda

Wednesday - October 17
Around noon Golf Outing
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Early Registration
6:00 pm- TBD Hospitality Suite Open

Thursday - October 18
6:30 am - 8:00 am Breakfast Buffet & Registration + TCLEOSE sign in
8:00 am - 8:40 am Welcome & KeyNote speaker - SAPD Chief McManus
8:40 am - 9:50 am APD - Robbery
9:50 am - 10:00 am Break
10:00 am - 11:00 am Nancy Allen/John Aleman-APS
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Kay Micklitz-Alamo Area Forensic Examiners

FinCEN has reported the following criminal cases have been solved in part by the use of SARs. The cases are reported here as a means of highlighting the type of case that involves reliance on financial institutions' filing SARs.

Defense Inapplicable to Deposits in Violation of Restrictive Indorsements

Continental Cas. Co. v. Fifth/Third Bank

Compass Bank was not the only institution to feel the wrath of Continental Casualty Company’s efforts to recover payments made to its insureds.

Continental Cas. Co. v. Compass Bank

One could learn much of a course in negotiable instruments by studying cases involving the recent efforts of Continental Casualty Company, an insurance company that paid losses to victims of employee embezzlement, to recover from banks involved in the underlying fraudulent schemes. This series of cases considers the scope of employer liability, the meaning of good faith and the range of defenses available to banks that have accepted deposits of checks bearing forged indorsements.

The following examples of money laundering investigations that led to convictions were derived from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reports. They are provided here to serve as examples of the type of investigation in which suspicious activity reporting by banks under the Bank Secrecy Act may prove useful.