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". . . got fraud?" A Former Prosecutor's Guide to Help Executives Minimize Risks & Add Value
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Peter Crane Anderson
Former Federal Prosecutor
Anderson Terpening, PLLC
Pete has extensive experience in federal criminal law, having been a federal prosecutor in both Charlotte and Washington, D.C., as well as a defense attorney in various national law firms since 1996. Anderson graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University, and received his J.D. from the University of Virginia. After law school, he served as the law clerk to the Hon. Graham C. Mullen, U.S. District Court Judge. More specifically, Pete’s experience includes:
- Defending a wide range of administrative and regulatory enforcement matters (including criminal investigations and prosecutions) in bank fraud, mortgage fraud, environmental crimes, healthcare fraud, antitrust, tax, securities, and general fraud.
- Defending all phases of the criminal process – from initial investigations involving search warrants and grand jury subpoenas, pretrial motions advocacy and plea negotiations or trial, sentencing and appeals.
- Managing internal investigations, compliance plans, and voluntary disclosure
- Representing businesses and individuals to resolve disputes in the most cost-effective manner, including early negotiation, ADR, and litigation.
Memberships, Activities and Awards
- “AV” Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
- Permanent Member, Judicial Conference, U.S. Fourth Circuit
- Numerous Selections to “Legal Elite;” “Super Lawyer;” & “Best Lawyers in America”
- “40 Under 40” Award Winner, Charlotte Business Journal (2003)
- Board Member, United Family Services (2002 – 2008)
- Co-Chair, Civil Litigation Section, Mecklenburg County Bar (2003 – 2004)
- Chair of Programs, ABA Environmental Crimes Subcommittee (2002 – Present)
- Chairman, “Men For Change” (Domestic Violence Victims’ Advocacy Group) (2002)
- Editorial Board Member Health Care Fraud & Abuse Newsletter (2001)
- President, Mecklenburg County Bar (1999-2001)
- Chairman, Mecklenburg County Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program (1997-1999)
- Stephen Minister, Myers Park Presbyterian Church
Joseph W. Koletar, DPA, CFE
Retired FBI Senior Executive
Over twelve years' experience as an Executive Director, Principal, and Director in the Fraud and Investigations practices of Ernst & Young LLP and Deloitte & Touché LLP. During this time Dr. Koletar conducted and managed investigations in retail, manufacturing, media, hospitality, health care, energy, banking, financial services, insurance, transportation, and not-for-profits. Matters addressed included: executive defalcations, conflict of interest, revenue recognition, court-ordered monitoring of a business convicted of criminal tax violations, channel stuffing, sales commission schemes, payroll and disbursement schemes, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, vendor integrity, grey market and product counterfeiting, anti-money laundering controls, protection of intellectual property, due diligence, fraud vulnerability assessments, compliance testing, and crisis management preparedness.
His work has taken place throughout the United States and in sixteen foreign countries, and has involved working with many premier law firms, to include: Wilmer Cutler, Skadden Arps, Dewey Ballantine, O'Melveny & Myers, Hunton & Williams, and Gibson Dunn. His clients have included: General Motors, Merrill Lynch, American Standard, Johnson & Johnson, GE Capital, Kohler, Credit Suisse, The Bank of Luxembourg, Genworth Financial, Household Finance, Holiday Inn, Columbia HCA, and Dell Computer. For over two years he ran a "Holocaust" investigation of a Swiss bank that involved the review of over 16,000 boxes of corporate records dating to the 1920's.
Dr. Koletar served for twenty-five years as a Special Agent and Senior Executive in the FBI, holding positions as Special Agent in Charge, Inspector, and Section Chief. At the time of his retirement, he was the national program manager for a $2.5 Billion criminal investigations’ budget, computer operations, the Witness Protection Program and informant operations, criminal undercover operations, surveillance and aviation operations, the Strategic Intelligence Operations Center, and White House Background Investigations. Prior to joining the FBI, he was an Intelligence Officer in the United States Army Special Security Group.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Pennsylvania State University, a Master of Science in Industrial Administration from George Washington University, and a Master of Public Administration and a Doctor of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He wrote his Doctoral dissertation on "Codes of Ethics In Complex Organizations: Assessing Implementation Strategies and Organizational Benefit." He is also a graduate of the Program for Senior Managers in Government at Harvard University, the Attorney General’s Management Seminar, and the Senior Executive Officers Course at the Australian Police Staff College.
He has written extensively on fraud and related matters for professional journals, has been quoted in The New York Times, and interviewed on National Public Radio. He is the co-author of “Performance Measurement for Criminal Justice: The Federal Bureau of Investigation Experience” (Public Productivity Review, Fall 1984). In 2003 his book, "Fraud Exposed: What You Don't Know Could Cost Your Company Millions," was published by John Wiley & Sons. His second book, "The FBI Career Guide," was published by AMACOM, the publishing arm of the American Management Association, in 2006. He is also the author of three sections in The
Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement (Sage Publications, 2004). He is the author of one section in the 2008 edition of The Practicing Law Institute’s guide to International Investigations. His third book, dealing with how corporations sense and deal with risk, will be published by AMACOM in 2010.
Dr. Koletar serves on the editorial review board of The CPA Journal, is affiliated with the Board of The Institute for Fraud Prevention, and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the Pennsylvania State University, Villanova University, the University of North Carolina, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the Louisiana State University. He has also made numerous presentations to groups such as the American Management Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Society for Industrial Security, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Association of Government Auditors, the New York Bar Association, The Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry, the Commercial Finance Association, the American Corporate Counsel Association, the Mexican Corporate Counsel Association, the American Accounting Association, the British-Italian Law Association in Bologna, Italy, and the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. He is also a Board Member of the Information Integrity Coalition, an organization dedicated to maintaining the accuracy of data in organizational computer systems.
He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and the former Chairman of the Board of Regents of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the highest elected position in that 50,000-member Association. He was named a Fellow of the Association in 2003. He is also the former Chairman of the Board of Review, which deals with professional practice issues. He has for many years been active in military charities.
He has for many years been a member of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, the American Society for Industrial Security, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Police Executive Research Forum, the FBI National Academy Associates, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Association For Intelligence Officers and Phi Kappa Phi, an honorary society that recognizes excellence in graduate studies.
Nick Ciancio
President, Global Compliance International, Chief Compliance Officer
Global Compliance
Nick Ciancio joined Global Compliance in June of 2004 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development. Within the ethics and compliance industry, Nick serves on the Open Compliance and Ethics Group’s (OCEG’s) Hotline Working Group panel, and is an active participant with the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) as well as the Ethics and Compliance Officers Association (ECOA).
He is a frequent speaker on U.S. and International corporate ethics and compliance conference agendas, and he served on the advisory committee for the Ethics Resource Center’s 2007 National Business Ethics Survey. Nick possesses more than 20 years experience in senior marketing and business development positions in the telecommunications and technology industries. He holds a Master of Art in Statistics from Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelors of Science and Masters of Science in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts. Nick has also earned a Certificate in Business Ethics from Colorado State University.
". . . got fraud?" A Former Prosecutor's Guide to Help Executives Minimize Risks & Add Value
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