Community

This section has been provided to honor our Arizona CFEs involvement in the community.  We are excited to share events such as local sponsorships and partnerships with other organizations teaching fraud prevention and fraud detection.  When our members speak at these functions, they are actively promoting the CFE credentials to the local communities.

Our chapter has been actively engaged in advancing fraud examination and serving our community. Here’s a look into some of our recent events:

Shout out to our very own Don Carroll, a criminal investigator with the AZ Attorney General’s Office. After four long years of tireless work, including testifying at the State Capitol and working with two county assessors, SB 1479 was signed into law by Governor Hobbs on April 15, 2026! This new law strengthens protections against deed and title fraud requiring notaries to obtain a signer’s right thumbprint in their journal for property documents (deeds, trust deeds) and creates a system to notify property owners if the assessor receives a change of ownership notice aiming to prevent forged documents from being used to steal property.

Deed fraud has been rapidly growing in AZ with over $50m in reported losses to date. Senior citizens and vacant homes (think snowbirds) are the targets, along with vacant land.

Way to go Don! Thank you for being a fraud fighter and working to get this new law passed!

Below: Don Carroll (1st picture: second from right. 2nd picture: center-back standing behind Governor Hobbs.)

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In January 2026, to celebrate our members, we hosted an appreciation lunch at Aunt Chilada’s, bringing together chapter members for networking and recognition of their continued support.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This is our annual chapter meeting that was accompanied by a training from Dara Gibson.

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In December 2025, demonstrating our commitment to community service, we raised over $250 for Ignite Hope, benefiting Phoenix Children’s Hospital and the families they serve by participating in a candlelight walk to bring hope to patients during the holidays.

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In November 2025 in collaboration with the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), we hosted an educational training session featuring Michele Stuart from JAG Investigations. Michele provided valuable insight on the topic of OSINT (open-source intelligence).  We also collected non-perishable food items and money for United Food Bank, helping families across the state.

Below: Angela Egelhoff, Michele Stuart, Nikki Gill, Joseph Leon, Jennifer Nilsson-Lund, Kelly Tinberg, Deepa Krishna Murthy, Gretchen Augustine

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In October 2025, we partnered with the Cybersecurity Summit held in Scottsdale to expand awareness of ACFE and its mission throughout the local area, strengthening connections with cybersecurity professionals and other member firms that participated in the summit.

Below: Angela Egelhoff, Deepa Krishna Murthy, Heidi Conley

Arizona ACFE's Community Involvement Chair: [email protected]