National Fraud Center, Lexis-Nexis Interactive Risk Solutions Group Executives to Address Economic Crime Investigation Institute Conference On Threats to E-Commerce.Business Editors MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 Top executives from the National Fraud Center (NFC NFC abbr. National Football Conference ) and Lexis-Nexis Interactive Risk Solutions Group will share their expertise on the risks facing the e-commerce industry at the 11th Annual Economic Crime Investigation Institute (ECII ECII Economic Crime Investigation Institute. ) Conference here October 29-31. This year's conference, "The Dark Side of E-Commerce: Risk & Solutions," will be held at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner, and will focus on domestic and global implications of e-crimes. As leading authorities on the subject of fraud prevention, NFC Chairman Norman A. Willox, President James Kerins, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Jim Vaules and Lexis-Nexis Interactive Risk Solutions Group Managing Officer Joe Bockelman will participate in a series of sessions on the risks facing e-commerce and potential solutions. Willox, a frequent speaker on economic crime and privacy worldwide, will serve as moderator in a panel discussion that will define the size and scope of the e-commerce problem. Kerins and Bockelman will speak on the identification and authentication risks associated with running e-business companies. Vaules will cover risks surrounding the insurance industry in a session entitled "Best E-Practices: Controlling Risks." "Keeping the Internet a safe and secure environment for conducting business is a tremendous challenge," said Willox. "That is why it is important that we have opportunities such as these where leaders from all areas of law enforcement can exchange information and share their expertise and techniques that have been effective in fighting today's increasingly sophisticated criminal." Willox, Kerins and Vaules will be speaking to a cross section of industries specializing in fraud prevention. Attending the two-day conference will be law enforcement personnel, risk and fraud managers, auditors, security professionals, network professionals, knowledge managers and compliance officers. The Economic Crime Investigation Institute (ECII) was established in 1988 at Utica College Utica College (or UC) is located in Utica, New York. The history of the college dates back to the 1930s when Syracuse University began offering extension courses in the Utica area. of Syracuse University Syracuse University, main campus at Syracuse, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1871. Syracuse is noted for its research programs in government and industry; facilities include the Center for Science and Technology, the Newhouse Communications Center, and to provide Utica College's Criminal Justice/Economic Crime Investigation major with linkages to corporate and public agencies dealing with economic crime. The ECII Conference is the leading economic crime conference in the country for public and private sectors; law enforcement; regulators; academics; and anyone working or interested in Internet fraud A crime in which the perpetrator develops a scheme using one or more elements of the Internet to deprive a person of property or any interest, estate, or right by a false representation of a matter of fact, whether by providing misleading information or by concealment of . For more information about the conference, go to www.ecii.edu; to register, please contact MaryAnn Brodsky at mbrodsky@utica.ucsu.edu. About Lexis-Nexis The Lexis-Nexis Group unites strong brands, pioneering technologies and premium information for customers in the legal, corporate, government and education markets. Its products are available via the Web, dial-up online, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and books. A trusted source, the company offers targeted information solutions that can be integrated into its customers' business processes and systems. Combining searchable access to over 2.8 billion documents from thousands of sources with leading edge systems and tools for managing this content, Lexis-Nexis delivers a high quality resource with which to build legal research and knowledge-management solutions for the entire enterprise. Lexis-Nexis Group operating units also include Butterworths Tolley in the UK, Editions du Juris-Classeur in France and other legal publishing The production of texts that report laws or discuss the Practice of Law. Originally limited to printed materials, legal publishing now encompasses electronic media as well, with most legal publications becoming available online or in CD-ROM format. businesses in Europe, North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Asia and the Pacific. It is a division of the global publisher and information provider, Reed Elsevier Inc. For more information, please visit www.lexis-nexis.com. About LEXIS-NEXIS Risk Solutions Group Lexis-Nexis Risk Solutions Group, a division of Lexis-Nexis, provides fraud, business due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. and risk management solutions in full service; automated, interactive, service bureau or consulting environments to meet the unique risk needs of businesses and governments worldwide. About National Fraud Center, Inc. The National Fraud Center, Inc. (www.nationalfraud.com) was established in 1982 to address society's growing concern for fraud and today is recognized worldwide as a leader in combining decades of expert experience with the latest technology to help businesses, consumers and government agencies save millions of dollars by minimizing their exposure to costly fraud and risk issues. |
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