Alt+Ctrl+Deceive:
Protecting Yourself from Remote Employee Fraud
Legal Update and Educational Luncheon
Thursday, May 22, 2025: 10:45 am - 1:00 pm CT
Embassy Suites Denton Convention Center
3100 Town Center Tr, Denton, TX 76201
10:45 am to 11:00 am: Check-In
11:00 am - 11:30 am: Legal Presentation
Alt+Ctrl+Deceive:
Protecting Yourself from Remote Employee Fraud
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Speaker Presentation
Presented by Mike Coffey
Alt+Ctrl+Deceive: Protecting Yourself from Remote Employee Fraud
While employers consider the advantages of remote work in attracting and retaining employees, most are unaware of, much less protected from, the risks of illegal activity and fraud unique to the remote environment. Foreign actors, fraudulent employment verifiers, and dishonest “overemployed” workers are but a few of the sources of liability, data breaches, and financial losses employers have suffered. Using traditional deception methods and modern artificial intelligence tools like “deep fakes”, bad actors are targeting unsuspecting employers. In this presentation, Mike Coffey, a career HR professional and licensed private investigator, will discuss some of the ways that dishonest actors have harmed employers and practical steps employers can take to protect themselves.
Learning objectives:
1. Understand the most common types of remote employee fraud.
2. Harden technical and procedural safeguards against remote-employment-related fraud.
3. Develop leadership training that improves team performance and makes remote-employment-related fraud more difficult to perpetrate.
Mike Coffey, SPHR, SHRM-SCP is an entrepreneur, licensed private investigator, HR consultant, and registered yoga teacher. He is also president of Imperative, a background investigations and due diligence firm. He is also the State Director-Elect for Texas SHRM. And each week, he hosts the Good Morning, HR podcast.
Legal Presentation by John Hagan
John is an HR lawyer who represents employers and HR professionals. He has been practicing for 25 years. He is both a counselor to HR professionals and trial lawyer who defends them. He is past president of DallasHR, Mid Cities HR and Collin County. He is presently serving as Vice President of Programs at NTSHRM. His wife is a big-time federal prosecutor, and both of their sons are Eagle Scouts.
This program will be submitted for 1.5 SHRM PDC. North Texas SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information, visit the SHRM certification website at www.shrmcertification.org.
This program will be submitted for 1.5 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, or SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).
North Texas SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.
HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that North Texas SHRM meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.
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