April 15 - 19, 2024
Delta Toronto Hotel – South Core Financial Centre
75 Lower Simcoe Street, Toronto
The Toronto Police Service-Financial Crimes will be hosting the 2024 International Financial Crimes Investigators Conference. This will mark the 24th financial crimes conference hosted by the Service.
Over the years, the conference has offered our guests unique educational opportunities by bringing in subject matter experts that they would not ordinarily have access to.
The purpose of the conference is to provide training and education to various members of law enforcement, government agencies and stakeholders in both the public and private sectors in combating financial crimes.
Presentations throughout the week, provide a unique opportunity to learn about law enforcement collaboration, investigative techniques, intelligence gathering & the prosecution of those who benefit from financial crimes.
The conference will provide an opportunity to gain valuable insight on the efforts to curb financial crimes from an international list of speakers.
Past conferences have proven to be invaluable in strengthening partnerships through networking opportunities, with guests attending from North America and across the world.
Agenda
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration – Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | “How to Detect Fraud Schemes Over $1 Billion and Why No One Seems to be Looking for Large Cases” |
| Harry Markopolos Forensic Decisions PR LLC |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | “Project ARCHIE: Ransomware as a Service Threat Actor Investigation” |
| Detective Inspector Melanie Power Ontario Provincial Police Cyber Operations Section |
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | “Sha Zhu Pan: What Is It and How Do We Mitigate The Danger?” |
| Supervisory Special Agent Milan Kosanovich Federal Bureau of Investigations (F.B.I.) |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Coffee Break |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | “Follow the Money: Decoding the Movement of Funds” |
| Anita Patel FTI Consulting Kelsey Halloran FTI Consulting |
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| 15:15 - 15:30 | Break |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | “Blockchain Forensic Challenges Facing Law Enforcement” |
| Robert Whitaker Blockchain Intelligence Group |
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| 15:50 - 16:30 | “Preventing Identity Fraud with Digital ID” |
| Rachel Jolicoeur Interac Corp. |
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| 16:30 | Conclude |
| 17:00 | Welcome Reception Proud Sponsor |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | “Cash, Crypto, and Cells: Effective Recovery Through Investigation and Civil Remedies” |
| Keith Elliott Reed Research Investigations |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | “Compelled Evidence in Financial Crime Investigations” |
| Mitchell Flagg Crown Prosecutor Serious Fraud Office |
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | “Combating Human Trafficking: A Community Approach” |
| Detective Constable Greg Vandekerckhove Toronto Police Service – Human Trafficking Enforcement Team Jennifer Fiddian-Green Grant Thornton LLP |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Coffee Break |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | “Money Laundering Trends that Affect Canada” |
| Kim Manachester ManchesterCF |
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| 15:15 - 15:30 | Break |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | “Multi Factor Authentication in Real Estate” |
| John Rider Chicago Title Brigitte Beauchesne Chicago Title Jay Krushell Treefort Technologies Leigh Day Identivex |
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| 16:30 | Conclude |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Cyber Escape Room: The Insider |
| Gentium UK (40 attendee lottery) |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | “Fraud Recovery from Crypto Ponzi Schemes - the W5 Crypto Bros Story Explained” |
| Norm Groot Investigation Counsel PC |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | “Laundering Proceeds of Crime through Underground Banking Schemes” |
| Taylor Lebo FINTRAC |
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | “Trade-Based Money Laundering: State of Play 2024” |
| Joel Gibbons Canada Border Services Agency |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Coffee Break |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | “A Call to Arms: Data Aggregation, Intelligence and Rethinking Financial Crime” |
| Cameron Field VIDOCQ Group |
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| 15:15 - 15:30 | Break |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | “International Disruption of Misconduct in the Global Capital Markets: A Call to Action” |
| André Moniz Ontario Securities Commission John Humphreys Ontario Securities Commission |
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| 16:30 | Conclude |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Cyber Escape Room: The Insider |
| Gentium UK (40 attendee lottery) |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | “C3 Dark Web Probe & Project CALLAWAY” |
| Detective Lisa Belanger Toronto Police Service – Coordinated Cyber Centre (C3) Detective Constable Andrea Dagonas Toronto Police Service – Drug Squad |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | “Trends in Illicit and Decentralized Financing” |
| Dr. Christian Leuprecht Queens University Bridget Brennan New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor Michael Fawcett Ministry of the Attorney General – Cybercrime Team Lead |
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| 11:45 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 - 13:45 | “Cross-Border Civil Fraud Recovery & Injunctive Relief and Cross-Border Private Investigations” |
| Maureen Ward Bennett Jones LLP Christopher Weil Mintz Group |
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| 13:450 - 14:00 | “Stolen Wealth and Sanctions Evasion: How Canada Became a Haven for the Gadhafis” |
| Rita Trichur The Globe and Mail |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Coffee Break |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | “Norval Morrisseau Art Fraud Case Study” |
| Detective Inspector Kevin Veillieux Ontario Provincial Police – Anti-Rackets Detective Sergeant Jason Rybak Thunder Bay Police Service |
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| 15:15 - 15:30 | Break |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | “Norval Morrisseau Art Fraud Case Study” |
| Detective Inspector Kevin Veillieux Ontario Provincial Police – Anti-Rackets Detective Sergeant Jason Rybak Thunder Bay Police Service |
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| 16:30 | Conclude |
| 18:00 | Dinner Banquet |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | “Crypto Currency: Simplifying the Difficult” |
| Andrew Tennant Gentium UK Richard Strike Gentium UK |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | “Project PIVOT: Exploring the Lifecycle of a Proceeds of Crime Investigation” |
| Detective Constable Valerie Dahan Toronto Police Service – Financial Crimes Unit - Asset Forfeiture Section |
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| 11:45 | Closing Remarks |
| Have a safe trip home See you in April 2026! |
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Registration
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Date: April 15-19, 2024
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Venue: Delta Toronto Hotel
75 Lower Simcoe St,
Toronto, ON
M5J 3A6
(416) 849-1200 -
Room Rate: $299+ hotel taxes (cut off date – March 17, 2024)
Book online here-
Overflow Hotel: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
123 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON
1-888-627-7175
April 14 to 20, 2024 -
Room Rate: $299+ hotel taxes (cut off date – March 22, 2024)
Book your group rate for Toronto Police Service International Financial Crimes Investigators Conference
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Conference Registration: $599 + tax = $676.87 (up to and including March 1, 2024)
$675+ tax = $762.75 (after March 1, 2024)
2024 IFCIC Now Sold Out – Join our Waitlist
We’ve sold out our conference but we are creating a waitlist in case we are able to offer additional attendance.
Please send the following information:
- Name
- Organization
- Rank/Position
- Phone#
To [email protected] with the subject line “2024 IFCIC Waitlist”
We will let you know asap if more spaces become available.
Learn More
Learn more about the conference, address any questions or ask about sponsorship opportunities.
Conference Email address: [email protected]
- Detective Mike Streng
416-808-7332
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- Patricia Mills
416-808-7812
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- Detective Constable Valerie Dahan
416-808-7320
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- Detective Constable Belinda Vandervoort
416-808-7334
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