Heartland Compliance
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Virtual Conference
8:45am - 9:00am Sign in to Zoom meeting
9:00am - 12: 00 pm Program
Program: (2.5 Hours CPE for CRCM and CPA credit)
Mark the CPE Credit box - Yes when registering or email Sarah Weltmer to request CPE credits - sweltmer@firstatebank.com
Speakers:
EPCOR - Karen Nearing, Senior Director, Regulatory Compliance Education
Topics: Hot Topics and ACH Fraud
Avery Elofsson, Senior Assistant District Attorney & Kristen Zluticky, Financial Investigator, Office of the District Attorney
Topic: Fraud perspective from the D.A.'s Office
Detective Tyler Carmichael - Sumner County
Topic: Elder Abuse
Andrew Kearney, U.S. Postal Inspector
Topic: Mail Fraud
Closing Remarks and Adjournment - Bobbi Jo Dixon
2021 Meeting Dates
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Annual Conference
www.heartlandcompliance.com
Heartland Compliance, a non-profit Kansas organization, whose purpose is to encourage and combine the ideas, intelligence, and influence of its members for the promotion of compliance information and networking among its membership; to provide its members educational programs on compliance and related topics; and to provide a medium for the timely gathering of its members for the purposes of education and exchange of ideas.
BIOGRAPHIES
Karen Nearing, AAP, APRP, CAMS, CRCM, NCP, Senior Director, Regulatory Compliance Education - EPCOR
Karen (Sylvester) Nearing is the Senior Director, Regulatory Compliance Education for EPCOR. She joined EPCOR in 2007, fulfilling various positions, including facilitating educational seminars and offering consulting services on payment systems rules. Her primary focus is helping financial institutions navigate the complex world of regulatory compliance.
Karen stays current on existing and proposed initiatives and laws to support EPCOR member organizations and to provide the highest-quality education. She also assists financial institutions with identifying deficiencies and recommends sound controls based on regulatory guidance.
Karen began her career in 1994 as a teller and worked her way up to Assistant Vice President at a Kansas City financial institution. Her vast responsibilities included Bank Secrecy Act and Regulation E compliance, Internet Banking, Wire Transfer and Automated Clearing House (ACH).
Karen received her Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) designation in 2005, the National Check Payment (NCP) designation in 2012, the Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) in 2015, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) in 2018 and the Accredited Payments Risk Professional (APRP) in 2019. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management in 2002 from Baker University.
Kristen Zluticky, Financial Investigator - Office of the District Attorney
Kristen Zluticky is a Financial Investigator and has been with the Office of the District Attorney since 2016. She investigates a wide range of financial criminal cases, such as theft, embezzlement, government fraud, Fiduciary abuse, and scams. She also leads the Financial Abuse Specialist Team (F.A.S.T.) and is tasked with investigating civil violations of the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. Before joining the Office of the District Attorney, she worked for the Kansas Department for Children and Family Services, where she led the Child Care Overpayment Detection and Prevention program by educating, monitoring, and investigating abuse of the child care program. Kristen majored in criminal justice at Wichita State University and graduated in 2004. She has attended the Economic Crimes Investigation and Analysis training at the Federal Law Enforcement Center and is a Certified Fraud Examiner certification.
Avery Elofsson, Senior Assistant District Attorney - Office of the District Attorney
Avery Elofsson is a Senior Assistant District Attorney and has been with the Office of the District Attorney since 2008. He handles complex litigation such as data breach, frauds, piracy, counterfeit, elder abuse, multi-defendant cases, and homicides. In 2016, Avery was put in charge of the Consumer Protection Division for the Office where he was responsible for all civil litigation, settlements, and public relations. After building up the division, Avery returned to full-time criminal prosecution in 2021. Avery has prosecuted nearly 1,700 matters, made approximately 3,000 court appearances, and tried over 50 felony cases. Avery graduated law school in 2008 from Chicago-Kent, where he received the Dean’s Distinguished Public Service Award and was both the Student Bar Association’s (Evening Division) Vice President and the Hispanic Law Student Association’s President. Avery works throughout the community by presenting on public safety issues such as elder abuse and is also on the F.A.S.T.
Detective Tyler Carmichael, Sumner County
Detective Tyler Carmichael has worked in Corrections or Law Enforcement since 2008. He has been a full time Police Officer since 2013 and worked with investigations since 2019. He is involved in working and investigating person and property crimes, as well as fraud and sex crimes. Additionally, he is trained in crisis intervention, forensic investigation and was a field training deputy for the office. Detective Carmichael is also a member of the Southern Kansas SWAT team.
Andrew Kearney, U.S. Postal Inspector
Andrew Kearney began his law enforcement career with the Overland Park, Kansas Police Department in 2005. Initially working as a patrol officer, he was promoted to detective in 2007. As a detective, he worked on multiple squads and federal task forces investigating major cases ranging from homicide to terrorism financing. While a member of the Kansas City Identity Theft Task Force, Andrew partnered with other metro law enforcement agencies, bank investigators and retail loss prevention analysts to develop and lead the Kansas City Organized Retail Crime Commission.
In 2013, Andrew Kearney joined the United States Postal Inspection Service where he was assigned to the Wichita Domicile. He now investigates organized financial crimes cases.