Presentation Title: Financial Crimes Against Older Adults This presentation will discuss the little-known intricacies of scams and how scams involve more than just a victim and a perpetrator. We will discuss what a money mule is, the red flags of mule activity, and how to discuss these difficult situations with older adults.
BIO: Marie Smith is Special Agent at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and has been assigned to the Financial Crimes Investigations unit since 2014. Marie is responsible for investigations of violations of state and federal laws pertaining to embezzlement, obtaining property by false pretense, corporate malfeasance, and other financial related crimes. She investigates complex financial crimes involving large dollar losses to individual, corporate, and government victims in North Carolina. Marie also assists local and state law enforcement officers with financial aspects of other crimes such as homicides, missing persons, and drug investigations. As a graduate of Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, Marie received a Bachelor’s in Accounting and a Master’s in Business Administration. Marie is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.