Charles Piper, CFE
Charles E. Piper, CFE, is a private investigator and owner of Charles Piper’s Professional Services in Memphis, Tennessee. He previously served 30 years in law enforcement, including 20 years as a federal special agent with the Department of Defense. Piper was the recipient of the ACFE’s 2014 Hubbard Award. Contact him at pipercfe@cs.com.
Nuts & bolts of health care fraud examinations
Health care fraud examinations can be laborious. Discovery of evidence can be elusive. You need the most reliable sources and resources. Here’s a practical sampling of some of the best places to start from a fraud examiner who’s worked scores of cases.
Written By: Charles Piper, CFE
Dirty contracts
Contract and procurement fraud, collusion and corruption can rob profits from victims. Bid riggers conspire to eliminate fair and open competition and allow some to monopolize industries. Here’s some help in detecting common contract and procurement fraud schemes, and improving the integrity of the contract-award process.
Written By: Charles Piper, CFE
10 popular health care provider fraud schemes
Learn some of the basic health care provider schemes and how to deter them from taking some easy money.
Written By: Charles Piper, CFE
Finding the bid riggers
The rise in contract management and the outsourcing of goods and services has created an increase in procurement fraud. Here are some red flags that can help you save millions.
Written By: Charles Piper, CFE
Needles in a paystack
Dr. Susan Shamrock wanted to give a non-approved, experimental allergy treatment to her suffering patients. Unfortunately, she overcharged for the drug to the tune of about a half a million dollars.
Written By: Charles Piper, CFE
The successful fraud fighter
Fraud examiners who succeed have passion, integrity and grit. Regardless of the stage of your career, all of us need to be reminded why we decided to become fraud examiners or investigators.
Written By: Charles Piper, CFE
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