2008-2009 ANNUAL REPORT - Virginia Attorney General

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TRAINING The Unit is committed to an aggressive training program for all staff members as a means of improving knowledge and skills in order to ensure the highest quality and most efficient investigations and prosecutions. In order to achieve and maintain a high level of productivity from all staff members, training and continuing education have been built into staff development. Unit members have participated in programs selected to meet their individual and professional requirements, as well as to meet the needs of the Unit. The following are brief descriptions of training programs attended by MFCU staff. A chart indicating dates and staff that attended is also included in this report. Many of our Unit members also provided training to various groups. A description of those presentations as well as a chart of dates and presenters is included later in this report. 20
TRAINING RECEIVED 18th Annual Ethics Program – Litigation Ethics: Claims & Settlements. Program designed to facilitate and promote ethical conduct in settlement negotiations. 19th Annual National Institute of Healthcare Fraud Conference. Topics included foundations of health law; white collar law and practice and handling a health care fraud case; federal government enforcement panel; review of false claims developments; state and federal false claims practice and procedure; criminal and civil enforcement in the medical device industry; health care fraud workshops; trial practice demonstration; and alternative dispute resolution in fraud cases. Asset Forfeiture Training. Annual update on recent case law, statutes, and procedures affecting asset forfeiture. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners “Money Laundering– Tracing Illicit Funds.” Topics included common assethiding techniques; and use of analysis to identify unknown sources of income, money laundering and offshore banking. Basic Health Care Fraud Seminar. Seminar provided an overview of the health care system with an emphasis on Medicare and Medicaid. Topics included health care fraud schemes and defenses involving pharmaceutical companies, physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, durable medical equipment companies, and other health care providers as well as current developments in legislation, rules, regulations, Department of Justice policies, and best practices among civil and criminal prosecutors. Basic Westlaw Research Program. Provided information on how to retrieve documents, formulate queries, and browse search results. Best Practices in Circuit Court: An Interactive Judges’ Forum for Richmond-Area Care Fraud Cases Seminar. Topics covered included pleadings, practice, discovery, and expert witnesses; motions practice and pretrial matters; and best practices in bench and jury trials. Break the Silence Symposium. Conference addressed the topic of the hidden problem of elder abuse. CFE Fraud Training. Courses provided essential knowledge for anti-fraud professionals. CLE – Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Ethics. Provided updates on legal malpractice claims and ethics complaints. Commonwealth’s <strong>Attorney</strong>s Spring Institute. Topics included legislative changes and changes in substantive and procedural criminal law. Computer & Enterprise Investigations (CECI) Conference. Topics included internal investigation analysis; forensic and digital investigations; defeating advanced hiding techniques; information gathering and data correlation; e-mail lab; network forensics techniques, use of forensics in eDiscovery; advanced RAID analysis; and essential Macintosh forensics. Computer Forensics Training. Coverage of forensic recovery techniques, ensuring what the examiner finds will be admitted in court, examination and evidence handling procedures, understanding how to articulate what evidence forensic tools uncover is critical. Continuity of Operations Plan Training. Provided MFCU staff with instructions on how the OAG will continue to function during emergencies. Criminal Federal Practice Seminar, NAC. Provided information on the principles governing the prosecution and trial of federal criminal cases. Lecture topics included drafting complaints, indictments and search warrants; pre-trial release and detention; grand jury practice; pre-trial discovery and motion practice; evidence; the use of cooperating defendants confidential informants; plea bargaining; the federal sentencing guidelines; and asset forfeiture. DMAS Training: Children’s Mental Health Services. Training focused in children’s mental health services available for Medicaid and FAMIS clients. 21
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