Course
Descriptions
Catastrophe
Fraud
Investigations
Floods
and
wildfires
are
increasing
in
number
and
intensity
in the
Pacific
Northwest.
Our
region
is also
vulnerable
to major
earthquakes,
tsunamis
and even
tornadoes.
This
course
will
help you
understand
the ways
in which
Catastrophe
Fraud is
committed
and
identify
the best
methods
for
conducting
your
investigations.
Learn
the
difference
between
the
routine
claim
environment
and the
catastrophe
environment.
Discover
how the
unscrupulous
can take
advantage
of a
disaster
situation.
You will
also
learn
about
the ten
most
common
catastrophe
related
insurance
fraud
scams
and
their
indicators.
Instructor
Fred
Sadtler
is a Sr.
Special
Agent
with the
National
Insurance
Crime
Bureau (NICB).
Prior to
joining
NICB,
Fred was
a police
detective
with the
Metro-Dade
Police
Department
in
Miami,
Florida.
During
his law
enforcement
career,
he
conducted
investigations
involving
auto
theft,
stolen
property/pawn
shops,
narcotics
and
contractor
fraud
following
Hurricane
Andrew
in
1992.
In 1995,
after a
25 year
career
in law
enforcement,
Fred
joined
Liberty
Mutual
Insurance
Company’s
South
Florida
SIU
team.
In 1997,
he began
his NICB
career
and
currently
works
from the
Eastern
North
Carolina
region.
Following
Hurricane
Katrina,
he
participated
in the
coordinated
efforts
of NICB
and law
enforcement
to warn
consumers
of
unscrupulous
contractors,
and to
investigate
allegations
of
contractor
and
consumer
fraud.
Dissecting
an
Organization
Sometimes
the
hardest
part of
conducting
an
investigation
is
getting
people
to tell
you what
they
know.
Learn
how an
award
winning
investigative
journalist
uncovers
the
alliances
and
networks
formed
within
organizations.
Since
the best
stories
are told
through
people,
the
tough
job of
reporting
often
involves
cracking
the
associations
they
form.
Find out
how to
dissect
an
organization:
who the
players
are,
what the
rules
are, how
things
are
done,
and
where
mistakes
are
recorded.
Instructor
Leslie
L. Zaitz
is a
Senior
Investigative
Reporter/Newsroom
Coach
for the
The
Oregonian.
He
specializes
in
complex
investigations
involving
financial,
political
or
terrorism
related
topics.
In 2007,
Les was
a
finalist
for the
prestigious
Pulitzer
Prize
and a
recipient
of the
George
Polk
award
for
national
reporting.
Les is a
recognized
expert
in
Oregon’s
public
records
law,
serves
as
newsroom
adviser
to other
reporters
at
The
Oregonian
and
often
assists
reporters
from
other
newspapers
and
broadcast
outlets.
He is a
regular
presenter
at
journalism
conferences
on
investigative
reporting,
public
records,
interviewing
techniques
and time
management.
Les, a
native
Oregonian,
got his
first
commercial
by-line
when he
was 12,
when his
hometown
weekly
newspaper
published
a
history
article.
He was
hired
right
out of
high
school
as a
daily
newspaper
report
in
Salem,
Oregon,
in 1973,
and then
moved on
to
college
at the
University
of
Oregon.
He left
the UO
in 1976
to join
the
staff of
The
Oregonian.
He lives
on a
small
ranch in
Eastern
Oregon
with his
wife,
Scotta
Callister,
who is
editor
of a
weekly
newspaper
in John
Day,
Oregon.
He
currently
splits
time
between
his
ranch
home
office
and The
Oregonian’s
Portland
office.
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