Join fraud examiners, investigators, auditors, and compliance professionals from across Pennsylvania for the 2026 Spring PACFE Conference, a full day of expert-led training, professional networking, and practical insights you can immediately apply in your work.

**REGISTRATION DEADLINE = THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2026**

Attendees will have the opportunity to earn 6 CFE continuing education credits, covering Specialized Knowledge, and Ethics.

Sessions to include the following (schedule to be released shortly):

This year’s program features three distinguished speakers, each bringing unique expertise and real‑world experience:

Matt Dotts

Matt serves as the Information Security Awareness Officer at Mid Penn Bank. He retired from law enforcement after 24 years of service, with 12 years focused on investigating cyber and financial crimes, including participation in a federal cybercrime task force. In his current position at Mid Penn Bank, he manages the Cybersecurity Awareness Program, which aims to minimize human risk through education and training.

David Tyree

David is a retired 25-year veteran of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.  David worked both domestically and abroad in Europe and Africa, has participated in the seizure and forfeiture of over $80 million in criminal proceeds related to drug trafficking, human trafficking and transnational organized crime. During David’s tenure with the DEA, David was designated in Federal Court as a “Subject Matter Expert” in money laundering detection and drug trafficking investigations. After retiring from the DEA in April of 2023, David went to work as a Senior Specialist, Internal Audit for Charles Schwab Bank auditing the Financial Crimes and Risk Management Department.  David subsequently served as the Chief of Compliance for Asset Reality, Inc. and Director, Financial Crimes and Investigations for Valid8 Financial.  David is the Director, Financial Crimes Strategy for DataWalk, which is a Analytics and Investigation Platform (Graph and AI-enabled Analysis, Intelligence and Investigation Platform). David is a regular instructor for law enforcement for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) and an Expert Contributor for the Egmont Center of Financial Investigative Excellence & Leadership and a recognized Expert for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.  David has presented investigative tools and techniques for law enforcement and financial institutions to identify and deter financial crimes to the 42^nd Symposium on Cross Border Economic Crime in Cambridge, United Kingdom and on the nationally syndicated program, Nasdaq Trade Talks.  David has also spoken at the American Banking Association’s (ABA) Conference on Financial Crime and the International Association of Chief’s of Police. David has extensive experience is working with law enforcement and financial institutions to establish and sustain collaborative relationships with law enforcement and banking customers, serving as a source of training and education and an ad hoc “law enforcement liaison” for financial institutions, their customers and the law enforcement community.  

Tali Ploetz

Tali is a board member, former Audit Committee Chair, advisor, professional speaker, expert witness, and industry recognized finance executive with extensive expertise in internal audit, enterprise risk management, governance, and regulatory compliance. She has a history of accomplishment in publicly traded companies as well as charitable organizations. Her skills enable her to effectively provide cost effective solutions to organizations seeking to improve their processes or functions governing compliance, risk, internal audit, fraud, and/or their internal control environments. Tali has several years of experience working with federal regulators supporting her proven track record for resolving regulatory matters. She has had the privilege of serving on both for-profit and non-profit Boards of Directors. Tali is an award-winning public speaker (IIA All-Star 2014). She proudly serves as a training and development consultant for GoldSRD (www.goldsrd.com), a leading provider of Staff Augmentation, Executive Recruiting and Professional Development services. CPA with multiple industry certifications. Dedicated volunteer for international non-profits and local industry organizations. Certifications: CPA, CIA, CFE, and CTP

Whether you're advancing your certification, sharpening investigative skills, or seeking new strategies to combat fraud, this conference offers valuable takeaways for every attendee.
We look forward to seeing you at the 2026 Spring Conference at Penn State Harrisburg!